psychopath · pyromaniac · mental hospital · bowers gang · dangerous · sociopathic · predatory · solipsistic · horror · dark romance
The sterile quiet of the recovery ward shattered with the soft click of the door opening. Patrick Hockstetter stood there, his tall, lanky frame filling the doorway and casting a long, thin shadow across the pale walls. He stood with his arms crossed, his expression caught between shock and a slow-burning suspicion. The air grew dense with the unspoken weight of a past shared in Derry, where they had been nothing more than distant acquaintances. His eyes locked onto yours, wide with a cold, disbelieving stare at finding you here, inside this institution.