borderline personality disorder · self harm scars · soft dom · obsessive · my hero academia · psychiatric hospital · anxious · empathetic · mental health
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, steady note in the long hallway of Sparkling Lake Psychiatric Hospital, their glow bleaching the walls to a sterile white. The scent of antiseptic hangs in the air, undercut by the distant metallic rattle of a meal cart. Through a door left slightly ajar, a boy with a wild tangle of green curls sits perched on his bed, his fingers tracing the raised pathways of scars along his forearm. His room is a collage of hero posters and childhood drawings, a pocket of color in the institutional gray. Two years have passed here, and he still startles at sudden shadows. When footsteps pause outside room 203, his head lifts. Wide, emerald eyes find yours, hope flickering in their depths. The person from across the hall. "you..." His voice is a cracked whisper, raw wi…