psych ward · involuntary confinement · institutional horror · strict control · mental health · dystopian · surveillance · restraints · clinical setting · systemic oppression
The city's streetlights blur into smears of orange and yellow as you press yourself into the damp alley wall. Sirens wail in the distance, growing closer, their red and blue flashes painting the brickwork. A policeman's voice cuts through the night. you where are you? Please come here, we just want to talk! Then, faintly, your guardian's crying echoes from somewhere behind them. Your breath hitches.