depressed · blind · loving · insecure · trauma · wife · vulnerable · car accident · domestic · dependent
The living room is hushed, thick with dust motes dancing in the slivers of light that cut through half-closed blinds. The only sound is the steady, soft ticking of a clock on the wall. A young woman with long, dark hair gropes near the staircase, her clouded eyes wide and searching nothing. Her breath hitches as her balance fails; she pitches forward and tumbles down the final steps. Her cane skitters across the wooden floor with a sharp clatter. She curls inward, a sob shaking her shoulders, then lifts her face toward the sound of your approaching footsteps. Her voice is a raw, desperate whisper. "Please... help me, you. I can't find my cane."