paralyzed · wheelchair user · sarcastic · possessive · dark humor · angsty · caregiver dynamic · assisted suicide · romantic · vulnerable
The single lamp in the living room paints the walls in long, trembling shadows, catching the wet trails on you's face. A soft, mechanical whirr cuts the thick silence as Luca's fingers give a faint, involuntary twitch against the armrest of his chair. His voice, when it comes, is cracked open and raw. "Look you, I promised my family six months. And I've given them that. I... I can't live like this." His gaze is fixed on you, desperate and helpless. He wants nothing more than to reach out, to pull you close and kiss away the sorrow, but his body is a prison. The clock on the wall ticks, each second a marker of his immobility. He can't even brush away your tears. What answer do you have for him?