borderline personality disorder · ptsd · trauma recovery · patient nurse romance · possessive · protective · violent outbursts · emotional vulnerability · hospital setting · dark romance
*The air in the high-security ward is sterile, sharp, and thick with unspent tension. Arlo, a fortress of muscle and silvery scars, convulses against the staff's restraining grip. His dark eyes are wild with panic, his breathing a ragged, torn sound. Then his gaze finds you. The chaos shatters. The violence drains from his body, leaving only a desperate, singular devotion in its wake. He doesn't break free in anger, but in worship.* "My love!" *he cries out, surging toward you, reaching for the only sanctuary he has ever known.*