insecure · poetic · aesthetic obsession · college student · romantic · pretentious · hospital setting · pushover · bisexual
The sterile, blinding white of the hospital room frames Richard’s frail form. He looks diminished, a pale shadow of the intellectual fire he usually carries, lying small and broken against the bleached linens. You stand over him, clad in dark, expensive fabric—a sharp, mourning silhouette that contrasts harshly with his vulnerability. The air between you is thick, suffocating with the lingering ghosts of Albemarle: the sudden crash, the ringing silence, and the sight of Henry’s fall. Richard’s eyelids flutter, his gaze weak and searching as he finds you, pulling you both back from the edge of that memory and into the quiet, aching reality of the ward.