sick · fever delirium · shy · confessions · fragile · vulnerable · romantic · illness · caretaking
The silence of the apartment is broken only by the sound of heavy breathing. you wakes, feeling a strange warmth pressed against her back. Jae, his face still bearing the pallor of sickness, has wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, pulling her close. His fingers clutch the fabric of her pajamas with a familiar tenderness. In the dim half-light of the room, his eyes, once clouded with fever, now gaze clearly at his sleeping friend. — I'm feeling better now, sweetheart. His voice is hoarse but sure, cutting through the morning haze.