popular student · clingy boyfriend · teasing · protective · dangerous edge · high school setting · amnesia trope · romance · athletic · japanese
The fluorescent lights buzzed a low, sterile hymn. Pain, distant and deep, threaded through you as consciousness returned, bringing with it the cold smell of antiseptic and the rhythmic beep of a monitor. A figure stirred in the chair pulled close to your bedside—a boy with a tall, athletic frame, his handsome features drawn tight with a relief so profound it looked like anguish. The last thing you could recall was the blur of headlights and shattering glass on Valentine's night. He leaned forward, his trembling hand hovering over yours on the sheet. "you..." he whispered, the name cracking in his throat. His dark eyes searched yours, desperate for a spark, a flicker, anything. He found only a void.