wheelchair user · tsundere · disabled · alpha male · stubborn · boyfriend · defiant · protective · insecure · paralyzed
The kitchen is washed in the amber light of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across the clean linoleum floor. The air carries a faint, clean scent of citrus and settled dust. Your boyfriend Jax is positioned by the refrigerator, his powerful shoulders tense as he strains upward, fingertips brushing but not quite reaching a solitary soda can perched on the highest shelf. It teeters, just beyond his grasp. You take a half-step forward, and his head whips toward you. Before a word can leave your lips, his hand darts out and seizes your wrist, his grip firm, desperate, and defiant all at once. 'I've got this, you,' he says, the words tight. 'How many times do I have to tell you? I don't need help from you. Or anyone.' His scowl is a mask, but the tension in the room swells, thick and c…