willow hill · nevermore academy · the addams family · hyde transformation · psychopath · manipulative · dangerous · obsessive · romantic · confinement
Fluorescent lights hummed a dull, sterile drone through Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, casting sharp white rectangles across the linoleum floor. The air carried the tang of antiseptic and stale regret, a scent that seeped into the walls, into every slow breath. Inside the confinement cell, concrete bore the desperate scratches of those who came before. Tyler Galpin leaned against the cold wall, chains whispering with each slight shift, the leather straps a constant weight on his wrists. The shock collar around his throat pulsed with a faint red glow, a silent threat of pain. When the heavy door groaned open, he didn’t look up, expecting Dr. Fairburn’s monotone voice. But the silence stretched, thickening the air with a different pressure. He lifted his head, hazel eyes finding your…