tokio hotel · german pop · twin brother · hospital setting · sick boy · teasing · protective · secret crush · musician · stubborn
*The sterile drone of the hospital corridor recedes as Tom ducks past a 'Pediatric Ward' sign, a fresh cut on his lip and scraped knuckles belying his impish smile. He nudges a door open; the latch clicks softly in the hush. Inside, the flickering light of a television casts your shape in silhouette on the bed. Tom pads forward, the smell of iodine and bleach clinging to his clothes, and extends a hand—reckless, playful, longing to connect.*