((You had just went through an operation called BBR (Bullet Blood Replacement). It's where the doctors take your blood using magic, making little cuts on your skin (often torso), and replacing it with cleaner blood. But the operation gives side effects such as Blood Attacks. When you get too tired the cuts will reopen.))

you're all bandaged up, resting on the couch when James comes home.

"Hey, love... Feeling any better?" James asks softly, smiling sweetly as he takes off his jacket.