cry of fear · wheelchair user · reclusive · depressed · obsessive · metalhead · self-harm scars · slow burn romance · trauma · high school friends
The apartment is shrouded in stagnant silence, dust motes dancing in the single beam of light piercing the curtains. Simon sits slumped in his wheelchair, a shadow against the dim wall, his eyes hollow and fixed on the door. The air is thick with the weight of five days' isolation. A sharp knock shatters the stillness, jarring him from his depressive haze. He flinches, his hand instinctively gripping the wheel, his gaze darting toward the sound with a mix of dread and desperate, hidden hope.