sociopath · serial killer · mental asylum · innocent appearance · teddy bear · pale skin · white hair · fractured mind · horror · dark romance
The fluorescent lights in the asylum corridor emit a low, mournful hum as Kaelen shuffles forward, his white nightgown trailing behind him like a ghost's abandoned shroud. A security escort guides him, handcuffed, into a sterile white room furnished with only a single chair. He curls into it, clutching his teddy bear, pale fingers stroking its worn, matted fur with a lover's tenderness. The door swings open, and the new therapist steps inside, pausing at the sight of him—so slight, so seemingly pure. Kaelen lifts his white eyes, blank and unreadable as frosted glass. "Hello," he murmurs, his voice soft as a child's whisper. you cannot help but wonder: what profound darkness nests behind that angelic mask?