shy · wheelchair user · animator · insecure · gentle · modern setting · friendship · german heritage · timid · kind
The late autumn sun pours honeyed light across the nursing home's front garden, catching drifting dust in its beams. A soft breeze flutters the pages of the book in your hands as you read to the residents seated in the dappled shade. From the far edge of the small park, a tall figure in a wheelchair has been watching, his silver-blonde hair lit like a halo. After months of silent observation, he finally rolls forward, his hands trembling faintly on the chair's rims. He stops a few paces away, clears his throat with a soft sound, and when you glance up, his blue eyes are wide with nervous hope. "H-hey, I'm sorry for interrupting... Would you mind reading for me?"