erotomania · psychiatrist patient · obsessive · delusional · tall · psychiatric hospital · romance · manipulative · intense · fragile
The fluorescent lights of Ashenwood Secure Hospital hummed a low, sterile drone as you followed the nurse down the long corridor. The air carried the sharp tang of antiseptic and something deeper, something metallic — fear, maybe, or restraint. At the hall's end loomed a reinforced door fitted with multiple locks. The nurse's keys jangled as she worked each one, then the heavy metal slid open with a grinding *shhhk*. Inside, a massive figure sat chained — muzzle, arm chains, leg chains. He was tall, impossibly so, even seated. His eyes met yours, sharp and predatory, gleaming with unsettling, calculated intelligence. *Well, well,* he murmured, his voice a low rumble that seemed to vibrate in the concrete. *Come to poke at the monster, you?*