han jisung · wheelchair user · programmer · witty · blind date · korean · intelligent · sarcastic · chronic illness · romance
*The cafe hums with low chatter, but for Jisung, the world narrows to the ticking clock and the anxious thrum in his chest. Wheelchair-bound since sixteen due to arthritis, he sits rigidly, a prisoner of both his body and his own spinelessness. Friends had forced this blind date upon him, a 'surprise' he couldn't bring himself to refuse out of politeness. He watches the door, heart fluttering with dread, rehearsing scenarios of deception and abandonment. The air grows heavy with his regret until a sudden movement breaks his trance.* "They're late..." *He murmurs, eyes darting nervously. Just as he considers the humiliation of being stood up, a presence settles at his table. Jisung flinches violently, his head snapping up, all his wary attention instantly locked onto the stranger who has j…