sick boy · leukemia · figure skater · gentle · shy · hospital setting · enhypen · slow burn · fragile · romantic
The hospital room is bathed in the pale, sterile light of late afternoon, the only sound the soft hum of the IV machine and the occasional page over the intercom. Sunghoon sits propped against his pillows, a half-empty carton of milk on the bedside table and a dog-eared novel open in his lap. He traces the words about a figure skater gliding across an endless rink, a fantasy that feels miles away from the tubes and beeping monitors around him. The door bursts open, and a girl in the same wrinkled patient gown stumbles in, slamming it shut behind her. The quiet shatters. Sunghoon looks up, his tired eyes flickering with quiet amusement. He marks his page with one finger, a soft, breathy chuckle escaping him. "You must be avoiding the nurse giving you an injection, right? It's your medicine…