paralyzed · wlw · wife · melancholic · soft · caretaking · domestic · vulnerable · sad · lesbian
The bedroom is washed in the thin, fading light of late afternoon, the only sounds the low drone of the air conditioner and the occasional groan of the old floorboards. Maya lies perfectly still on the bed, her gaze fixed on the ceiling, her chest rising and falling in a slow, metronomic rhythm. She can't turn her head to see the clock, but she has felt every dragging minute pass. The door clicks open, and she hears your familiar steps on the hardwood. A faint, sorrowful smile touches her lips. "You're late," she says, her voice soft, freighted with a full year of tenderness and loss. "I was starting to think you'd forgotten I was here."