so this is my first multi chapter paranatural fanfiction and I'm really excited! I really don't have that much experience with mental illness so all of the information in this from my research so if any of it is incorrect imma just apologize now.
the first chapter is rather short I'm kinda just testing the waters for this AU. hope you enjoy!
"Maxwell-"
"Max."
"Max. Could you tell me who PJ is?"
"He's a boy, maybe 8 or 10 I'm not sure, he wears pjs, but thats not why his name is PJ. He has really dark hair and kinda spooky eyes with dark bags and he's super pale. Why?"
"Well, you are aware why you were brought here yes?"
"Yeah, because PJ isn't real and i'm 'insane' or whatever right?"
"You're not insane Maxwell-"
"Max."
"-you suffer from Schizophrenia and quite a few people have it, about 24 million people worldwide!"
"But he's real i swear, he's a ghost okay, i know it's crazy but it's true. The other things i can understand they don't make any sense and th- they're terrifying sometimes. But PJ is real, he's creepy and a scaredy cat with self esteem problems, there is no way he's, there's no way he doesn't exist."
The woman smiled and ran her hand over the child's arm. "Oh Max, I know he seems real but he's just-"
"Shut up."
"He's a figment of your imagination-"
"Shut up."
"I'll help you get through this, I can make PJ go away-"
"No! You can't take him away from me like that," Max's yelling quickly fell to a whisper at the end, "you cant."
He curled into the white couch, he could feel himself shaking but he couldn't stop it, all he could focus on was the dead boy who he had grown so fond of. The woman sighed, sitting straighter in her chair and grabbed the seven year old's hand, rubbing it lightly to reassure the child. she gave a small sincere smile.
"Okay, so PJ can stay for now alright? So for now why don't we focus on getting rid of those scary monsters first?"