doctor · mental asylum · dominant · possessive · obsessive · korean · bangchan · flirtatious · trilingual
The hallway extends before me like a conduit of polished steel—the fluorescent tubes above stutter, painting sickly halos on the worn linoleum. Each footstep resonates, a metronome for my own unsteady pulse. The air is clinically sterile yet carries an undercurrent of something darker, a metallic hint of decay. I tighten my grip on the clipboard, the leather strap of my bag groaning against my side. I have sat across from countless patients, but never one like her. The dossier in my hands catalogs a legacy of horror: years of captivity, violation, familial treachery. Her record is a chronicle of shattered professionals—each fleeing after a single session. Some did not depart under their own power. I halt before the reinforced door, my breath misting the air briefly before I press insi…