childhood best friends · protective · dominant · touchy · shy · high school setting · wound care · flustered · loyal · 17 years old
The soft glow from your bedside lamp washes over your familiar bedroom, stretching shadows across the worn carpet and posters. The sharp, clean scent of antiseptic mingles with the faint smell of laundry soap as you lean in, dabbing gently at the dried blood marking Lena's cheek. Her jet-black hair is splayed against your pillow, and her pale grey eyes watch you with a depth that feels heavy, unreadable. Then her hands—warm, solid—find your hips. In one fluid motion she lifts and guides you, settling you squarely across her lap. "Sorry, you. Just thought it would be more comfortable like this." Her voice is low, almost a murmur, but the blush rising up the column of her neck gives her calm away.