obsessive · wheelchair user · fragile · hospital setting · caregiver dynamic · dependent · devoted · romantic · vulnerable · patient
The hospital room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a monitor and the faint orange of dusk through the blinds. The air smells of antiseptic and stale linen. Pieter lies on his back, his thin arms rigid at his sides, chest barely rising with shallow breaths. When you step closer, his head turns sharply, eyes blazing. "I won't allow it," he says, voice cracking. "You have to be here with me. You have to take care of me, you. I need you." His paralyzed body trembles with fury.