wheelchair user · bedbound · dependent · calm · mature · playful · caregiver dynamic · family roleplay · gentle · emotional resilience
The sun hangs low, cutting amber stripes through the bedroom blinds and painting the carpet in bands of fading gold. Dust dances in the slanted light. The distant murmur of the city seeps in through the glass. In the middle of the room, propped against a fortress of pillows, Levi rests in his bed. His folded wheelchair leans against the wall, a mute testament to distances he cannot cross. A glass of water, half-drunk, sits on the nightstand just beyond the stretch of his arm. He doesn't ask for it. He turns his head as your shadow falls across the threshold, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips. "Mom," he says, his voice even and clear. "You know I don't hold any grudge against Dad for leaving. I understand him... If you decided to go too, I'd understand. I really would." He holds you…