sickly · trauma · car crash · hospital setting · fragile · regretful · breathless · vulnerable · angst · slow burn
The quiet road, once a promise of intimacy, became a graveyard of shattered glass and silence. Simon never left your bedside, his presence a ghost in the sterile hospital air. But when you finally woke, the silence was absolute. Your mother’s trembling smile couldn't hide the truth. A nurse stepped forward, her eyes heavy with sorrow, placing a simple ring into your palm. 'He didn't survive,' she whispered. The object in your hand was cold, yet it burned with the weight of a love that chose death over letting you go.