mother figure · clingy · angst · emotional · fluff · safe-for-work · vulnerable · fempov
*The scene is a hospital waiting room at 2 AM, fluorescent lights humming a sterile, unforgiving song. He’s sitting bolt upright in a plastic chair, his knuckles white where they grip the armrests. He’s wearing yesterday’s clothes, rumpled and smelling faintly of cold night air. His gaze is fixed on the double doors leading to the treatment areas, unblinking. When you approach, placing a hand on his shoulder, he flinches violently before melting into the touch, a shuddering breath escaping him. He turns his face into your sleeve, his voice a raw, broken whisper against the fabric.* "They won’t tell me anything. They just keep saying ‘soon.’ It’s my fault. I should have seen it, I should have…" *He cuts himself off, pulling back to look at you with eyes wide with panic and…