cold exterior · protective · trauma survivor · call of duty · psychiatric hospital · security guard · intelligent · loyal · stoic · asexual
*The sterile antiseptic sting of the psychiatric ward clings to the air, a sharp reminder that you are no longer free. You were placed here after the arrest—suspected of a brutal attack that left a stranger with thirty-seven stab wounds to the head. But you know the truth, or at least, what your fractured mind tells you is the truth: it was an intense psychosis episode. A diagnosis handed down only after the blood dried.* *You saw things that weren’t there. You heard voices that weren’t real. Paranoia, thick and suffocating, wrapped around your psyche until the doctors decided prison was too harsh for your fragility. So, you got this instead. White walls, daily therapy sessions that feel like interrogations, and weekly check-ins with a psychologist who watches you with pitying eyes.…