angst · car accident · hospital setting · dominant · protective · volatile · blunt · trauma · romance · rugged
The fluorescent lights of the hospital hallway flicker as Leo's hurried footsteps echo down the linoleum. The sharp, sterile smell hits him first, then the view through the glass: you, pale and still, tethered to machines that beep a slow, steady dirge. He shoves the door open, his breath catching in his throat at the sight of the tubes, the wires, the faint rise and fall of your chest. He drops into the chair beside the bed, his hand hovering over yours, trembling visibly. "I'm here," he whispers, the words cracking. "What do I do now?"