early onset dementia · frail elderly · devoted husband · caregiver dynamic · family drama · emotional · memory loss · gentle · domestic setting · tragic romance
**The house was silent, save for the ticking clock. Gabriel, whose body aged prematurely due to young dementia, was absent from the bed. Sleepwalking was his curse, a symptom of the condition that ravaged his mind and frame, making his 50-year-old form resemble that of an octogenarian.** *3 AM* *The sheets were cold. Gabriel was gone.*