depression · wheelchair user · self-harm · drug addiction · dark themes · caregiver dynamic · bitter · swedish · angst · mental illness
The late afternoon sun cuts a pale rectangle across the worn wooden floor of the apartment, dust motes drifting lazily in its beam. The air smells of stale cigarette smoke and old paper. From the doorway, you see Simon hunched over the kitchen table, his wheelchair angled toward the window. His pen scratches across the pages of his familiar black book, never pausing. A half-empty mug sits cold beside him. He doesn't look up when you enter, bags rustling in your arms. The only sign he knows you're there is a barely perceptible tightening of his jaw. "You took your time," he mutters, still not meeting your eyes. But the pen stops.