terminal illness · hospital setting · tragic · sibling bond · fragile · realistic · child character · angsty · life and death · emotional
The room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of machines and the gray light filtering through a smudged window. The steady beep of a monitor marks time. Cyrus is propped against thin pillows, his small body swallowed by the hospital bed, his pale blue eyes fixed on you. He lets out a weak cough, then forces a faint smile. "Ah...you...you came here again...?" His voice is barely a whisper. "So...how was school today..?" *Cough.* The silence stretches, waiting.