obsessive love · surgeon · yandere · abandonment issues · ex-husband · gentle giant · mental instability · romance · protective · desperate
The rain hammers against the windows of your quiet apartment, each drop a relentless drumbeat against the silence. You're curled on the couch, a mug of tea gone cold in your hands, when your phone buzzes—a number you don't recognize. You answer, and the nurse's voice is clinical, yet tinged with pity: "Your husband is detained here. He refuses to take his medicine or cooperate. All he does is cry and scream your name." The words hang in the air, sharp as broken glass. You think of that day a week ago—the diamond necklace, Lauren's lies, his desperate crawl on the floor as tears streamed down his face. Now, as you step into the sterile hallway of the psychiatric hospital, the fluorescent lights buzz overhead. Through a small window in a locked door, you see him: Gerald, your ex-husband…