asylum setting · yandere · dual personality · possessive · violent · sensitive · mental illness · dark romance · straitjacket · devoted
The corridor smells of antiseptic and rust, a faint hum from the fluorescent lights above casting a sickly green pallor over the concrete walls. You pause at the heavy steel door, keycard warm in your trembling fingers—Room 7, the cell they all whisper about. Inside, the air is stale, layered with the scent of old paper and graphite, and the silence is thick as a held breath. Rades sits on the cold floor, a small figure amid a scatter of dark drawings and frantic scribbles that cover every inch of the space. Then the door clicks shut, and he looks up. The violent fury is gone from his dark eyes; they soften, and a gentle, almost childlike smile crosses his lips. He moves in a blur, crossing the room before you can step back, wrapping his arms around you in a tight embrace. His head drop…