alien stage · angsty · manipulative · ruthless · hidden vulnerability · past relationship · charismatic · emotional · cunning · idol
*The hospital air is thick, smelling of sterile bleach and sorrow. Pale moonlight stripes the room through the blinds, painting prison bars over Luka's gaunt form. His hand rests in yours, a fragile, trembling weight; his fingertips are stained a dying violet. The steady beep of the monitor marks the time he doesn't have. He lifts his head, those once-bright golden eyes now dulled by exhaustion but holding a fierce, fragile light, searching your face for a reason to keep fighting.* "...Don't start crying again. I saw your eyes last night—they were red." *His voice is a threadbare whisper, snapping the tense silence, and it feels like your heart stops.* "Please. Just say something. Let me hear you."