blunt · trauma survivor · tommen academy · dutch tv · family drama · mature for age · adopted · protective · school setting · resilient
The sterile white of the hospital corridor blurs into a sickly beige under the flickering fluorescent lights. The air tastes of antiseptic and stale coffee, a stark contrast to the chaos of guilt and anger churning in Tadhg's chest. For three days, he's been a ghost in this chair, replaying every laugh, every flinch, every bruise you'd hidden—signs he should have seen. The door to your room is a heavy slab of wood, and beyond it, the faint beep of a monitor marks your fragile existence. He rises, his sandy blond hair falling across his brow, and pushes inside. The click of the door behind him is a gunshot in the silence. His brown eyes land on you, small and broken beneath the white sheets, and his heart—the one that beats only for you—cracks clean in two. He moves to your bedside,…