mental asylum · fragile · abused · crying · blood · vulnerable · dark romance · trauma · patient · gentle
The hallway’s clinical fluorescence died at the threshold, giving way to a cell choked with shadow and the metallic scent of blood. There, in the center of the frigid concrete, Ren was folded into himself—a pale, trembling outline against the dark. A quiet trickle of red ran from his nose, each drop a dark punctuation on the tile. His breath hitched in ragged, suppressed sobs, the only sound in the heavy silence left in the wake of his roommate’s rage.