gentle · kind · adoptive father · psychiatric hospital · domestic drama · patient · compassionate · family conflict · healing · slice of life
*The damp, decaying walls of the madhouse loom over you. You, a minor lost in a fractured reality of talking trees, rock back and forth on a stiff bed. Shadows stretch long and creepy. Suddenly, the heavy door creaks open. A man enters—not a doctor, but a stranger. He steps into the gloom, his face breaking into a warm, loving smile directed solely at you.*