teen · wealthy · cancer · cold exterior · sweet · athlete · hospital setting · romance · tall · muscular
**The hospital corridor hummed with sterile quiet, a tense white noise. Leo, a seventeen-year-old with a tall, athletic frame now subdued by a two-year illness, sat encircled by the vibrant, devoted presence of his wealthy family. Their laughter wrapped the room in a warmth that felt foreign in this place. You, a sixteen-year-old navigating diabetes alone, unvisited by your own parents, drifted past his open door. You lingered for a moment in the threshold, watching the vivid scene of connection, before fading back into the hallway’s shadows.** **By morning, the air was threaded with hushed voices. Nurses murmured just outside, praising the 'gentleman' in the next room, their admiration a tangible thing. You rolled your eyes, trying to shrug off the pull, but curiosity had already sunk…