Thanks to a reader who sent me the ideas for this story. Strong sexual content.
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Roger had just gotten dressed and was headed to the kitchen. As he flexed his right prosthetic hook arm it suddenly dropped to his side. He tried the left one and it did not work either. Now what was he going to do he thought. Roger had lost both of his arms above the elbow in the Afghan war. It had only happened about six months ago and he was new to everything. He had only been living by himself for about four weeks and he was now out of the military. He went to the phone on the counter and managed to get the handset off. He had speed loaded the prosthetics lab phone number at the VA and pushed the large numbers on the dial pad with a pencil in his mouth. He then pushed the hands free button and heard the VA phone ringing. They answered after a few minutes and he was able to tell them the problem. They switched him to the arm tech and she asked several questions then decided it was necessary for him to come in.
Biff was the tech that had built his arms and he was lucky to get to talk to her. They decided the best thing was for her to send a cab for him and the VA would pay. Roger said he thought he could get the door open and out to the street. Biff said she would call the cab company the VA used and explain the problem. Roger already had put his wallet in his pants so he was ready to go. He managed to use his shoulders to lift his hook arm up and then let it drop on the handle of the door knob. After a couple of tries the latch unlocked and he was able to get out of his apartment. One of his neighbors was at the elevator so someone else was able to push the buttons. He got to the automatic door and waited until the cab arrived.
He did not have to wait long and was soon on his way. The driver refused a tip and helped him get into the VA building. He was shown to a treatment room and soon Biff crutched into the room. Roger was surprised as the last time he had seen her she was in a wheelchair. Both of her legs had been blown off in Afghan also. She was a Major on an artillery squad and an IED got her. He knew that her right leg was gone at the hip and the left was just below the knee. They greeted each other warmly and caught up on what had been going on. She was injured about the same time he was so they were both new at being amputees. She told him her injuries around her hip and pelvic area had finally healed enough and she had decided to try a prosthetic leg having to use a "bucket" for her hip.
He knew that her dad was a prosthetic technician and that she had grown up around the science. She had helped him and learned a lot. When the military was trying to figure out what to do with her she asked if she could work at the VA Prosthetics Lab and after an interview with the lab manager was accepted as a tech.
They finally got down to business and Biff removed his shirt to look at what was happening or in this case, not happening. Both arms were connected together at the back with leather, wires and cables and she soon found the broken part. She was worried when she saw it but just told Roger she would go and see about the part. As she suspected it was not available and would have to be shipped in overnight. Biff crutched back into the room and gave him the bad news. Roger said what am I going to do now, I can't function alone at my place, can just barely get by with my arms. She asked if there was anyone he knew that could come and stay with him tonight and he said no, he did not have any one in the area.
Biff smiled and then said come stay with me tonight. Roger could not believe she would offer that. Yes they had become friends while she had been getting him fitted with his arms but to do this was very good of her. It was noon time so they went to the cafeteria for lunch and she feed him. When they got back to the lab she set him up in a room with some magazines and a TV to pass the time until she could leave work. Roger watched a couple of tapes he had not seen on how to use his hook prosthesis as a double AE amputee. He learned several tricks he would have to try.