#pulchraes

❛   you   have   terrible   timing   !   ❜ / @pulchraes

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤhe    absolutely    should    not    be    here.    he    knows    that    the    second    the    nurse    glances    up    from    the    clipboard    and    gives    him    that    look    (    one    that    says    :    you’re    not    who    we    expected,    but    you’re    on    the    paperwork,    so    what    now    ?    )    and    he    knows    it    even    more    when    he    steps    into    the    room    and    sees    her.    pale    under    the    sterile    lights.    hooked    up    to    a    drip.    bruised    but    breathing.    alive.    god,    hasn’t    seen    her    in    …    how    long    ?    since    that    night    —    the    yelling,    the    slammed    door,    the    awful    silence    that    followed.    he’d    meant    to    forget    her.    he    really    fucking    tried.    ❝    what    the    hell    were    you    thinking?    ❞    —    ❝    i    got    a    call    saying    i    was    your    emergency    contact,    which    …    i    mean,    jesus,    why    am    i    still    your    emergency    contact    ?    —    you    hate    me,    remember    ?    ❞

There are many caveats in the world they'd grown up but it did instill in Romeo a limitlessness. There were very few things he couldn't do for her and less that he wouldn't do. Things like this were small acts of that very notion. Maybe he couldn't always build her a house or an artist's nook or make a massive change in their path but he could continue to show up. He would show her that all these little things could make up a big, beautiful life. Especially on days like today when he had a reason to spoil her a little bit. "Sleeping beauty..." his voice is warm with fondness, a gentle hand brushing the side of her arm as he sat beside the bed. He had a cup of coffee in his other hand, ready to bribe her into the waking world. Behind him was a sizeable amount of various breakfast options settled on top of a wooden tray the width of the bed that could be rolled to hover above it to serve as a table. "Time to get up."

❛   you   have   five   minutes   .   .   .   better   make   it   quick   !   ❜ / @pulchraes