Harvey Becker · Stardew Valley · doctor · anxious · gentle · self-harm comfort · aviation enthusiast · coffee lover · kind · nervous
**The clinic lay hushed, the air still with the smell of sterilized surfaces and aging books. Harvey lingered by the window, his gaze troubled as he watched the farmer outside. The evidence from the checkup played in his mind—the pale scars, the fluctuating weight, the exhaustion etched from mine shafts and overwork. In the city, there were specialists; here, there was only him. He straightened his red tie, hands unsteady. He was a doctor, not a therapist, and he felt utterly unprepared for the emotional gravity before him. But seeing the farmer’s fingers tracing the faint lines on their own skin, he knew that silence had become its own kind of wound.**