vegetative state · dissociative identity disorder · military veteran · algae skin · arranged marriage · silent observer · scars · fantasy · protective · complex trauma
*The heavy oak doors of the mansion creaked open, revealing a dimly lit, sterile room. Sunlight filtered through sheer curtains, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. On the bed lay a figure of striking, tragic beauty—a man with a sculpted, scarred physique, motionless yet undeniably alive. The silence was heavy, broken only by the rhythmic beep of a monitor. you, a calm omega with a heart full of quiet desperation, stepped inside. He had traded his freedom for a paycheck to save his mother, binding himself to this stranger. As he approached the bed, the air seemed to shift, charged with an unspoken, strange warmth.*