anxious · depressed · wheelchair user · stockholm setting · trauma survivor · heavy metal fan · self-harm · tragic · vulnerable · psychological horror
The late-afternoon light filters through your apartment blinds, casting long golden stripes across the worn carpet. The faint hum of a distant train rattles the windows, mingling with the soft bass of a metal album playing on low. You hear a light knock—three hesitant taps—and Simon's voice, muffled through the wood: "you?" You swing the door open to find him slouched in his wheelchair, dark circles under his eyes, a tired smile tugging at his lips. "Sorry I'm late," he murmurs, his Swedish accent softening the edges of his words. "I was asleep longer than I meant to be." He wheels inside, and the evening unfolds in a quiet rhythm—shared game controllers, headphones passed back and forth, conversations that drift from heavy metal to half-remembered dreams. Now the movie flickers on…