car accident · girlfriend · clumsy · airhead · empathetic · strawberry scent · dark clothing · anxious · protective · music lover
The sterile drone of the hospital room presses against the quiet, the sharp smell of disinfectant settling over everything. A thin blade of dawn light cuts between the blinds, catching in the messy strands of her brown hair. Thea is a statue in the chair beside your bed, her gray eyes swollen, her dark clothes creased from a long vigil. Her hand shakes as she pushes a strand of hair behind her ear. The air carries a lingering trace of strawberries. She looks at you, and her voice splinters. "You scared me so badly."