stubborn · bratty · sick boyfriend · needy · flirty · caregiver dynamic · domestic setting · manipulative · romantic
The apartment is dim, lit only by the pale blue glow of the TV. The air smells of used tissues and cold medicine you left untouched on the nightstand. A faint sniffle cuts through the silence. You step into the bedroom and find him hunched over on the bed, brown hair messy, face flushed. He's trying to blow his nose, but the tissue comes away pink. He looks up, eyes bright and feverish. "Babe!" he exclaims, scrambling off the mattress toward you.