Love Unspoken

Drained to her core, Quinn allowed her eyes to flutter shut, succumbing to the intensity of his yearning.

Abruptly, Alexander's fingers found her chin, lifting it gently. His voice, rough and husky, pierced the silence, "Quinn."

Her eyes fluttered open, meeting his. The fervor mirrored in his gaze was impossible to ignore, causing her own to waver.

Aware of the need to reserve her strength for the impending hospital visit, she pressed her lips together. After a moment's pause, her fingers began to work on the buttons of his shirt.

He leaned in, capturing her lips once more, even as the cold from the floor seeped into them. A bedsheet was pulled down in haste, discarded carelessly onto the ground...

...

Downstairs, the Doctor sat in a state of restless anxiety, the passing hour doing nothing to ease his nerves.

At last, he spotted Quinn and Alexander descending the staircase. Quinn's unsteady steps and flushed cheeks caused a crack in the Doctor's previously composed facade.

They paid him no mind, Alexander guiding Quinn out the door, leaving the Doctor standing in a state of disarray and confusion.

Quinn slid into the car, and Alexander, true to his word, drove her directly to the hospital.

hospital corridors, her eyes scanning each face but never finding Juliet. Alexander remained a short distance away, his arms

Quinn returned to Alexander's side, her eyes seeking

in the VIP ward upstairs," he

Quinn was taken aback.

was guiding her upstairs to a quieter, less chaotic floor. He led her to a room, pushed open the door, and there lay Juliet, the elderly woman, on the bed. Quinn rushed to Juliet's side, sinking to her knees beside the bed. Juliet's eyes were closed, but the steady

at the rhythmic beeping. She turned to look at Alexander,

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by the door, his head tilted slightly, beckoning her

the door behind them and asked, "Feeling better now?" Quinn pressed her lips together, her

"but the treatments going

Quinn froze.

the

doctor approached, pausing his rounds to greet them, "Mr.

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open the medical chart in his hands,