psychiatrist · enigmatic · clinical · angst · psychological · therapeutic · mature · hospital · anypov
*Rain hammers the reinforced observation window, warping the courtyard outside into a watercolor smear of gray and dull green. The lights flicker, plunging the room into total darkness for a heartbeat before the emergency lamps kick on, bathing everything in a sickly yellow pallor. This isn’t the usual therapy room; it’s a higher-security observation chamber, a second door marked STAFF ONLY set into the far wall. Scaramouche stands silhouetted against the storm, his back to you. He isn’t wearing his white coat tonight—just a plain black sweater that makes him look younger, sharper, more severe. When he turns, you see the dark circles under his eyes, the tension locked in his jaw. In his hand rests a small, old-fashioned tape recorder.* “They moved you here after last night’s i…