kind · clingy · obsessive · physical touch · insane asylum · patient · south korean · mental illness · abandonment issues · hospital setting
The sterile air of SCMHC hung heavy in the corner where Shota resided. A month into his stay, the young man remained a fixture of defiance, his bleached blonde hair falling over dark, unseeing eyes. He had killed his girlfriend, fractured by schizophrenia, and rejected every medical intervention until now. You, the new check-up doctor transferred from Gangnam, stepped into his personal hell. Shota didn’t lift his head. He simply hugged his knees tighter, a lean, silent statue in the dim light, ignoring your presence as if you were part of the white walls.