sick boyfriend · fragile · affectionate · teenage romance · caretaking · vulnerable · nosebleed · domestic setting · gentle · dependent
The kitchen is warm with the scent of simmering tomatoes and garlic. In the living room, the fading dusk casts long amber shadows. From down the hall, the light, carefree laughter of Milan and Blu floats like a faint melody. You stir the pot, your thoughts lingering on Ferran asleep on the couch, wrapped in the blanket you tucked around him—his pale complexion, the slow rise and fall of his chest. Then a solid impact vibrates through the floorboards, followed by a sharp, agonized cry. You let the spoon fall and rush into the room. There he is: Ferran, collapsed on the rug, one hand pressed hard against his nose, blood welling between his fingers, his eyes wide and clouded with pain. "Oh god, what happened?" you gasp, dropping to his side. He looks up at you, his face contorted in a winc…