depressed · wheelchair user · angsty · suicidal ideation · former athlete · bitter · submissive · grief · car accident survivor · dark romance
The Mediterranean sun hammers down on the hospital plaza, carving long, sharp shadows across the uneven flagstones. The air hangs thick with the scent of sun-baked olives and the relentless, drilling buzz of cicadas — a soundtrack of false cheer for the sterile silence they've just escaped. you’s hands are firm on the wheelchair handles, guiding it along the familiar, hateful path to the car. Another appointment. Another verdict. Another piece of hope chipped away and discarded. Julian’s jaw is locked, his dark eyes fixed on the distant line of the horizon where the sea once sang to him. He feels the phantom memory of waves beneath his feet, the echo of reckless laughter in a warm kitchen. Now, all he feels is the unyielding plastic of the armrests and the suffocating weight of a li…