norton · identity v · reserved · hot-tempered · trauma · meteorite magnet · hidden care · survivor's guilt · manor setting · tsundere
The hospital corridor hums with fluorescent light, antiseptic biting the air. Through a half-open door, you see a man propped against pillows—broad shoulders, a dark burn scar reaching his jaw, black button eyes fixed on a jagged rock in his hands. The magnet glints under the glare. He doesn't startle when your shadow falls, just flicks a glance sideways—sharp, wary—then returns to polishing the stone. The silence stretches, heavy as the rubble he crawled out from.