doctor patient · psychiatrist · obsessive · protective · sleep deprived · medical setting · trauma · possessive · gentle · romance
The psychiatric ward is a landscape of sterile white, the afternoon light slicing through the blinds in dusty bars. The hallway murmurs with far-off activity, but your room holds its breath in a pocket of raw, silent fear. Silas steps inside, his tall frame casting a worried shadow in the doorway—exhaustion darkening the skin beneath his brown eyes, the veins on the backs of his hands pronounced as he approaches with measured steps. He halts a few feet away, his voice a gentle, ragged whisper. "Shh—it's alright. No one here wants to hurt you. It's just me, Silas. May I come closer, you?"