Celebrity One Shots

Mildred x Reader (Mental Health)

TW: Mentions of abuse / Anxiety

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Set in present day - Mildred first meets y/n at the hospital and feels an instant connection. Soft Mildred. 

Y/n POV

I'd been stuck in this place for months and months. I felt like I'd never get out. After placement upon placement with the worst foster families I finally ended up here. Lucia State Hospital. It wasn't really a surprise considering my life so far. A drunk mom, to being carter from foster family to family, abuse to more abuse and I finally cracked. After being sent to my final family I got sent here, anxiety through the roof and unable to cope with day to day life. I just wanted out but I could find no way, so they dumped me here, in the middle of the night and ever since then I've been stuck here. Don't get me wrong its better than everywhere I've been so far but its far from normal and the other patients scare me. There all so much older and as the only teenager on the ward I feel isolated.

There's this one nurse who I have a connection with. I'm not sure why but ever since I stepped foot inside of this ward, she's been with me the whole way, never pressuring me to talk only ever sitting with me and comforting me through my constant anxiety and panic attacks. Her name was Nurse Ratchet but she let me call her Mildred for short, when it was only us. She helped me work through my childhood and helped me to breakdown everything from the very beginning. We laugh together and we cried together. She's seen me in so many vulnerable positions and she just knew how to pull me out of them. She even introduced me to her wife Gwendolyn and shared how one day she hoped to adopt a child.

PRESENT DAY

Mildred POV

I've been working with y/n since the moment she stepped through the doors. I felt her pain for all she had been through I had been there too. I felt as if it was my duty to care for her, guide her and protect her from all the worlds evils. I'd even discussed adopting y/n with Gwen and she was so happy I had mentioned it as she wanted the same. Y/n was fragile and I knew that. She was so quiet, hardly ever spoke to others yet she spoke to me. Occasionally whispering when she was scared but I wouldn't change it for the world. She was always such a joy to be around, a breath of fresh air no matter what she'd been through, but often her world would come crashing down, around her and she'd end up a crumpled pile shaking on the floor, knees to her chest and her breathing heavy.

When this would happen the only person, she trusted was me, so I'd kneel down to her level and run my fingers through her hair, helping her to breath, until she came back to me, where she'd come back to me and grab onto me burying herself into my side almost as if she was looking for some place to hide, a safe place. Eventually, Gwen and I began the adoption process and finally the papers where all signed. We decided to talk to y/n before taking her home with us. We knew it would be a big change for her. New house, new people and new routines but we were both ready for that.

Y/n POV

Today was like any other day in the hospital. Same old boring breakfast, pills and then the monotony of the day continued as we sat around in the common room with nothing to do other than sit around, play card or read a book. I was kinda down today as I had not seen Mildred. She usually wakes me up, takes me to breakfast and gives me my medication but not today. It got to the middle of the afternoon when Nurse Bucket asked me to go through to my therapist's office, which was unusual for me as I wasn't expecting therapy today. I began to get more and more nervous, trying to hide it as I walked into the room. Entering the room, I was met with Mildred and Gwen and my therapist all dressed in their normal clothes, which confused me. I took a seat between them all and they began talking to me about moving on, I was now really confused .

Mildred POV

Today was the day when we would finally as y/n if she was happy for us to adopt her. We sat waiting in her therapist's office waiting...then she arrived and sat between us as timid as always, whispering 'hi' to us. She sat with her eyes glued to the floor, never looking up. We talked about how she felt if she had the chance to leave the hospital behind and she seemed thrilled but a hint of anxiety wavered in her voice and that's when she broke. Her glass like vizard shattered. Pleading with us not to send her back to one of the foster families she'd been with before. I decided to step in taking her hands in mine as she looked up at me finally, and I spoke...

Mildred: "Oh my sweet girl, don't cry. We'd never do that to you. But we do want to know, would you like Gwendolyn and I to adopt you?" Her lip still trembled but her tears began to stop falling. She nodded and jumped into my arms clinging onto me for dear life, never letting me go as she sobbed into the crook of my neck allowing me to rub her back. Once the paperwork was signed, we walked to her room and began packing her things. She only had a little suitcase so it wasn't too hard. Finally, only her teddy was left on the bed Gwen went to pick it up to pack it in the suitcase but I knew that was a bad idea so I told her to wait, until she saw y/n pick it up and grab her suitcase drabbing it along the floor in one hand as she carried her teddy in the other. I can remember giving it to her on her first day and how everyday she'd carry it with her everywhere, never letting it out of her sight.

We eventually made it to the car driving away from the hospital and back to ours. Y/n clung to me every step of the journey, refusing to close her eyes, scared we would leave her. Eventually, after hours her eyes shut for her unable to stay open for much longer. Once we reached home, she stirred as I lifted her out of the car with ease as she was only tiny for her age. She clung to her teddy still and Gwen lifted her suitcase from the car signifying the beginning of a new chapter for us all. Yes, we could not live without reminder from the past but it began to get better day after day, night after night and we wouldn't change our girl for the world.