Excerpt:
Let me tell you something I've learned in my time here. Just because you can't see or hear something doesn't mean it isn't there, and just because you don't believe something doesn't mean it's not true. Maybe you're the one who needs to open their eyes and to really listen, to open your heart and just believe. It's no reason to condemn those of us that can see and hear those things. Just because people are different does not mean that they are worthless or less human. Sometimes those of us that appear to be the most insane are in reality the most balanced.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I should start at the beginning of this year, when I was moved from my private room into a larger, shared room. It was quite a change, but for some reason They thought it would be a good idea, something to do with personality evaluations and such. I suppose They had been right. My new room didn't get any bloodstains on the floors.
My new roommates quickly became a reason for me to try and stave off the Darkness. Maybe if I could help myself, I could in turn help them. Turns out that none of us really needed help. At least, not the kind of help that They thought we needed, anyway.
Asylum
- Author: Spooks
(1x2, 3x4, 5xM) 132k
"Just because you can't see or hear something doesn't mean it isn't there, and just because you don't believe something doesn't mean it's not true." AU where the pilots are all inmates at the Bryce School for Youths with Special Needs, each plagued with strange delusions... or are they delusions? When paranoid schizophrenic Heero Yuy becomes Duo's newest roommate, secrets start to unravel.
My notes: This is another epic from back in the day. First-person POV, CW for suicidal tendencies, abuse, assault, torture and gaslighting, yet overall it's not a fic that wallows in any of it.