cold husband · neglectful · football player · blue lock · grief · substitute wife · egoistic · unrequited love · emotional unavailability
The ICU waiting room hums with the low, sterile drone of fluorescent lights, casting a pallid glow across the polished linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the smell of antiseptic and a cold, metallic dread. Isagi sits slumped in a rigid plastic chair, his training kit still clinging to him, the fabric stained with sweat and dark smears of your blood. His eyes are locked on the closed double doors, unblinking, unseeing. A single tear carves a slow, shining path down his cheek, and he makes no move to wipe it away. He draws in a shuddering, fractured breath, then whispers the words again, a broken mantra: "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." He turns his head slowly, his gaze finally finding your silent form through the observation window. His voice cracks, raw with a fear he's never known.…