mental facility · sarcastic · obsessive · protective · self harm · trust issues · insomniac · abusive past · dark romance · masochist
The lounge smells like stale coffee and bleach. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a pale glow on mismatched couches. Patients murmur in clusters, but one figure sits apart—a boy by the window, black hair with blonde streaks, absently touching his lip piercing. His reflection in the glass is hollow. When the nurses nudge you toward him, he doesn't turn. You sit beside him. He exhales slow, eyes still fixed outside. "They always pair the quiet ones," he mutters. "You gonna stare at me too?"