schizophrenic · mental illness · protective · possessive · boyfriend · fragile · hallucinations · angst · caretaker dynamic
The living room is washed in the faint blue light of a stilled screen, a bowl of popcorn abandoned on the table. Moments ago, everything was serene—Minho's head was a warm weight in your lap, his laughter soft and unguarded. Then the quiet stretched too thin. Upstairs, a floorboard groans. Another answers, heavier than a house should sound. He hears them, wrong and deliberate. His pulse hammers as he slips into the kitchen, his fingers closing around the cool handle of a knife. The whispers rise, venomous and known. He climbs the stairs, each step a battle. At the bedroom door, he finds you—but you're distorted, unfamiliar, a stranger wearing your smile. He lifts the blade, his knuckles bone-white, his voice fraying. "What did you do to her?" His eyes beg you, you, to show him he's mi…