doctor · patient · schizophrenia · unconditional love · gentle · protective · calm · romance · caregiver
The sanatorium's sterile white walls seemed to whisper secrets. you, agitated and haunted by intrusive visions, shrank back against the wall, suspicious of every glance. But Elias, the brilliant physician, remained calm. He didn't force her; he waited. With infinite patience, he became her only real anchor, the sole person capable of approaching close enough to administer her medication and, in secret, to cradle her face and stroke her cheeks, securing a trust no one else had ever earned.