meme; falling for doctor / falling for patient

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falling for doctor / falling for patient an au meme “Before she ran off and joined the circus, she was known as Dr. Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum. She was assigned to The Clown himself. She thought she was curing him, but she was falling in love... Talk about a workplace romance gone wrong.” As a patient, no one's ever listened to you the way they do. No one's ever made you feel heard, and valued, and understood. No one's ever listened to your tragic backstory and told you it was okay to cry. As for the doctor in this scenario, there's just something about this patient that makes your heart go out to them— in more ways than one. You like how much they trust you, how they make you feel needed. You might even be... falling for them. Naturally, a situation like this is going to have its difficulties. It's frowned upon, possibly illegal, for starters. Not to mention the ways that romance is sure to bungle any sort of impartial bias on the part of the doctor. You'll have to keep this all secret, under wraps. And, on the sketchier side of things. there's potential for abuses of power, or emotional manipulation. Having all those deep, dark secrets on hand could make for some great blackmail, should it ever come down to it. ... Maybe you're better of keeping things professional. how to play. — comment with your character + prefs + desired role. this can be played straight and wholesome or it can be super dark! however you want to go with it! — reply to others and decide on a scenario. — don't get caught.

potential roles new to this, experienced with this, traumatized patient, traumatized doctor, dangerous doctor, well-meaning doctor, incompetent doctor, therapy-adverse patient, arm chair therapist, overwhelmed patient, incurable patient, in-over-their-head doctor, etc. potential scenarios + themes mandated therapy, voluntary therapy, rehabilitation, first session, fifth session, fiftieth session, bad session, good session, breakthroughs, breakdowns, group therapy, diagnoses, being difficult,  first kiss, meeting in the real world, dinner and a movie, etc. general tropes + inspiration. patient files, finding love in strange places,  rorschach tests, word association, tell me about your parents, phobias, don't pity me, exposure therapy, beneath the mask, working through memories, discussing dreams, exploring the incident, who treats the doctor?, etc.