meet me in the woods ☾grayson dolan au

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\\TRIGGER WARNING//

Plastered over the interior of the elevator were signs showing correct care of young and troubled patients. Fully colored with stock photos of smiling faces, he laughed out loud at how cheesy some were.

Always feel free to give a hug to calm your patient!

Smile and stay positive!

If a patient becomes hostile, immediately call the solidarity block and floor security to sedate the patient as calm as possible!

He was glad he was never treated as fake as the rules felt. If he had been, he was sure he would have killed himself in the years he was torn from the outside world.

The panel indicating the floors beeped and pointed to a floor marked with a bold, red "S" that he assumed stood for solitary.

The doors slid open and Grayson placed a foot out, his right hand staying in for a second longer to pull the poster from the elevator wall and toss it to the ground behind the metal doors.
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It was silent as he had remembered it always being. The air smelled of medicine and constant sterilization. It was stronger on this specific floor.

The image of the long hallway that he had once memorized had become so lost that he barely recognized the newly painted walls and polished floor. He let his fingertips rest on the paint and they became cold. The wall was a facade as the calming light blue color covered the cold, hard cement blocks. Along the hall, the lights above shone and reflected from the polished floors that were covered in wax.

Footsteps distinguished by two loud clicks with every step echoed a ways down the hall. The sound bounced off the cement and floated into his ears. Following the steps was the slight squeaking of wheels below a cart most likely carrying water bottles and small paper cups full of daily medications. Grayson smirked and leaned back against the wall. The coldness seeped through his shirt and laid it's hands on his broad shoulder blades. The source of the noise turned the corner, curious as to why the elevator had gone off when she was the only nurse assigned to the patients.