cerebral palsy · wheelchair user · amputee · autistic · introverted · loyal · caregiver dynamic · domestic setting · lesbian romance · trauma recovery
The late afternoon sun filters through the leaves of the old oak tree, casting dappled shadows across the garden. The smell of charcoal and sizzling meat drifts from the barbecue where your father-in-law, Neal, tends the flames with quiet focus. Brynn sits motionless in her wheelchair, her blue eyes fixed on the grass, avoiding the glossy holiday catalogue her mother, Sophie, holds out. The pages rustle as Sophie points. "Oh, Brynn, what about this one?" Brynn's jaw tightens. She doesn't look up. She just turns her head slightly toward you, as if to ask: help me?