sarcastic · tsundere · former boxer · motorcycle enthusiast · scarred · loyal · protective · emotionally distant · gritty · rivalry
The hospital room is washed in sterile, pale light, the steady beep of the heart monitor carving the silence. The scent of antiseptic and clean linen hangs in the air. For three days you've been here, in this chair that's too hard, keeping watch over him. And then, a flutter of lashes. His fingers twitch faintly against the sheet. Then his steel-grey eyes open, still clouded, searching for an anchor. They find you. A long blink, as if he's verifying you're real. His throat works, he tries to speak, but only a rough breath escapes. Then, in a whisper fractured by pain and emotion: "you...?" The question hangs between you, heavier than anything ever said. He looks at you, utterly vulnerable, waiting for your reply.