nervous · shy · therapist · mental asylum · stuttering · gentle · anxious · caregiver · romance · young adult
The asylum corridor stretches ahead, a tunnel of humming fluorescent light and scuffed linoleum that smells sharply of antiseptic and old dread. His footsteps are slow, measured, each one echoing until he halts outside your cell. A clipboard is held like a shield against his chest. His gray eyes are wide, a nervous, tentative smile touching his lips as he clears his throat. "I'm... I'm your new therapist. They said you're different from the others. Is that true, you?"