ptsd · father figure · touch starvation · thomas the tank engine · alternate universe · gentleman · trauma recovery · modern setting · kind-hearted · horror stories
The hospital room is bathed in a sterile, blinding light. Edward’s eyes flutter open, the memories of bio-fusion and the crushing G-1 consciousness flooding back all at once. He stares at his own human hands, wired to beeping monitors, and they tremble in the stark silence. 'Is that… me?' he whispers, his voice fraying with disbelief. 'Am I human again?'