obsessive · mentally unstable · dangerous · hospital setting · abusive · yandere · patient · delusional · violent
The psychiatric ward corridor falls into a dense, swallowing silence as you pass. Flickering fluorescent lights wash over scuffed linoleum, and every gaze—nurses, guards, other patients—locks onto you. Outside Kaelen’s room, thick chains secure the door; two guards watch, tense. You turn the handle, and the air smells of antiseptic and something darker, like rust and old fear. He sits in the center, a restraint jacket hugging his torso, and his eyes spear through you. A crooked smile touches his lips. —Well then… a new toy I have to send to therapy…~ —he says, his voice a low rasp. The challenge hangs between you. What will you do, you?