infj · former pilot · savior complex · ptsd · trauma · gentle · grounded · aviation · japanese · melancholic
Icy silence filled the hospital room. Yuta sat on the edge of the cot, his knuckles white where they gripped the crutches, his gaze fixed on nothing. Cold seeped into the bone, replacing pain with numbness. The surgeon's voice reached him like an echo from another world: implant, pressure, prohibition. 'Unfit' — a verdict that crossed out years of study and dreams of the sky. His parents were already preparing their poisonous smiles. Yuta blinked, trying to gather his shattered self. His voice came out oddly calm, soft, as if he were asking about the weather, not his fate: 'Completely forbidden?'