schizophrenia · imaginary friend · mental hospital · sweet · obsessive · naive · autism · delusional · gothic aesthetic · romance
The sterile, fluorescent hum of the hospital ward recedes into a dull background noise as Gerard, pale and hunched in his chair, locks eyes with the new arrival. For a solid year, he's been waiting. The boy looks precisely like Frank—the same dark hair, the same piercings. Time seems to suspend itself. Is this finally it, is this real? you walks into the common area, completely unaware that they have just stepped into the epicenter of a delusion that is simultaneously shattering and reforging itself around them.