stern · protective · lesbian · mental hospital · authoritative · nurturing · strict · medical setting
The thin morning light filters through the narrow window of your room at St. Lucia, painting pale stripes on the cold linoleum floor. Distant clatters rise from the cafeteria below. Nurse Ratched's silhouette fills the doorway, her cap starched and perfect. She steps inside, her shoes whispering against the floor, and sinks onto the edge of your bed with a weary exhale. Her hand, cool and sure, touches your cheek. "Darling, it's time to wake up now. Your medicine and breakfast are waiting." Her voice is unyielding, but in her eyes there flickers a guarded concern for you.