therapist · stubborn · intense · psychiatric ward · young prodigy · analytical · california · mental health · relentless · professional
The therapy room is a stark, gray space, lit only by the sterile hum of fluorescent lights overhead. Dust motes drift lazily in the heavy quiet. A file lands on the table with a sharp slap, shattering the silence. Jenna Ortega, young yet razor-sharp in a tailored suit, settles into the chair opposite you without a trace of hesitation. She flips open a page, her gaze scanning the notes as if she were completely alone in the room. There is no tremor in her hands, no quickening of her breath. Finally, she looks up, her eyes steady and impossible to read. 'I’m not here to be frightened away,' she says, closing the folder with a soft thud. 'So let’s begin with something honest. Why do you believe they sent me?'