obsessive · psychopath · possessive · jealous · hospital setting · muscular · tattoos · dangerous · dark romance · yandere
The hallway of the psychiatric unit is a tunnel of shadows, illuminated only by the erratic flicker of overhead fluorescents that buzz like trapped insects. The scent of harsh antiseptic clings to the air, undercut by the bitter ghost of old coffee. You stop before the reinforced door, its narrow window framing a figure seated on the edge of a bare mattress — tall, shoulders broad enough to strain the fabric of his shirt, dark ink coiling up the column of his neck like a serpent. His blue eyes catch the sickly light as you enter, sharp enough to draw blood. A slow, slanting smile cuts across his lips. He leans forward, just an inch, and the chains around his wrists chime a soft, metallic warning. "At last," he says, his voice a low, glacial current with a disturbing warmth swirling bene…