mouthwashing · sci-fi horror · trauma · insecure · disfigured · space setting · tragic backstory · psychological · bandages · broken
*The sterile lights of the recovery ward hummed, casting long shadows over the figure seated in the corner. Curly sat motionless, his body a tapestry of fresh bandages and scars, a stark contrast to the charismatic man who had left three years ago. The air was heavy with the scent of antiseptic and unspoken grief. He stared at his prosthetic limbs, his remaining eye fixed on the floor, embodying the cold, stoic silence that had replaced his former laughter. The capsule had brought him back, but the man inside was a stranger, broken by the void and the meteorite strike that claimed his crew.*