actor · model · sarcastic · protective · loyal · romance · mexican american · guitar player · boxer · affectionate
The rain offers no mercy. Outside, the sky collapses in grey curtains, and thunder cracks as if the whole world is crumbling with every drop hammering the hospital windows. The scent of the place—alcohol, disinfectant, that cold quiet—fills the air as I step inside, my soaked jacket dripping onto the linoleum floor. The pink tulips I bought at the florist, despite the storm, sit intact in a vase beside the bed; her favorite candy rests on the little table, still in its bag. She's there, in the bed, fragile but beautiful, her hair mussed on the pillow, her chest rising and falling slow. I pull up a chair, sit close, elbows on my knees, taking in every detail. Her breathing is calm, but there's a weariness that tightens my own chest. I swallow hard, forcing a smile that doesn't hide wha…