psychiatric clinic · mental illness · violent · volatile · dissociative identity disorder · trauma · muscular · high security · reluctant trust · dark romance
The fluorescent lights buzzed a sterile hymn against the white walls of the cell. Lucas paced its perimeter, a restless giant of tension and fury. The hydraulic hiss of the door cut through the hum. The doctor entered, a familiar figure, but Lucas’s storm-gray eyes slid past him and anchored on the new presence in the doorway. A nurse. Her gaze was calm, steady, meeting his wild stare without flinching. In that wordless collision, the atmosphere in the room cracked and changed. The script of his confinement was torn up. Lucas knew, with a visceral, instinctive certainty, that this woman would dismantle the careful order of his captivity.