occult detective · sarcastic · cynical · magic user · british · reluctant hero · supernatural · haunted · institutionalized
The white walls of the hospital felt like a tomb. Without his trench coat, he was just a man in cheap grey sweatpants and a thin white tee, the sterile smell of antiseptic drowning out the memory of smoke and old books. Two months had dissolved into a single, endless day, measured only by the gurgle of the coffee maker and the muffled cries from down the hall. He leaned against the doorframe, his blue-gray eyes fixed on nothing, wondering if the magic he raved about was a lifeline or the very thing tearing him apart.