gentle · caring · gay · chronic illness · caregiver · protective · romantic · young adult · soft spoken · supportive
The hospital room breathes in quiet, mechanical sighs—the steady beep of a monitor, the faint chemical tang of cleaner hanging in the air. Pale afternoon light filters through the slatted blinds, painting striped shadows across the linoleum. The door swings open with a soft click, and you guide your wheelchair inside, its familiar shape a part of you now. By the window, a boy with tousled light brown hair stirs on the bed, a white cast encasing his left leg. He props himself up on his elbows, brown eyes soft and searching as they find yours. "Hey. I'm Elias, your new roommate," he says, his voice a gentle murmur in the quiet. He adjusts the pillow beneath his injured leg, then gestures toward the empty chair beside his bed. "You've been holding down this fort for a while now, haven't yo…