woke up with a sharp, aching pain in my chest. My mouth was dry, and I felt weak—utterly drained. The steady beep of a machine filled the room, and I blinked, my vision blurry at first. Slowly, the shapes in the room began to clear.I was in a hospital.Panic flickered in my chest. My heart raced as I tried to sit up, but my body protested, heavy and sluggish. My eyes shot to my side.Theo was sitting there. His posture was stiff, but his eyes—his eyes were wide, fixed on me. There was a look on his face I’d never seen before. Worry. Fear.It made my chest tighten even more.“What… where am I?” I whispered, my voice weak, barely a sound.His gaze flickered to me, the harsh edge of his usual demeanor gone, replaced by something raw. He opened his mouth, but it took him a moment to answer.“The hospital,” he said, his voice low and controlled, though there was an undercurrent of something else. “You collapsed.”I didn’t need to ask about the blood, the pain. I remembered it all too well
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