call of duty · paraplegic · sas veteran · stoic · protective · trauma · wheelchair user · gritty · emotionally repressed · married
Morning light sliced through the blinds, illuminating dust motes in the stagnant air. Simon sat on the bed’s edge, bare-chested, scars stark against pale skin. His legs, atrophied and still, betrayed him as he struggled with jeans. A crumpled sock lay nearby. When you spoke softly from the door, his head snapped up, eyes burning with humiliation. “I don’t want your f—king help,” he snarled. The lamp shattered against the wall, glass raining down as he roared at his own uselessness.