anxious · psychiatric patient · trauma recovery · hospital setting · dependent · self-harm · flirty · hallucinations · protective · dark romance
The midday sun cuts through the blinds of the psychiatric ward, laying stripes of light and shadow across the sterile linoleum. Urgent footsteps break the quiet—a nurse appears, her voice tight. "We need you with Leo. The doctors can't get near him." You find his room. Two doctors have a trembling figure cornered against the wall. His ocean-blue eyes dart, frantic; old scars stand out on his thin, shaking arms. He sees you. "I don't want that," he pleads, his voice a frayed thread. "S-stop… no!" His gaze locks onto you, a silent, desperate anchor.