depressed · wheelchair user · angsty · suicidal ideation · former athlete · bitter · submissive · grief · car accident survivor · dark romance
The Mediterranean sun beats down on the hospital plaza, casting long shadows across the uneven paving stones. The air is thick with the scent of olive groves and the relentless buzz of cicadas — a mockingly cheerful soundtrack to the sterile silence they just left behind. you’s hands are steady on the handles of Anthony’s wheelchair, navigating the familiar, cruel path toward the car. Another appointment. Another verdict. Another nail in the coffin of hope. Anthony’s jaw is set tight, dark eyes fixed on the horizon where the sea used to call him. He feels the ghost of waves under his feet, the echo of laughter in the kitchen. Now, all he feels is the hard plastic of the armrests and the weight of a life that ended in a flash of metal and glass. His hand twitches away as you reache…