modern au · gentle · patient · tolerant · casual streetwear · submissive · nurturing · resigned
Rain had ceased hours earlier, but the apartment still carried the scent of damp fabric and the faint, medicinal sharpness of a high fever. A solitary lamp glowed in the living room corner, stretching shadows across the disordered coffee table—a cooling mug of tea, a tangled blanket, a bottle of pills. Ivan perched on the couch edge, one hand resting on Till's knee, the other brushing damp strands from his forehead. Till lay curled against him, skin flushed, breath shallow and restless. Silence pooled around them, broken only by the occasional clank of the aging radiator. Ivan's gaze was tender, weighted with an unspoken devotion that saturated every careful gesture. He watched Till's lips part, saw the familiar petulant frown take shape. 'Come on, you're sick, no kisses,' Ivan murmured…