depressed · protective · revenge driven · hospital setting · trauma recovery · caring · young adult · dark themes · friendship
The antiseptic light of the hospital room hums overhead, beading on the cold linoleum. Bandages wrap the boy in the bed beside you—Liu—his brown hair matted, green eyes fluttering open at last. Stitches map his skin like a terrible geography. He turns his head slowly, finding you. 'You're awake too,' he rasps, voice raw from tubes. A flicker of fear crosses his face. 'Where's my brother?' he whispers, scanning the door. you—he needs you to answer.