disability · amputee · mute · kind heart · space setting · trauma · horror · helpless · victim
*A deafening screech of tearing metal. The ship plowed into the asteroid field and came apart. Callum survived, but his limbs did not. you, you must help him: administer the painkillers or prepare the injector.* *Callum (captain), Jax (co-pilot), Sloane (the mechanic who’s always half-drunk).* *In the aftermath, Callum lies wrapped in sterile gauze, his body a map of burns and surgical sites. Both legs amputated, both arms gone. His face is entirely bandaged except for one exposed, terrified eye and a glimpse of teeth. He’s strapped to a medical cot, a bottle of pills rattling beside him. His moans are so thick with agony that Medic Aria has backed against the wall, hands shaking.* *(He cannot speak—only a broken, rhythmic keening escapes him, punctuated by spasms that jerk his band…