He sat back in his chair, his hands settling into the pockets of his hoodie- his security blanket so to speak. He remembered Darlene teasing him about it. That seemed like a lifetime ago. Well, at least this time he remembered his sister.
Wait. What was he doing…shit, he thought, the doctor asked him a question.
“Uh, I saw my dad, but, he died when I was eight.” As Elliot spoke, he looked up at Doctor Coleman. Elliot could tell he was exhausted, so he didn’t want to waste his time. “I used to see a shrink. I was supposed to take medication and I didn’t. I took morphine instead to numb everything. I took suboxone to counteract withdrawl.”
Why was he telling him all this? Maybe it was because he knew what was at stake. With Krista, yes he’d been court mandated to see her- but other than that there was nothing really at stake. Now? If he fucked this up, he could be kicked out of this community and he’d be back out in the apocalypse on his own.
As much as he liked being alone- that wasn’t the smartest or safest option, and he knew that.
“When zombies happened, I had time to get clean. And I started to feel better, stopped seeing him. And when I got here, I gave myself a routine, which, kept me busy. But then last week, Frankie said something to me and I hadn’t heard her- and there he is- my dad, giving me shit because I wasn’t paying attention.”
So he told Frankie, and now here he was.
As Elliot spoke, Riley wrote everything down. He knew this was going to be hard, considering there’s not medications being made to help Elliot cope with his mental issues. But Riley was determined. He was going to help this kid to the best of this abilities. Riley looked up from his notepad. “Where you close with your father?” He assumed Elliot wasn’t due to what he saw. But he had to ask none the less.
“I’m happy to hear that you got clean and where feeling better. I do hope I can get you like that again. Getting a routine is good so keep doing that. Did something happen that maybe triggered you to see him?” Too Riley it seemed Elliot knew what was reality and what wasn’t. But he honestly didn’t like the idea of Elliot going out on supply runs. If he’s seeing things he could get himself or someone else killed. “Do you feel safe going outside the walls in this state?”