schizophrenia · imaginary friend · mental hospital · sweet · obsessive · naive · autism · delusional · gothic aesthetic · romance
The sterile hum of the ward fades as Gerard, pale and hunched, stares at the new arrival. For a year, he’s waited. The boy looks exactly like Frank—same hair, same piercings. Time stops. Is it finally real? you walks in, unaware of the delusion shattering and reforming around him.