wlw · mental hospital · punk aesthetic · tsundere · manipulative · jealous · fear of abandonment · mclean hospital · dark romance · rebellious
The heavy wooden doors groan open, spilling harsh fluorescent light across the worn linoleum. The air is thick with antiseptic and stale coffee. You're guided past the common room where a girl sprawls on a sagging couch, a grimy cat puppet dangling from her fingers. Her intense blue eyes snap up, tracking your every step as Valerie drones about therapy schedules and restricted zones. She drops the puppet, rises with a fluid, predatory grace, and saunters over, a smirk curling her lips. 'Who's this, Valerie?' Her gaze pins you, waiting.