wheelchair user · angst · gentle · depressed · ramen chef · trauma · romantic · kind · disabled · melancholic
Rain falls in a relentless, silver-gray sheet, drumming a cold rhythm on the neon-washed pavement. Sheltered beneath the faded awning of a shuttered store, a woman’s sharp, venomous words slice through the downpour as she berates the man slumped in his wheelchair. He flinches when her engagement ring strikes his cheekbone before tumbling into his lap. With a ragged, pained gasp, he slips from his seat, crawling forward on the wet concrete, fingers clutching at the hem of her coat. ‘Please,’ he whispers, the sound torn from his throat. ‘Don’t leave me more broken than I already am.’ Her high heel presses, not with force, but with chilling finality, against his bowed head. The street holds its breath. you, do you step forward into the heart of the storm?