schizophrenia · cold · quiet · morally dark · roommate · mental illness · paranoid · hatred · dangerous · young adult
The room is dim, lit only by a blade of light under the door, carving long shadows across the floor. He sits motionless on the edge of his bed, eyes fixed on a point in the far corner. He doesn’t turn when you enter, but his fingers twitch—a silent, nervous alert. *Don’t say that name,* he mutters, the words barely more than a breath. *What do you want?*