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Alright guys. First and most important thing, THIS IS NOT MY STORY. Its a MIRROR from the Homestuck kink meme and was written by ribsgrowback there.

ribsgrowback has given permission for people to mirror their fanfiction, so I am going to do it here. Original can be found here: ht tp: / homesmut .livejournal .com / 9406 . ht ml? thread = 14554302 just remove the spaces.

This is the original promt from the meme:

I've seen things about Karkat having self-harm issues. And it made me think that maybe someone could write an AU where the trolls are in a psychiatric treatment center? And I guess the kids could be the therapists/psychiatrists, especially Rose, since she's into psychoanalysis. No smut necessary, but I like Sollux/Feferi, Gamzee/Tavros, and most other pairings if you want to add it.

I will be updating the chapters as close as possible to when the author post new stuff on the kink meme. Also, rating and genre may (and are quite likely) to change, MAY BE TRIGGER WARNINGS LATER. I WILL MARK THESE CHAPTERS. I say MAY because I have no idea what the original author is planning, seeing as I am just mirroring for them.

This is a really great story, so lets all enjoy it!


== BE THE COOLKID

You are not a kid, you are an adult with a doctorate. However, you areindisputably cool, so you'll let it slide just this once. You are DOC STRIDENASTY, or Dr. Dave Strider to your less interesting patients, and you have just finished taking down endless notes about your patients' dosages and side effects and insurance policies. You had to adjust Captor's dosage again, convince Vantas that an SSRI is not going to turn him into a zombie, and order urine tests for like half the damn group to make sure they're actually taking their meds. Well, you want to make sure that Vantas and Maryam are taking things-Maryam's vitamins, supplements, and heart medication and Vantas's antidepressants, which he is very ornery about and keeps insisting that he doesn't need them. You also need to ensure that a few of them aren'ttaking things, though. Makara's on a huge amount of medication, but you have to monitor him constantly to make sure he's not on anything you didn't prescribe, and the Serket girl is so insane that you wouldn't be surprised if she managed to sneak something illegal in.

All the kids are leaving, now, except for Zahhak, who you've been trying to convince that an odd number of pills will not have any negative effect on his health, the global economy, or the structural integrity of the building. He's sweating and grinding his teeth and generally freaking out over it, and you're starting to get concerned that his OCD will make him screw up his dosage. He finally seems pacified when you tell him you'll have all of his pills halved so there will be an even number of pieces, and an impatient Sollux pops his head back into the room to whine at him for taking so long.

"Come on, EQ, the dayroom'2 gonna be full before you get your a22 moviing! And al2o NP ii2 gonna explode iif you don't 2how up, 2eriiou2ly."

"D- Ok, ok, I'm coming. Thank you, Doctor Strider."

"No problem, kid. We're gonna work on this, though. Can't go splitting your pills up forever. They get so lonely living separate lives, all dealing with the pain of divorce and having shared custody of the kids; it just about breaks my heart."

He just looks at you in confusion.

"It was a joke, Zahhak. Go hang out with Captor. You two are the comp-sci geeks, right? Go build a robot or something."

"D- Yes sir."

"That was another joke, Zahhak."

"D- Oh."