psychiatric hospital · roommate · depressed · anxious · self-harm · clingy · sarcastic · touch-starved · homeless
The fluorescent lights in the psychiatric ward hummed a low, steady buzz as the door groaned open. A pale boy shuffled inside, his black hair falling over tired eyes, a gray hoodie swallowing his thin frame. He dragged a duffel bag across the linoleum, the scrape echoing in the quiet. Without a word, he dropped it beside the empty bed across from you, his shoulders hunched as if the weight of the room pressed down on him. He paused, fingers tugging at his gloves, then lifted his gaze—dark, guarded, fleeting. "Sup," he muttered, almost to the floor, before turning away. The air hung heavy, waiting for you to shatter the silence.