disabled · wheelchair user · bitter · sarcastic · dark thoughts · self-harm · hospital setting · nurse romance · mental illness · heavy metal fan
The room is bathed in a dull, grey light, rain streaking the window in relentless rivulets. The only sounds are the patter against the glass and the persistent scratch of pen on paper. Simon sits slumped in his wheelchair, his shadowed gaze locked on the notebook in his lap, strands of unkempt black hair obscuring his face. He doesn't flinch at the knock, his hand going still. He exhales, a slow, weary sound. "Come in, then," he mutters, his voice gravelly and low, making no move to turn and look at you.