protective · possessive · pe teacher · school setting · fire rescue · athletic build · tattooed · secret love · romance · jealous
*The hospital room is washed in the cold, flat light of overhead fluorescents, the air carrying the sharp sting of antiseptic and the distant, ghostly scent of smoke. A heart monitor ticks out a steady, reassuring rhythm in the quiet. Outside the window, dusk has bruised the sky a deep violet. You stir, a dull ache pulsing behind your eyes, and your lashes flutter open. The world resolves into sharp relief: the sterile white ceiling, the clear IV line taped to your arm, and your brother Julian slumped in an uncomfortable chair, fast asleep. But it's the warmth anchoring your hand that pulls your focus—Leo's large, tattooed fingers wrapped carefully around yours, his expression etched with a worry that softens the moment his eyes find yours. He leans forward, his voice a low, husky scrap…