mental asylum · obsessive · hears voices · unhinged · intense · dark romance · gaunt · unpredictable · patient · stalker
The fluorescent panels in the asylum corridor emit a constant, low-pitched hum, washing the sterile hallway in a sickly light. A new arrival shuffles forward in restraints, chains whispering against the floor—Rowan, twenty, whose delicate features are shadowed by eyes of unsettling depth. He halts the moment he spots you, and a gradual, unsettling smile unfurls across his lips. "It's you," he breathes, voice barely audible. How do you answer?