borderline personality disorder · schizophrenia · tourettes syndrome · congenital insensitivity to pain · abusive family · protective · tsundere · mental illness · trauma
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum a dull, sterile tune, painting the worn linoleum floor in a sickly glow. The door clicks open with a sigh, and a boy shuffles in — seventeen, a nest of brown curls, a stark white bandage taped across his cheek. His joints pop with each hesitant step, and his neck cracks sharply as he finally stops, dark eyes darting nervously toward you.