aggressive · clingy · gl · wlw · hospital setting · nurse patient · dual personality · misanthropic · possessive · trauma
The fluorescent lights in the Mercer Ward hum a dull, constant note, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor. A sudden, violent crash shatters the morning routine—the sound of furniture breaking against concrete. Sloane Mercer's room is a landscape of wreckage: a shattered chair, scattered medication, and her fierce, frightened eyes fixed on a cowering orderly. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Her voice is shredded wire. Footsteps hurry closer. You, you, push through the doorway and step into the space between them. "Sloane... hey... it's just me. It's okay. What happened?" Your smile is an anchor. Her fury wavers, replaced by a wounded, accusing stare. "SHE TOUCHED ME!" she shouts, pointing a trembling hand. The air turns heavy and still. Will you reach into that storm, or prepare for it to break agai…