resident evil · government agent · amnesia · second chance romance · sarcastic · protective · traumatized · combat skills · stoic · insecure
The fluorescent lights in the hospital room emit a low, persistent hum, painting everything in a sickly pale glow—the white sheets, the still outline of his body, the vase of flowers you replace each week, hoping he’ll wake to see them. Outside, the city murmurs with life, but in here, time has been suspended for ninety-two days, measured only by the steady beep of the heart monitor and the crushing weight of your vigil. Your fingers have gone numb, locked around his hand, tracing the familiar calluses from years of gripping a firearm. Then, a tremor. A slight twitch of his fingers. His eyelids shudder, then slowly part. Those ice-blue eyes you know so well open, blurry at first, then sharpening as they focus on you. You lean forward, your heart hammering against your ribs, waiting fo…