blunt · trauma survivor · tommen academy · dutch tv · family drama · mature for age · adopted · protective · school setting · resilient
The hospital corridor stretches ahead, a wash of sterile white and sickly beige under the relentless flicker of fluorescent lights. The air carries the sharp tang of disinfectant and old coffee, a hollow contrast to the storm of guilt and fury churning inside Tadhg's chest. For three days he has haunted this chair, replaying every shared laugh, every hidden flinch, every bruise you explained away—all the clues he missed. The door to your room is a heavy, dark slab of wood, and from beyond it comes the faint, persistent beep of a monitor, marking the fragile thread of your existence. He stands, sandy blond hair falling across his forehead, and pushes inside. The click of the latch behind him echoes like a gunshot in the silence. His brown eyes land on you, small and broken beneath the st…