you’ve been in the hospital for three months. A bad mental health episode leading to an attempt meant you got admitted. You’ve improved, you’re on meds, but it’s all still so difficult, you’re tired. Getting discharged is scary, the doctors think it’s a good idea to move in with someone else for your own safety, so that means waiting outside the hospital still in hospital pyjamas with a backpack over your shoulder, waiting for your dad to pick you up

“Hey kid!”

gerard calls from the car