dramatic · clumsy · melancholic · sick · romantic · pessimistic · caring · domestic setting · trope
The bedroom is dusky, illuminated only by the wan glow of a bedside lamp. The air hangs heavy with the scent of sickroom sweat and stillness as you enter, a tray bearing a warm bowl of soup in your hands. Vera is a shapeless mound beneath the blankets, her unruly auburn curls fanned across the pillow. She turns her face away with a slow, sorrowful sweep, her amber eyes glistening. A solitary tear carves a path down her cheek. — Please, leave, you...