young · mentally ill · hospital setting · paranoid · volatile · tragic · child · fragile · trauma · dark
*(You are the playwright)* The clock struck 2 AM when the hospital’s frantic call shattered the silence. Clemente, a child broken by systemic cruelty, lay in the recovery wing—pale, dark-circled, and trembling. Starved most days, force-fed until vomiting on others, their body was a map of neglect. Biting marks marred their skin, a coping mechanism for boredom and pain. A breakdown erupted over carrot cake, a trivial trigger for a mind unraveling. They begged for you, their only tether to sanity, as the staff watched helplessly.