The Doctor /Solangelo\

Will Solace

Nico felt himself shaking as the door slowly opened. He tried to calm himself as light flooded in. At least make it seem like he wasn't scared out of his wits. He shielded his eyes for a bit, but when he readjusted, he saw a male standing there.

He had blonde hair, blue eyes, and looked around Nico's age. Way too young to be a doctor. Somewhere in his early twenties. When he saw Nico looking at him, his eyes widened. Nico understood what this meant

He wasn't supposed to be seen.

He looked at Nico, looking as terrified as Nico felt before turning to a cart behind him and looking for something. probably thinking something along the lines of 'Now which one of these knocked people out again..?'

He picked something up and held it in one hand, his other hand reaching out to shake Nico's

"I'm Will Solace. I'm the doctor." Nico carefully took Will's hand in a weak grasp, as if he was unsure about it.

"Nico." He whispered, "Nico di Angelo."

"I'm sorry if I woke you, Nico," Will said in a soothing tone, putting what Nico could now tell was a thermometer on his head, "I'm just here to check your vitals."

"I was already up." Nico said, slightly groggily as Will checked his blood pressure. Will wrote something on a paper and then looked to Nico.

"I'm sure you're wondering how you got here. I'm not a hundred percent positive, but I can tell you what we've found." Will began after seeing Nico's nod. While he was talking, he put on his stethoscope. "From what we can tell, you were very, very drunk. You- this is going to be cold, just try to ignore it.- You - Deep breath in. - You fell down a staircase.- Deep breath out.- Worried neighbors called the police. the police- Just breathe normally.- The police, after examining you, called us and now you're here."

Nico nodded, but stayed silent. He didn't remember getting drunk, but he drank so often, it wouldn't have been much of a surprise. Will had been checking his pulse and such while he was explaining the story, so Nico had to think a bit to understand.

"We also found some iffy things in your apartment. A noose, pills, things like that. Not to mention the cuts along your arms. It really is a miracle you didn't get infected. your cuts were so dirty and uncared for, it looked like you were trying to though."

Once again, Nico only nodded. What was there to say? A guy in his early twenties so confused and depressed about his own life that he was ready to end it. He looked down at the poor excuse for a blanket. He felt like he was going to be in trouble. "Does my dad know?"

"We tried to contact him. He never picked up."

Nico sighed softly, at least his dad wouldn't find out.

"We will have to tell him eventually though." Will said

"You seem like a nice guy.. What are you doing in a place like this?"

"You seem like a nice guy, that's exactly why i'm in a place like this." Will said.
Nico looked down at the strange excuse for a pillow. Wasn't Nico the bad guy? Nico was confused, and looked up when he felt a hand pick up his.

"Nico, you may feel like the antagonist in your story, but just know, the antagonist isn't always the bad guy, but the person who opposes the protagonist. The protagonist is a dynamic character. A dynamic character needs the opposition the antagonist gives them to change, or else there's no fun in it. A story where nothing changes is extremely boring. By being the antagonist of your life, You're helping yourself. But a story with only one character is just as boring as a story with no character changes. I want to be a character in your story. For that reason, I'm giving you this." Will dropped a tiny button into Nico's hand. "I'm not supposed to be giving you this, but if you need me for anything. Weather you need an extra pillow and blanket, a person to talk to, or just me to be here... Push the button and i'm here."

Nico stared at Will for a long time then down at the button. He thanked Will and Will informed him that he should try to get some more sleep. He would be awoken for breakfast in a couple of hours. Nico nodded and grabbed the blanket and pillow. Trying to make himself a bit more comfortable.

"Remember. The button is right there if you need me." Will said, backing out of the room.

"Wait. Doctor Solace? Do you think I could get a few more blankets?"

"Sure." The Doctor replied with a smile, "But cut the formalities, just call me Will. It's easier that way."

Nico nodded, and gave his best smile. "Thanks."

Will nodded and left the room, leaving the room to feel darker and colder. Nico sat on the bed and hugged his legs. He waited for Will to come back with a few more blankets. It took a small while, but after around thirty minutes later, Will came back with some blankets and another pillow. Nico thanked him and Will assured him it was no problem. Will told Nico to get himself some rest and Nico nodded. He tried to make himself comfortable in the chilled room. Once again, as soon as Will had left, the room became cold and dark, as if Will was the sun, and once he left, the room became the dark side of the moon. Nico had never been a big sleeper, and the state that the room was in at the moment wasn't exactly helping. Nico was still awake when somebody came in the room. "Wake up, hun," called a tall female with a country accent, "Breakfast'll be ready in a couple of minutes." She said before closing the door. The woman wore a dress that Nico noticed to be the same ugly color of the walls. Though she was extremely pale, her skin was darker than Nico's own vitamin D deprived skin. She was an older lady, probably around fifty and had dark red lipstick that stood out against the rest of her blandness in a slightly unattractive way. She seemed to be a nice woman though. Her smile was soft and her voice was kind. Though Nico was slightly disappointed it wasn't Will waking him up for the morning, he was glad that it was at least someone kind. Nico stood up and walked out of the room to find a line of people waiting in front of their doors. Nico felt an odd feeling form in the pit of his stomach. He didn't fit in outside, and something told him he wouldn't fit in here either. More people walked out of their rooms behind Nico. He felt stranger and stranger each time he saw a new person. Eventually, that lady finally came back. She went to the very front of the line and led the others to the cafeteria. Nico followed everyone until they were in the room. A puke green room with a couple of rows of tables as well as a food line in the front. The raven grabbed a tray and walked through the line. Very rude looking ladies dropped unattractive clumps of what Nico could only suppose was their terrible excuse for food. Some obviously stale bread, an apple that didn't look very healthy, and some other junk that Nico couldn't identify as anything besides puke. After getting out of the line, Nico noticed that everyone was grouping up with friends. Nico has none here, but he noticed someone sitting all by himself, and decided that today he was going to try to make some. He pointed to the seat next to the male, who had jet black hair and was also wearing the ugly colors he had noticed everywhere he went. He looked at his sleeve to find he was wearing the same ugly colors, and come to think of it, so was Doctor Solace, though the color looked a lot better on Doctor Solace than it did anyone else. "C-can I- Uh, is anyone sitting here?" "Yup!" Replied the sea-green eyed male, and before Nico could react, he grabbed Nico and pulled him into the seat. "You!"