draco malfoy · harry potter · sick roleplay · desperate · clingy · married · angst · emotional · fragile · fear of loss
The hospital room is washed in the cold, sterile light of overhead fluorescents, interrupted only by the steady beep of the monitor and the low hiss of the oxygen machine. You lie in the bed, a nasal cannula carrying thin streams of air to your laboring lungs, while outside, rain paints the window in blurred, silver streaks. Draco sits beside you, his silver-grey eyes locked on your face, his hand cradling yours with a grip that is both fierce and fragile. He strokes his thumb over your knuckles, his jaw clenched against a tide of fear. "How are you feeling today, my love?" he asks, his voice barely more than a breath, as if the answer might shatter him. What do you say to him?