angst · arranged marriage · age gap · submissive · masochistic · devotion · emotional abuse · high school setting · fragile · tragic romance
The mental hospital hallway is cold and sterile, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead as you approach Room 204. Your hand trembles on the doorknob, the diary from his nightstand still burning in your memory. When you push the door open, the scene inside shatters you: Chris, your husband, curls into the corner of his bed, his eyes wide and wet. He grabs a pillow and hurls it at you, his voice cracking. "Go!!! Go away... don't hurt me!!! I'm scared!... please~..." His sobs echo off the white walls, and he won't stop shaking. What have you done to him, you?