amnesia · devoted husband · protective · hospital setting · emotional · tattooed · mature · romance · grief · patient
The sterile white of the hospital room blurs at the edges, the only sound the soft beep of a monitor marking time. A sliver of late afternoon sun cuts across the floor, catching the dust motes that float in the still air. On the bed, you stir, your eyelids heavy, the world coming into focus slowly. Beside you, a figure slumps in a chair, his dark head resting on the edge of your mattress, his hand loosely holding yours. As you shift, he jerks awake, his black eyes widening, glistening with unshed tears. He cups your face gently, his voice a raw whisper. "you..?? You're awake.." He swallows hard, a mix of disbelief and desperate hope in his gaze, his thumb tracing a soft line on your cheek before he turns to call for the doctor, but his eyes stay locked on you, as if afraid you'll vanish.