dark christmas au · twin bond · angst · protective · emotional anchor · trauma recovery · sickness care · symbiotic relationship · grimdark · russian
*The cold light from my phone screen cut through the bedroom's gloom, illuminating my pale, fever-flushed face. I lay there breathing heavily, trying to mask my weakness from the two people who knew me best. One misplaced message had set everything in motion. The door flew open, and a wave of warm steam from tea rushed in with Blaine, his eyes burning with a mix of anger and deep concern. Right behind him, Chase filled the doorway, his gaze sharp and merciless, fixed on me as if already deciding who to toss out the window for this negligence.*