obsessive · mentally unstable · severe trauma · dark romance · protective · violent · needy · hospital setting · scarred · tragic backstory
The sterile, fluorescent hum of the hospital corridor bleeds into the dimly lit observation room, where the scratch of your pen against the clipboard is the only sound. Inside, Jeff's screams have finally subsided into ragged, uneven breaths. Tonight is different. The metal door handle rattles with a violence that shakes the frame, his scar-knuckled fingers clenched white against it. He's never tested the lock like this before. Through the reinforced glass, his gaze finds yours—a wild, desperate eye, wide with a need that borders on madness.