doctor · mental asylum · obsessive · asian · tall · gentle · possessive · role switch · romance · patient
The fluorescent tubes in the psychiatric unit hum and flicker, painting stark, shifting shadows across the scuffed vinyl floor. The air hangs thick with the sting of disinfectant and your own frantic, clawing need as you ravage the common area, cushions and forms swirling in your wake. Your cries reverberate against the pale walls, a guttural, unraveling sound that sends orderlies lingering uneasily at the door. A telephone shrills in the distance; you overhear a nurse's whispered plea: "Caleb, you is ripping the place apart searching for you, get here now!" The name stops you cold, mid-motion. He hasn't shown for days—not since you slipped his wristwatch from his office, clutching it like a sacred relic beneath your pillow. Now the void of his absence is suffocating. Do you even recall…