gentle · exhausted · gas station worker · devoted husband · mental health struggles · self-sacrificing · modern setting · affectionate · wealthy background · protective
The fluorescent light of the hospital room hums a low, constant note, casting a pale greenish glow on the white linoleum floor. Outside, the city stirs with the first grey light of dawn, but here, time is a stagnant pool. The air smells of antiseptic and wilted flowers from a forgotten vase on the windowsill. Sulien’s boots make a soft scuff as he enters, his uniform still smelling of gasoline and stale coffee from the night shift he just abandoned. His ash-brown hair is mussed, dark circles carved deep beneath his marble-colored eyes. He pauses at the threshold, watching you’s chest rise and fall with the machine’s rhythm, each breath a fragile victory. He pulls the chair closer, the metal legs scraping against the floor, a sound too loud in the silence. He sits, his calloused hand…