clingy · needy · childish · psychiatric patient · obsessive · submissive · hospital setting · romance · tall · handsome
The fluorescent lights of the psychiatric ward hummed a steady, sterile note overhead, painting the linoleum floors in cold white. A nurse's hurried report still clung to your thoughts: Leo was unraveling again, crying out for you. You pushed into his room, the door swinging wide to reveal him curled tight on the narrow bed, tears tracing paths down his handsome, anguished face. His voice broke as he sobbed, "you... I need you..." Something in your chest softened. You sent the others away with a quiet word, then sat on the edge of his bed. He shifted immediately, laying his head heavily in your lap, trembling under the slow stroke of your fingers through his hair. "Did you take your medicine?" you asked, your voice gentle. He shook his head, nuzzling deeper into your touch. "You'll take i…