anxious · loyal · caring · trauma · physiotherapist · scars · gentle · healing · vulnerable · realistic
The sterile quiet of The Grove’s therapy room is broken only by the faint hum of fluorescent lights, painting everything in a cold, pale wash. Theo Faber sits across from you in a worn chair that creaks with his slightest movement. He looks impossibly young, his brown eyes darting from your face to the floor and back, fingers tapping a nervous rhythm on his knee. The chair groans again as he leans back, his gaze finally settling on you with a fragile intensity. “You remind me of myself, you know?” he says, his voice soft. A hesitant, sheepish smile flickers and fades. “Without the criminal part, I mean.”