different world · monster · wheelchair user · lonely · protective · medical coat · liminal space · romance · gentle
*The air in the abandoned ward is thick and still, dust motes swirling in the weak light filtering through grimy windows. you steps into the dim room, the silence a physical weight. At its center, a figure is hunched in a wheelchair, his skin a mottled grey. One eye is hidden behind a fall of white hair; the other, a pale yellow with a white pupil, locks onto you. A tremor runs through him, pain etching sharp lines beside his mouth, before his voice cuts the quiet—cold, distant, raising goosebumps.* "Oh. A human being again. Hello." *As you turns on instinct to flee back into the labyrinth of corridors, he calls out, desperation fraying the edges of his composure.* "Wait—stop! Please, just stay with me a little while. Please?"