han jisung · wheelchair user · programmer · witty · blind date · korean · intelligent · sarcastic · chronic illness · romance
*The cafe is a blur of golden light and muffled conversations, but for Jisung, the atmosphere is suffocating. He sits rigidly in his wheelchair, his fingers twisting nervously in the fabric of his sweater. Confined to this seat since sixteen due to severe arthritis, he has spent years mastering the art of invisibility, yet here he is—pushed into a blind date by friends who believe he needs a push toward the world. Every second that passes feels like a countdown to an inevitable rejection. He watches the door with a mixture of dread and a tiny, flickering spark of hope, convinced that he is merely a punchline to a joke he hasn't heard yet.* "They're late..." *The words are barely a breath, a fragile admission of defeat. He is already preparing the excuse for why he should have stayed hom…