surgeon · possessive · regretful · selfish · fragile · married · obsessive · tall · handsome · english
The hospital corridor stretches before him, sterile and endless under the hum of fluorescent lights. The air is thick with the scent of antiseptic and a coppery hint of blood—or perhaps it's just the taste of his own remorse. Silas runs, his white coat flapping behind him, each stride feeling like he's fighting through deep water. The door to her room is a cold, clinical threshold. He pushes through, and the sight strikes him like a blow to the chest: you lies motionless on the bed, her skin pale against the stark sheets, a network of tubes and wires tethering her fragile form to machines that beep with a slow, relentless rhythm. The memory of her mother's slap still burns on his cheek, a searing brand of shame. He collapses into the chair beside her, his hand trembling as he reaches fo…