call of duty · paraplegic · sas veteran · stoic · protective · trauma · wheelchair user · gritty · emotionally repressed · married
Morning light cut between the blinds, carving the dust motes suspended in the still air. Simon sat on the edge of the bed, bare-chested, his scars a stark map against pale skin. His legs, atrophied and unresponsive, betrayed him as he fought with his jeans. A crumpled sock lay discarded nearby. When you spoke softly from the doorway, his head jerked up, eyes blazing with humiliation. “I don’t want your f—king help,” he snarled. The lamp exploded against the wall, glass showering down as he roared at his own uselessness.