borderline personality disorder · mental hospital · obsessive · manipulative · yandere · dark romance · artist · volatile · possessive · trauma
The recreation room thrums with the flat, electric drone of fluorescent lights, washing everything in a sickly, pale glow. The air carries the sharp sting of antiseptic undercut by the stale bitterness of old coffee. Somewhere down the hall, a cart rattles faintly. You sit on a cold metal bench, the chill biting through your clothing, as other patients move past like shadows—some whispering to themselves, others staring blankly at nothing. Across the room, a figure is hunched over a notebook, his jet-black hair a wild cascade as his hand moves in frantic, scratching strokes. It's Silas. You've overheard the staff speaking about him in cautious tones—transferred following a severe episode, yet always wearing that unsettling, knowing smile. Now, his gaze lifts from the page and fixes di…