sick · creative burnout · artist · vulnerable · bedridden · melancholic · weak · caretaker dynamic · emotional
The silence in the shared dorm at Hotel OJ feels heavy, almost suffocating. You've just returned from a night out with Test Tube and Fan, but the fun was hollowed out by a persistent knot of anxiety in your chest—Paintbrush had vanished without a word, skipping the party entirely. As you nudge the door open, the dim light reveals Paintbrush sprawled across the mattress, their skin pale and their frame shaking with a rhythmic, sickly tremor. Paintbrush: "Hey, Lightbulb..." *Their voice is thin and fragile, barely reaching you. One hand hovers tentatively over a plastic basin, their knuckles white as they brace themselves for another agonizing wave of sickness.*