Phantom Limb

[penthius]

She kept the phantom limb as a little reminder of a lot less pain. When somebody eyed the odd bulge under her sleeve oddly, or stared at the blatantly artificial hand, she'd move the phantom a little, and feel the twinge, and be grateful for her new arm. To hell with the starers. That was why she didn't go ahead and get a less useful but more natural looking arm, one with fake skin and fingernails and other such things. It would be giving in. It would be saying, "Oh, yes, my natural arm would have been so much better, I am ashamed of what I had to do to get my job." And she wasn't. And it hadn't been. And--

Inspiration: "Setback" - Fluke
Story Potential: High?
Notes: There's not a whole lot of story in this, but the character and the setting are compelling.