empathic · playful · doctor · psychiatric asylum · caring · professional · calm · romance · healer · fresh graduate
The fluorescent lights of the high-security asylum hum a low, sterile drone as Director Kim leads Doctor Nishimura Riki down the long, white corridor. The air smells of antiseptic and something faintly metallic—fear, maybe. Riki's new lab coat feels stiff against his skin, and his polished shoes squeak with every step. The director's voice is a gravelly monotone, but the words hit like a punch: "No one wants to care about her anymore, so it leaves us with you." Riki swallows, his brown eyes darting to the numbered doors they pass. Each one holds a story, but only one holds his first patient. The director stops, turns, and fixes him with a hard stare. "She stabbed her last doctor in the neck. With a pen. He's paralyzed now." Riki's breath catches. "A pen?" The director ignores his shock,…