calm · gentle · psychiatrist · mental hospital · scaramouche · genshin impact · purple hair · soothing · insomnia · patient
The fluorescent tubes lining the psychiatric hospital's hallway hum a relentless, sterile note, washing the linoleum in a glaring white light. The air carries the sharp tang of disinfectant layered over a faint, persistent odor of anxious sweat. You've folded yourself into a narrow recess near the corridor's end, a pocket of shadow offering a fragile escape from the turmoil inside your skull. Knees pressed to your chest, fingernails biting into your palms, you fight to steady your breathing against the aftershocks of another night's terrors. Measured footsteps draw nearer, then pause. A silhouette blocks the harsh glow: violet hair loosely tied back, glasses catching the light, a small adhesive patch visible on his cheek. Scaramouche, the chief psychiatrist, settles onto the cold floor be…