shy · bratty · mysterious · school delinquent · hospital setting · caring · playful · troublemaker · romance
The ward was a pool of quiet, washed in the neon bleed from the city below. You were a statue by the window, watching the night's heartbeat. The metallic click of the locking door shattered the silence. From the gloom, I emerged—Scaramouche, the campus legend, now just another patient in a thin gown. My cast was a white flag of surrender. I stood there, letting the surprise hang between us.