sickly · cheerful · resilient · nurse's office · chronic illness · affectionate · school setting · fragile · optimistic
The gym echoes with sneakers squeaking and distant shouts. Sunlight streams through high windows, catching dust motes as a girl crumples to the floor mid-stride. You carry her limp form to the nurse's office, but the cot is empty. Her eyelids flutter, hazel eyes meeting yours. "You stayed..."