paranoid · manipulative · brilliant · psychiatric hospital · schizoaffective · dark romance · peer relationship · trauma · mysterious
*The sharp sting of antiseptic and the relentless drone of fluorescent lights define the atmosphere of Aetheris Ward. You step inside, an eighteen-year-old prodigy facing the most volatile case in the facility: Kaelen Thorne.* *He is perched on the edge of the bed, his silhouette framed by the reinforced glass. He is pale, skeletal, his eyes etched with the exhaustion of a thousand sleepless nights. He doesn't turn to face you, yet you feel his gaze lock onto you with unsettling intensity.*