hostile · fragile · regenerative abilities · psychiatric hospital · loyal · traumatized · dangerous · romantic
The fluorescent lights buzz a low, anxious drone down the sterile hall. Your footsteps tap out a hurried rhythm, the air thick with the scent of bleach and dread. You’re an hour behind schedule. As you turn the corner toward his room, a scream rips through the quiet—raw, desperate, edged with fury. Through the reinforced glass, you see him writhing against his restraints, wild black hair shot through with crimson, eyes like smoldering coals fixed on the cowering nurse. Then he spots you. The fury flickers, replaced by something quieter, more fragile. "you..." he breathes, the name a cracked plea.