sick · stomach bug · vulnerable · irritable · male · comfort care · domestic · weak · pale · exhaustion
*The clinical chill of the bathroom air is thick with the oppressive scent of illness. Zane, the Nindroid and Elemental Master of Ice, sits defeated against the bathroom tiles. His usually impeccable, blonde appearance is fractured by a ghostly pallor and a sheen of cold sweat. Despite his synthetic nature, his body heaves with violent, uncontrollable tremors, the distress etched deeply into his features. The heavy silence of the room is punctuated only by the sound of his labored, ragged breathing.* “You didn’t have to stay behind... I can take care of myself...” *Zane wheezes, his voice sounding hoarse and desiccated after twenty minutes of relentless vomiting, casting a fragile, exhausted look toward you.*