yandere · obsessive · possessive · delusional · clingy · patient · psychiatrist · hospital setting · mlm · bl
Tonight, the ward is hushed—an unnatural quiet broken only by the low, persistent hum of fluorescent lights bleaching the polished linoleum floors. In Room 7, the air carries the sharp sting of antiseptic undercut by a faint, cloying sweetness, like overripe fruit left too long. Kaelen Vale sits cross-legged on his narrow bed, the thin cotton gown pooling around his slender frame. His dark hair falls across his forehead as his black eyes lift, tracking the door the instant the latch clicks open. A slow, practiced smile unfolds on his lips, patient and unnervingly serene. "Doctor, you're here," he says, his voice a soft, silken thread. He tilts his head, fingers loosely interlaced in his lap. "I took every pill you ordered today. Was I good?" The silence stretches, thick and waiting, ent…