Day 46: Doctor's Office 10 (Dr. Burroughs) [Second Shift]

[ginsu_glove]

If anyone was trying to make up for their sick-leave like no other, it was Maggie. How the hell did she manage to miss an entire week of work? And then the revise in the schedule this week had her tripping up even more. On top of that, there was an influx of new doctors, new patients, and an influx of released patients and doctors that weren't here

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[wildunderstress]

Jamie was not pleased to learn that he was scheduled for another therapy session. It was a given, even though he had been assigned to a different doctor than the one he'd had previously, that this one was going to keep asking about his split personality, and now that Wild Eagle was a constant, almost overwhelming presence in Jamie's head, he felt almost irrationally afraid of his condition being exposed

[ginsu_glove]

Oh, there he was. Maggie gave the boy a tiny, reassuring smile as he entered the room, pushing her cup of coffee to the side for now. That was the look she never really got over; that awkward, unhappy look they'd give her every time they first saw her, like they were sizing her up. With their delusions, she couldn't blame them.

She was in this for the long haul, though, and if she wanted to help him get better, he had to trust her first.

"Would you like to sit down, Jacob?" she offered as she stood from her seat to gesture at the chair in front of her desk. "Or do you prefer if I call you Jamie for now?"

[wildunderstress]

"Either's fine," he replied. He didn't particularly like being called by a name that wasn't his (at this, Wild Eagle chuffed bitterly), but maybe if he didn't insist on what they thought of as his made-up name he'd look a little less disconnected from the reality they were trying to force onto him.

It wasn't easy, between the Eagle's still-uncomfortable mental presence and Jamie's unease about being here in the first place, but he managed to rein in some of his apprehension and school his features into a marginally more neutral expression as he took the chair the doctor had indicated. Once seated, he clasped his hands between his knees and watched her with a sort of expectant resignation, waiting for her to get on with probing his psyche.

[ginsu_glove]

"Alright, Jamie." Her smile grew a little as she sat back down. "I'm Dr. Burroughs. You can feel free to call me Maggie, though."

He was still giving her that look. It was a little sad how distant some of these patients could be when under so much stress. Hopefully this session would warm him up a little; she wasn't going to be pressuring him with anything too heavy too soon.

"Well, if it's okay with you," she began, reclaiming her coffee and leaning back in her chair to listen, "I'd like you to tell me a little more about yourself. Don't worry about what you think I want to hear, okay? I'll even tell you a little about myself if it makes you feel more comfortable."