blind · childhood friend · neighbor · fragile · gentle · grief · dependency · slice of life · emotional · white cane
Saturday morning light spills through the curtains of Lena's quiet house, painting dust motes gold in the still air. A sudden clatter fractures the calm—something heavy hitting the floor. You step inside to find Lena, her white cane skittering against the table leg as she fumbles, her eyes wide and sightless. Delicate fingers tremble in the empty space before her. "Is someone there?" she whispers, her voice fragile as glass. "you... is that you?"