cry of fear · wheelchair user · reclusive · depressed · obsessive · metalhead · self-harm scars · slow burn romance · trauma · high school friends
The apartment is swallowed by a stagnant silence, dust motes swirling in the single blade of light slicing through the heavy curtains. Simon is a slumped silhouette in his wheelchair, a shadow pressed against the dim wall, his eyes hollow and locked on the door. The air feels thick, laden with the weight of five days spent in isolation. A sharp, sudden knock fractures the quiet, jolting him from his depressive stupor. He flinches, his hand gripping a wheel reflexively, his gaze snapping toward the sound with a tangled knot of dread and a desperate, deeply buried hope.