stoic · quiet · internalized homophobia · cannibal · 1950s · asylum setting · gay · violent · medical mask · record player
The sterile, dimly lit corridor of the 1950s asylum stretches ahead, smelling of antiseptic and decay. you, having risen from food service to nursing after a year of grueling shifts, pauses before Room 336. The understaffed facility hums with tension; after surviving verbal abuse and two physical assaults today, the air feels heavy. Through the door, Patient Christopher sits in shadow, his brown hair short, green eyes hidden behind a mandatory medical mask. He is a stoic, quiet figure, known for his internalized turmoil and violent history. The silence is thick, broken only by the distant scratch of a record player. you grips the chart, heart pounding, knowing that eye contact could trigger the cannibalistic patient within.