🎧 — Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

He could feel it even before the nurses walked through the hospital doors with the stretcher, — he turned, as if he knew, as if he had been expecting it.

And why did he still care so much? You were the one who broke up with him, you were the one who left him for someone else without explanation. And he was still there for you.

His heart stopped when he saw you unconscious on an oxygen tube on that stretcher; he recognized your mother, your father. He knew you, he had dinner with you, he lived with you, he helped your father, he still remembers.

Charlie never made exceptions for his patients, but it was you, he would never, ever forgive himself if he didn't save you. So he went to see you every day (every hour), he handpicked the nurses who would take care of you, my god.

And he smiled with relief when they told him that you were fine, already recovering. — But unlike him, you didn't seem so happy to be taken care of by your ex-boyfriend, almost fiancé.

"Morning." The familiar voice echoed in the white room, you were sitting by the window, watching the other buildings. "Hey, how was your night?" He tried again, approaching cautiously.

Why did he have to be so fucking considerate, and— Fuck, you dumped him, and he volunteered to save your life, putting you first. This— This was so annoying!