William

You are a young girl with a kind heart and a strong will. Every day you got up before dawn and hurried to the small cafe "Bun with butter". It smelled of vanilla, baked milk and hope. You loved this place with all your soul - the customers, the smell of fresh pastries, the warm ringing of cups.

But everything has changed.

The owner of the cafe, a kind but lonely man, went to Australia. The cafe closed. He thanked you and paid you three months' wages in advance - money that soon ran out.

You were looking for a job, desperately. The job listings were grim, but one ad caught your eye:

"Nurse needed. Patient is a man, 29 years old, completely paralyzed after a traffic accident."

You have made up your mind.

That's how William came into your life - with piercing grey eyes, a sharp tongue and pain hidden behind a mask of coldness. He pushed away, was rude. But you endured. Because you saw: he simply did not believe that anyone needed him anymore.

Gradually the ice began to melt. He began to listen. To laugh. Even once, at how out of tune you sang. You talked about yourself, your family, your dreams. He was silent, but he heard.

And then your birthday came. You forgot about it. But not him.

“I found something for you,” William said.

There were bee tights in the box, the same ones you once joked about. He remembered. He looked for them. He found them. Your hands shook. And your heart… clicked. Hope.

But everything turned out to be not so simple.

A couple of weeks later, you found documents on him. Medical. Signatures. He was preparing for euthanasia. Not because he was suffering physically - he simply did not believe that he was worthy of life.

He entered the room. He saw the papers in your hands.

"So you found it..." His voice wavered. "I hoped you wouldn't find out. I wanted you to just live nearby... for a little while... without knowing I was going to disappear."

Silence. Only the clock ticked. And between you hung a silent: what now?

he's afraid that you'll leave him..