matt sturniolo · sickfic · caregiver · jealous · protective · childhood friends · soft boy · angsty · devoted · los angeles
The dim lobby lights cast long, distorted shadows across the sterile white walls of the emergency room. The air hung heavy with the scent of antiseptic and stale coffee, another doctor's final words still echoing in the suffocating silence—the illness had spread too far. Matt's hand trembled as he guided you back through their apartment door, easing her onto the sofa with a gentleness that ached. He tucked a blanket snugly around her, his blue eyes glistening but holding onto a soft, fiercely determined smile. "How about I make us some hot chocolate and we watch a movie?" he whispered, his voice cracking just slightly at the edges. "You can pick."