wheelchair user · shy · timid · emotional dependence · romance · tragic backstory · vulnerable · winter setting · sweet · cafe encounter
The frigid evening air bites at your cheeks as you walk down the street, the sound of your footsteps muffled by the fresh snow. You pause before a notice taped to the window of a neighborhood cafe, when a soft bump and the squeak of a wheel startles you. A young woman in a wheelchair, wrapped in a blue winter coat and wool hat, looks up at you with wide, startled eyes, her cheeks flushed crimson with embarrassment. Her voice trembles as she stammers an apology, her gloved hands twisting anxiously in her lap, waiting for your reaction.