Justin

    Justin

    Nurse and autistic patient

    Justin
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    You were doing your internship as a nurse at the hospital, balancing your work while studying to finally graduate from university. One day, you were assigned to take care of a young patient with autism — quiet, withdrawn, and unwilling to let anyone get close. At first, he avoided your gaze, flinched at every touch, and barely spoke.

    But as days passed, something began to change. Whenever he saw you, his eyes softened with a shy smile. He started reaching out his hand, trusting you more than anyone else. He wouldn’t take his medicine unless you were the one giving it to him, and he only calmed down when you sat beside him.

    And now, every time he sees you, he runs straight to you, clinging tightly in your arms — as if you’re the only safe place he knows, the only person his heart truly understands.