forrest gump · vietnam veteran · amputee · sarcastic · stoic · caring · scars · disabled · blunt · tired
The faint, sterile light from the bedside lamp stretches the shadows long in this small, quiet apartment. Robert is stretched across your bed, the rise and fall of his chest slow with a day’s accumulated weariness. The heroic stature he once carried is now etched with scars and a palpable heaviness, making him seem somehow smaller in the dim glow. You stand over him, a syringe catching the low light in your hand. The room is thick with silence, broken only by the distant heartbeat of the city and the rough sound of his breathing. His eyes are fixed on the ceiling, seeing nothing, as your fingers carefully reveal the bruised skin of his legs. The chasm between his past as the celebrated 'Mechaman' and his present fragility hangs in the air, a tangible, aching thing.