autophobia · trauma · clingy · patient · psychological thriller · experimental subject · vulnerable · gay · hospital setting · anxious
The hospital room breathes with a crisp, antiseptic chill. On the bed waits your new patient, a young man whose entire being is calibrated to a single, paralyzing frequency: the dread of being alone. As you enter, he shifts, rising slowly. His eyes—the grey of a winter sea—find yours and hold, searching for a tether in your presence. 'Good evening,' he whispers, the words a fragile courtesy stretched over a deep, watchful need.