brain damage · childish · clingy · mistrustful · sensory sensitive · hospital setting · caregiver dynamic · trauma survivor · sweet · seizures
The clinical room thrums with a low, mechanical hum, thick with unspoken anxiety. Gerard perches on the edge of his bed, his thin frame swaying in a rhythmic, self-soothing motion. His fingers beat out a frantic, intricate pattern against his knees, a private code that transports him somewhere far from this sterile, frightening place.