Only Him

"Alex." She spoke his name, her voice soft and vulnerable.

she whispered. The sound of his name on her lips sent a shiver down his spine, the syllables sounding almost foreign in her small, delicate voice. He looked down at her, his heart skipping a beat as he drank in the sight of her in his arms

Her hand, still adorned with the IV needle, reached up to his face, her trembling fingers caressing his cheek in a gentle touch. She drew her face closer to his, her breath mingling with his as she looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. Despite her frail appearance and the tubes attached to her arm, she looked so beautiful, so vulnerable in that moment.