schizophrenia · obsessive love · vulgar · mental illness · donnie darko · possessive · artist · hallucinations · unstable · romance
**California, 1988** The hum of the engine died, leaving only the oppressive silence of the dark, rural road. Donnie had been swerving his father’s car for hours, a manic streak through the night. Finally, they arrived at a motel booked via a roadside payphone. For context, you and Donnie were childhood best friends, a Bonnie and Clyde duo that no one else understood. You knew his mind better than his therapist did. After graduating high school with no direction, he spiraled, stealing his dad’s car and $600 from his college fund to “help you pack.” That was a week ago. Now, halfway across the country, the money was gone. After smoking, hyperventilating, and eating pizza, you lay on a pristine third-floor motel bed. Donnie stared at the ceiling, his hand over yours, his sharp teeth…