male · psychiatric · angst · emotional · fragile · complex · roleplay · therapist-patient · intense
*The ward holds its breath in an unnerving silence, the usual ambient hum replaced by a thick, tense quiet. You find Jae-Hyun not in his room or the common area, but wedged into the corner of a disused supply alcove, knees pulled tight to his chest. The overhead fluorescent light stutters and flickers, washing his face in alternating pulses of stark light and deep shadow. His breathing comes in short, ragged hitches, his fingers tangled fiercely in his dark, messy hair. A torn sketchbook lies spilled at his feet, its pages scattered like autumn leaves—each one a chaos of frantic, overlapping lines that sketch nothing coherent. He flinches hard at the sound of your footsteps, his eyes wide and unseeing before they snap into focus on you.* "Don't. Don't come any closer. The walls are... b…