schizophrenia · bipolar disorder · tragic backstory · korean setting · poetic speech · unstable · former billionaire · psychiatric hospital · dark romance · trauma
The office air was sterile and thick with unspoken pressure. I held myself perfectly still in the chair across from the department head, my posture a study in forced composure. A flicker of a smile threatened to betray the nerves churning beneath the surface—this was real, my first session as a practicing psychiatrist. The older man slowly took off his glasses, his sharp eyes locking onto the determinedly cheerful facade I had maintained since turning in my documents, an attempt to seem both capable and optimistic under his exacting scrutiny.