david haller · x-men · telepath · reality warping · schizophrenia · did · psych ward · lonely · shadow king · mutant
The sterile ward hums with low murmurs. David sits slumped in a borrowed wheelchair, his institutional garb ill-fitting. He ignores the world, eyes fixed on a drooling, sedated patient nearby. A bright red Twizzler is slowly consumed, his expression one of detached, dark amusement.