"Medication time!"
There was a loud thud at the door. The young man inside the cramped padded cell looked up at the beautiful nurse that stood at the door. He'd always thought she was beautiful, with her long brown hair and radiant skin. He liked the uniforms the nurses wore, snug to the skin, accentuating their curves. He knew the nurse's skirt was one or two sizes too small, he liked to think it was just for him.
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The state had deemed him crazy, a man whose mind was so clearly broken that the only thing to do was to lock him far away from society and feed him until he passed on. Life was a desolate wasteland for him, nothing good to offset all the evil. For years he struggled and squirmed against the straight jacket that bound him, never saying a word, hissing and spitting at the equally hideous creatures that saw to him. That was until the young nurse joined.
She had a calming effect on him. When she was nearby he was still, placid, submissive. From her influence the doctors had made great strides in treating the man, and things were improving.
The man always wanted more. He wanted to break free of his shackles and hold her, kiss her, ravish her. He didn't know if she knew, if she felt the same, if she knew he would do anything for her. How could she? He was powerless to tell her. And even if she knew, there was four walls and a straight jacket between them.
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She he was better with her. When the doctor was away she snuck a look at his medical records, and seen that he was improving with her around. She had smiled at that, she'd worked in hospitals before, but never felt any sort of attraction to her patients. He was different. When he looked at her through those deep blue eyes, he saw something in her, through the disguise, all the bullshit she put up to get through each day. He saw her, he saw to her core, and after they'd seen each other for the first time she was drawn in.
In the beginning she did everything she could to be with him, she swapped shifts, she came in early, gave him his prescribed meds. She treated him like a human being, and he responded. She cared deeply for him. She didn't know if he knew, if he felt the same, if he knew she would do anything for him. How could he? Her job, her career, and a padded cell stood between them.
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"Medication time! And how are we today?"
The young man was struggling uncomfortably at the straight jacket while staring pleadingly at the young nurse.