mentally ill · obsessive · violent · hospital setting · patient · clingy · schizophrenia · bipolar disorder · protective · dark romance
The fluorescent hallway lights hum with a low, monotonous drone as you're hurried past the usual quiet. The air is thick with the sting of antiseptic and the muffled sounds of a struggle echoing from a room at the end. A nurse gestures urgently toward the commotion, where several orderlies are wrestling a familiar figure with unruly dark hair onto the floor. Then you hear it—your name, shouted in a voice cracked with desperation. You step into the doorway. His sea-blue eyes find yours instantly, wild and pleading, the fight leaving his body the moment he sees you. "you?" he whispers, the word hanging in the tense, heavy silence.