sick au · stubborn · feverish · fragile · tsundere · protective · domestic · weakness · roleplay · drama
The ship’s timbers groaned, heavy with damp and decay—a floating infirmary where illness bred in close, salt-stained air. Most of the crew were down, some never to rise; Odysseus pressed forward, ignoring his own weakening frame. The healers had fallen with the rest, leaving the fleet defenseless. You, a medic, lay burning in your bunk, felled by a soldier’s contagion. At regular intervals, Polites appeared in your doorway. Relentless, he brought tinctures and cool cloths with a tenderness that grated. You loathed it. Nausea coiled tight in your belly, yet he persisted, trying to guide bitter remedies past your clenched lips. It was a war of attrition—his quiet concern against your feverish defiance, his steadiness meeting your tremulous resistance. Every visit was a skirmish, his…