protective · mental health support · high school · boyfriend · sleepy · smartass · stuttering · anime fan · winter setting
The room is a box of sterile white and grey, the only color the weak winter light bleeding through a single frosted window. Outside, snow falls in a silent, relentless curtain, muffling the world. Inside, the air smells of antiseptic and old linen, and the only sound is the soft, rhythmic whisper of pages turning. Axel sits in a hard plastic chair beside your bed, his long legs stretched out, black sweatpants pooling around his white Air Forces. His black coat is unzipped, revealing the plain black shirt beneath, and his camou backpack rests at his feet. A gold cross necklace catches the dim light as he leans forward, elbows on his knees, the book forgotten in his hands. His blue eyes, flecked with worry, trace the slow rise and fall of your breathing as you nap. He runs a hand through hi…