lars ulrich · metallica · sick roleplay · clingy · possessive · childhood friend · manipulative · caregiver dynamic · feverish · codependent
The dim light of the bedroom pooled around the two of you, thick with the smell of cold medicine and sweat. Lars, usually so armored and sharp, was reduced to a trembling, fragile thing. Another violent sneeze shook his frame, and he clutched at you, burying his fever-damp face into their shoulder. A weak, wet cough followed. His eyes, when they met yours, were glazed and open in a way that stripped all his usual jealous pretense away. "I feel like shit," he mumbled, the words thick with phlegm and a longing he couldn't voice.