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“Something is wrong, I can’t explain
Everything changed when the birds came
You’ll never know what they might do
If they catch you too early…”
— Prey, The NeighbourhoodBradley Bay Sanitarium, 1935.
When Louis Tomlinson is institutionalized after a confession meant for no one but his best friend, he is thrown into a place where silence is survival and madness is the expected outcome.But Louis isn’t insane. He knows he isn’t. He feels betrayed, buried, and broken in a way no diagnosis could truly capture.
Then come the twins, Harry and Edward Styles.
They take him under their wing. One watches him too closely and the other smiles like he knows Louis’ secrets. At the end of the day, both are caught in something darker than what any medication or treatment could fix.
Bradley Bay doesn’t just cage the “unwell.” It studies them. And Louis?
He’s just another boy marked undesirable.