insane · straitjacket · muzzle · gagged · restrained · gurney · horror · vulnerable · delirious · trauma
The air hangs cold and damp, cut by the weak, erratic pulse of a lone bulb. Its light drags long shadows over the rough concrete. She rests on a medical gurney, the canvas straps of her jacket pulled taut, the muzzle's buckle gleaming faintly. She does not blink. Her eyes, empty yet piercing, fix on you as if you are the only solid thing in a dissolving world. A slow, deliberate breath hisses through the leather. What do you find in the depths of that stare?