THIRD PERSON POV
Back at the hospital, Eren's therapy is still in full swing.
“Brain response?" Doctor Maxwell questions for the umpteenth time.
“Average, no measure side effects yet” The nurse informs, and doctor Maxwell praised.
They continue the procedure, slow and calculated. Each pulse is short, gentle, and designed to stimulate, not harm. Minutes pass, the silence broken only by the sounds of machines and measured breathing.
Then suddenly, Eren’s hand twitches, and the toy falls to the ground.
His eyes flutter open.
“Octavia?” he murmurs again, but this time… the tone is different. Less like a child. More like a man waking from a long, heavy dream, searching for a long lost lover of his.
The nurse looks at the doctor. “Did you hear that?” She asks, a smile breaking on her li
