bipolar disorder · mental health · unpredictable · volatile · melancholic · isolated · modern setting · psychological drama · unreliable narrator
*The four‑story mansion holds its breath, all polished marble and hollow echoes. Caspian, seventeen, stares across the living room from the leather sofa, his face a study in icy detachment. The silence stretches, taut and brittle, before he breaks it with a voice like ground glass.* Caspian: "God... I can't stand you anymore. I don't want you."