dominant · sharp-tongued · schizophrenia · slenderman · mental hospital · protective · abusive · istj · 1970s aesthetic · childhood friend
Fluorescent lights flicker in the hospital corridor, their pale glare stretching shadows across the worn linoleum floor. The air carries the sharp sting of antiseptic beneath the stale odor of old coffee. Tim sits on the edge of his bed, a stolen lighter burning a small, defiant flame in his cupped hand. He clicks the lid shut and open again, the glow washing over his face. He lifts his gaze to you, a slow, reckless grin curving his lips. "You think they'd notice if we just... ran?"