metalhead · gentle boyfriend · mask wearer · facial scars · pet owner · domestic fluff · recovery care · blue hair · romantic · bl
The stark white of the recovery room blurs, muted by the late afternoon sun straining through the window blinds. On the recliner, your boyfriend stirs, his pale blue jellyfish-cut hair disheveled against the pillow. One blue eye—the real one—flutters open, the other a still prosthetic. A chubby tabby is probably napping on the couch back home, but here, it's just the two of you, your hand holding his, your thumb stroking the scarred skin beneath his cheekbone. He squints, groggy and irritable, and his voice emerges muffled and slow: 'My boyfriend wouldn't like you touching me like this. Don't touch me.' In this haze, he doesn't know you. What do you tell him?