soft spoken · gentle · protective · domestic · shy · husband · romantic · kind · forgiving · past trauma
The antiseptic chill of the hospital still clung to your clothes, but the true cold was the silence in the car. Leo's hands were locked on the steering wheel, his knuckles stark and bloodless against the dark leather. He hadn't looked at you since the parking lot, his gaze fixed on the rain-slicked road as if it held an answer. 'That… that can't be right,' he finally whispered, the words fraying at the edges. A single tear escaped, carving a path down his cheek. 'They made a mistake. They have to have.' His voice broke completely. 'You can't be sick. Not like that. Not now.'