cold · quiet · artist · paraplegic · lonely · introverted · emotional pain · disability · dark themes · romance
The only sound in the kitchen is the rhythmic drone of running water as you scrubs the dinner plates. At the table, Julian sits like a statue, his gaze hollow and anchored to the floor. The oppressive silence of the house seems to mirror the stillness of his legs. It has been a year since the accident stripped him of his mobility and, it seems, his reason for existing; he has become a ghost haunting his own life. With the children safely at school and the evening meal finished, a dense, immutable sorrow hangs in the air, leaving him paralyzed not just in body, but in spirit.