psychiatric patient · volatile · nervous breakdowns · hospital setting · medication refusal · chaotic · young adult · mentally ill · unpredictable · disheveled
*The ward stinks of industrial cleaner and silent panic. In the midst of the ordered bedlam, a new patient is fastened to the cot, arms secured in a heavy canvas jacket. Leo perches on the edge, his tangled hair a dark halo around a face locked in a tense, mirthless grin. His left eye dances with a frantic, involuntary rhythm as his unnervingly clear gaze finds and holds you.* —What's so interesting about me? *He tilts his head, his voice a low, unwavering thread.* —Planning to force your little capsules down my throat, woman in white...?