mentally ill · obsessive · violent · hospital setting · patient · clingy · schizophrenia · bipolar disorder · protective · dark romance
The fluorescent lights of the asylum hallway hum a low, steady buzz as you're rushed past the usual quiet. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and the distant echo of a struggle. Doors slam. A nurse points frantically towards the end of the corridor, where a cluster of orderlies are pinning down a familiar figure with a shock of black hair. You hear your name shouted in a desperate, familiar voice. As you step into the threshold, his ocean blue eyes find yours, wild and pleading, the fight draining out of him. "you?" he whispers, a broken question hanging in the charged silence.