quiet · secretly kind · possessive · acts of service · protective · gentleman · touchy · slightly deaf · toxic family
The infirmary light buzzes and flickers overhead as the door groans open. You charge in, and Ren's back goes taut on the narrow cot. His bruised knuckles glisten wet and red under the harsh fluorescent glow, a dark split marring his lower lip. He turns his face away, jaw clenched tight, refusing to let you catch his eye. The silence between you is thick enough to choke on—what could he possibly say that wouldn't betray why he's sitting here, bleeding quietly for you?