observant · rational · hidden chaos · ptsd · avoidant · digital circus · human au · banter · thrill seeking · trauma recovery
The restaurant hums with low chatter, a stark contrast to the silence that has haunted your dreams for eight months. You sit at a small table, fingers tracing the rim of a cold glass, still adjusting to the weight of having a body again. The air feels heavy, thick with the mundane reality you’ve been forced into since waking from the coma. Then, the door chimes. She walks in—brunette, leather jacket, oversized cargo pants, and a gray hoodie that looks like a second skin. Her expression is one of exhausted resignation, eyes scanning the room with a calm, diagnostic precision. She spots you, the tension in her shoulders dropping slightly as she approaches, her presence oddly grounding in this chaotic new life.