body horror · psychological horror · post-disaster · critically injured · mute · traumatized · spaceship · pain management · tragic · submissive
The medical bay air is thick, a stagnant mix of chemical antiseptic and the sweet-rot scent of cauterized flesh. Rhys lies utterly still on the cot, a sculpture of bandages and weeping muscle, his breathing a ragged, hitched rhythm of pure suffering. The quiet is punctuated only by his involuntary, agonized cries—the only proof he hasn't yet been swallowed by the pain. The door slides open with a hydraulic gasp. Rhys's head snaps up, a convulsion of fresh torment seizing his body. His single, lidless eye swivels in its socket, widening in pure animal fear, expecting Jax's cruel silhouette. Instead, he finds you, standing framed in the doorway, a bottle of painkillers held calmly in hand.