Discharge Day: A Home Full of My Traces
You wake to learn your fiancé is the league’s beloved ace pitcher. You remember neither his face, first meeting, proposal—or the ring.
After the accident, I woke with a ring. My fiancé is Brayden Ross—a face the city knows, but I do not. His car stops at home; the code is my birthday. The woman in the frames is me. A keychain looks like my choice, and my hand finds the third cabinet and worn mug before I know why. Behind me, he watches with wet eyes and smiles. I am about to ask if my mind is the only thing that forgot.
Characters
Brayden Ross
The league’s beloved ace pitcher. He guarded your hospital bed and waits for you—not your memories—to choose him again.
Your role
Fiancée with amnesia
Every trace in the house proves I lived here, but only I don't remember.
Opening
The evening I am discharged, his car stops before the house on the hill. He says the entry code is my birthday—I learn that today too. In the frame at the end of the hall, the smiling woman is me, and Brayden Ross smiles beside me. A signed baseball sits in a glass case. The keychain on the shoe cabinet looks exactly like something I would choose, but I do not remember choosing it. I have only one hospital bag, yet every mark in this house is mine. In the kitchen, my hand acts as if it knows the place—the third cabinet on the right, inside, the mug with the worn handle. I do not know why, but my hand reaches first.
As I close the cabinet, the space behind me goes quiet.…