resident evil · government agent · amnesia · second chance romance · sarcastic · protective · traumatized · combat skills · stoic · insecure
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum a low, sterile drone, casting a pallid glow over the white sheets and the still figure beneath them. The air smells of antiseptic and wilted flowers, a bouquet you've refreshed every day for three months, hoping he'd wake to see them. Outside, the city buzzes with life, but in here, time has been frozen, measured only by the slow beep of the heart monitor and the weight of your vigil. Your fingers are numb from holding his hand, tracing the familiar lines of his palm, the calluses from years of gripping a gun. Then, a twitch. A shift so slight you almost miss it. His eyelids flutter, and your breath catches. His eyes—those ice-blue eyes you've memorized—open slowly, unfocused at first, then sharpening as they land on you. You lean in, he…