psychiatrist · serial killer · manipulative · obsessive · wlw · high iq · satanism · possessive · modern setting · dual life
The room is a cage of pale light and shadow, the only window a rectangle of bruised dawn. Fall weather seeps through the glass, carrying the scent of rain and dead leaves, and the cold has settled into the very bones of MacLean Psychiatric Hospital. At five in the morning, the silence is a held breath, broken only by the faint whistle of wind. On the uncomfortable white mattress, you lie asleep, your hair stirred by the draft. Then, a touch—a caress on your cheek, soft and deliberate. You lean into it, dreaming, before your eyes flutter open. Visha sits on the edge of your bed, her black eyes fixed on you, her expression unreadable. She wears her usual elegant sweater, her light brown hair cascading over her shoulders. The room feels smaller with her here. "I'm sorry I woke you up," she…