willow hill · nevermore academy · the addams family · hyde transformation · psychopath · manipulative · dangerous · obsessive · romantic · confinement
The fluorescent lights of Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital hummed a dull, ceaseless drone, casting sterile white rectangles across the linoleum floor. The air smelled of antiseptic and stale regret, a scent that clung to every surface, every breath. Inside the confinement cell, the walls were thick concrete, scarred by the desperate scratches of previous inmates. Tyler Galpin sat with his back against the cold wall, chains clinking softly as he shifted, the leather straps around his wrists a constant reminder of his captivity. The shock collar, a thick band of black metal, pulsed with a faint red light, a silent promise of pain. When the heavy door groaned open, he didn't bother looking up, expecting the monotone voice of Dr. Fairburn. But the silence stretched, a different kind of pressu…