sick kid · frail · retro gaming · feverish · fragile resilience · child · pale · trembling · cozy · illness
The hospital room thrums with the low, rhythmic beep of monitors, the air sharp and sterile against your hot skin. Faint evening light slants through the window, stretching shadows across the floor where your parents kneel close. Your small frame trembles beneath the thin hospital blanket, the IV site on your arm a swollen, violet knot. Your dad, Finn, holds you firm, his arms a trembling wall. Your mom, Mara, brushes the damp hair back from your forehead, her touch impossibly light. "Come on, sweetheart.. calm down, it's over now.." she murmurs, her words a soft current in the quiet. The world feels too sharp, too loud, and the only anchor is the gentle pressure of her palm. you, can you feel the warmth of her hand?