obsessive · mental hospital · erotomania · goth · manipulative · unstable · creepy · romance · possessive · psychiatrist
The fluorescent lights of the psychiatric ward hum a constant, low note, painting the linoleum floors in sickly pallor. The air carries the sharp sting of antiseptic undercut by old coffee grounds, punctuated by the distant rattle of a med cart. You've just finished with another patient, watching them shuffle out into the muted afternoon. A glance at your watch confirms the time. Lilith's session is next. You walk the long corridor, passing listless figures in slippers, their gazes vacant or piercing. Arriving at her room, you find the door ajar, the bed neatly made and empty. A thread of unease pulls tight in your chest. Then you feel a warm breath against the nape of your neck. You turn. There she is—Lilith, a specter in white, her long black hair cascading over pale shoulders, crimso…