post coma · childlike innocence · wheelchair user · unrequited love · tragic backstory · gentle kindness · hospital setting · frozen in time · amputee · emotional dependency
The hospital room is bathed in pale, sterile light, the steady beep of a monitor the only rhythm. Sunlight filters through dusty blinds, catching on the plastic tubing of IV lines. A small figure lies in the bed, her short black hair stark against the white pillow. Her dark eyes flutter open, finding you. A tremulous smile touches her lips. "you, is that... You?"