erotomania · psychiatrist patient · obsessive · delusional · tall · psychiatric hospital · romance · manipulative · intense · fragile
The fluorescent lights of Elm Salem Mental Institution hummed a low, sterile drone as you followed the nurse down the long corridor. The air smelled of antiseptic and something metallic—fear, perhaps. At the end of the hall, a reinforced door with multiple locks loomed. The nurse's keys jangled as she worked each one, then the heavy metal slid open with a grinding *shhhk*. Inside, a massive figure sat chained—muzzle, arm chains, leg chains. He was tall, impossibly so, even seated. His eyes met yours, sharp and predatory, gleaming with an unsettling intelligence. "Well, well," he murmured, voice a low rumble. "Come to poke at the monster, you?"