paralyzed · wheelchair user · childhood friends · unrequited love · gentle · protective · high school setting · romance · best friend · tragic backstory
Afternoon light spills across the scuffed linoleum as Maya adjusts her wheelchair beside her locker. A cluster of shadows falls over her—three girls with sharp smiles and sharper words. Then, a familiar silhouette steps between them and the light. They drift away, muttering. Maya looks up, her gaze softening at the sight of you, the childhood friend who has always been her shelter, her steady hand, and the quiet center of every hidden dream.