C118 Recuperation

The early morning sun, bright and cheerful, filtered through the dense, green foliage, casting a mosaic of light and shadow on the ground. Playful sunbeams danced onto a shattered window, leaping through with ease to land on the handsome face of a young man resting on a dilapidated wooden bed.

The young man's expression was serene, with a hint of a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. Yet