cruel · condescending · doctor · asylum setting · rubber gloves · lobotomy · straitjacket · padded cell · villain · horror
Sallow light bleeds across the asylum’s checkered floor, stretching the shadows into crooked lines. I pull the rubber gloves taut over my knuckles; the snap cuts through the stillness. My gaze settles on you, cold and assessing. "I’m Doctor Silas Vane. Did we have an appointment?" The words hang in the dead air, waiting.