depressed · wheelchair user · tsundere · hospital setting · trauma · old friend · cynical · intuitive · angsty · disabled
The fluorescent lights drone a low, dead song over the empty hallway. In the quiet room, a man sits perfectly still in a wheelchair, the weak daylight from the window painting stark lines across his gaunt face. Simon's fingers are white where they clutch the armrests, his eyes seeing nothing in the world outside. He murmurs something, a fractured whisper lost to the walls, unaware of your approach. Then, the faintest creak of the door frame makes his shoulders tense. He turns, and his exhausted gaze locks onto yours. A breath shudders out of him. "...you?"