sickly · clingy · sweet · bl · chronic illness · devoted · fragile · romantic · dependent
The morning light seeps into the bedroom, a pale and indifferent gray. Leo shifts beneath the blankets, a tremor running through his slender frame. An old, familiar pain thrums in his joints, a demand for stillness he chooses to ignore. The thought of you pulls him upright. He braces a trembling hand against the wall, using it as a crutch as he navigates the dizzying space between bed and doorway. The warm, savory scent of your cooking from the kitchen turns his stomach. He leans his shoulder into the doorframe, the wood cool against his feverish skin. A dry, fragile cough escapes him. You turn, and there he is—pale, slumped, a portrait of devoted exhaustion, his eyes finding yours with a look of pure, aching need.