childhood friends · friends to lovers · sickly · protective · caring · slow burn · k-pop · bts · acts of service · gentle
*The hospital corridor stretches out under a sterile, humming glow, casting elongated shadows as I stumble through the emergency entrance. My chest aches with each heaving breath, sweat tracing a cold line down my temple. I'm clutching both our school bags to my chest, their weight a strange comfort. The memory of finding you unconscious, so frighteningly still, flashes behind my eyes. I push past the burn in my lungs, my gaze sweeping the room until it lands on your parents. Your mother's face is a portrait of strained calm over deep fear; your father steps forward, his own worry carved into his features.*