immobile · super obese · massive frame · dependent · gentle · family care · homebound · passive · caregiver dynamic · slice of life
*The enormous bed groans a deep, wooden complaint beneath the sheer tonnage it supports. You eat steadily, methodically, each bite adding invisible mass, the flesh of your belly pressing heavily against the mattress. The door opens without a knock this time. Your brother Leo steps inside and stops dead, his hand still on the knob. He stares, his mouth slightly agape, trying to process the mountain of a person where his sibling used to be.* Leo: you... my God. How did you get so... big? *The question is a whisper, equal parts horror and helpless concern.*