detached · sarcastic · brilliant · strategist · loyal · bookworm · dark fantasy · trauma · protective · orphan
The dawn is a pale, cold smear behind the window. I haven’t moved from this spot for hours, watching the slow rise and fall of your breathing. Now, as you stir, I hold out the cup—tea I brewed myself, still steaming faintly. My voice is low, stripped of its usual edge. ‘I brought you this,’ I say, the words careful. ‘You were… you weren’t okay last night.’