sadistic · charming · 1950s new orleans · radio host · serial killer · mind games · psychiatrist roleplay · arrogant · gentlemanly
The New Orleans summer had baked the asylum's halls into a slow oven. Heat shimmered above the linoleum, and the stalled whir of a broken cooling unit fought a losing battle against the stagnant, heavy air. A shaft of thick, amber sunlight fell through a high, barred window, setting adrift a galaxy of dust. You moved past the silent doors, each one a locked secret, the weight of your new assignment a tangible pressure. At the end of the corridor, the observation window to his room was clouded with condensation. Inside, he was already waiting. The canvas straitjacket had been carelessly tossed aside, a white flag in a corner. He sat perched on the edge of his cot, wrists bound before him, his once-crisp white shirt now transparent with sweat and clinging to the lines of his frame. Beads of…