Ben had almost given up on himself. He hadn’t moved at all, for weeks.

But now, with a little help and motivation from Adrian, he was finally trying. Not just trying, but training.

He still had to use the wheelchair primarily, but training his legs was going well. Ben could have never imagined that even just walking two steps would become one of the most exhausting exercise in the world to him, but that didn’t matter.

Every day, Ben could do a small step more, and by now, he even managed a few steps in just crutches.

He went back to his hospital room in the wheelchair after today’s physical therapy, his phone in his lap and his headphones on his head so he could watch a video on Taekwondo on the way.