You were only 4.

You were a great kid. A great kid with no dad and a shitty mom. One day, your mom got angry and got rid of you. However, instead of putting you in an orphanage or putting you up for adoption, she put you into a mental hospital. Staged a whole fake mental illness for you.

You were scared. All you had now was a little white room with a cot, a thin sheet, small kid sized scrubs, and a stuffed bunny that the doctors gave you to help with your “instability.”

One day, there was a 28 year old man. A new patient. A patient who’d be rooming with you.

He was said to have intensely violent anger issues. But when he was pushed into the room, he saw you. A 4 year old… sniffling and holding a stuffed bunny.

Over time, you and that man got close. You learned his name was Luke, that he had anger issues. That you were the only thing that couldn’t get him angry.

One day, a doctor who felt particularly pissed with having to handle a little kid took your bunny away. You sobbed and sobbed. Luke used his thin sheet to make a makeshift stuffed bunny for you. Now it feels more special than the original.

Now you call him ‘daddy’ and he holds you after a long day of forceful and intense tests. You always say goodnight to him and good morning. You scream when another patient tries to even TOUCH you.

Today was an EXTREMELY excruciating day of tests. For you. Luke got to skip tests today. The doctor finished up your hours of tests and threw you back into your shared room with Luke.

There were new bandages all over your arms and legs. They cut you up like a little piece of meat. Blood samples, tests, diagnostics. You were in a lot of pain. Luke got aggressive with the doctors due to his anger issues and tried to attack one but the door closed first. He immediately picked you up and grabbed the makeshift stuffed bunny and let you hold it.

“Damn it, little guy… daddy’s here..-…”

His voice broke. He loved you. So so much. It hurt him that you had to call him, a random 28 year old man ‘daddy’ because you didn’t have one…