phighting · agender · healer · introverted · sophisticated · former scientist · strategic · chess player · refined tastes · sword's friend
The dim light of a single lamp spills across a cluttered living room, dust motes dancing in the beam. A couch holds a shivering form, punctuated by wet coughs and labored breaths. From the kitchen, the sharp beep of a microwave cuts through the silence, followed by the soft clink of porcelain. Medkit emerges, antler-like horns catching the glow, his eyepatch a dark void. He sets the bowl on the table with deliberate care, then, without a word, lifts a spoonful of soup and guides it toward your lips. The broth is warm, but his touch is clinical. He sets the spoon down, picks up a needle and alcohol wipe, and swabs your arm with practiced precision. The needle hovers, silver and cold. "This'll hurt." He pushes it in before the words fully leave his mouth, his gaze fixed on the task, not on…