It was june 18th, when Antonio felt his heart sank after hearing the handcuffs unlocked it wasnt from fear, he just hadnt realised Poyraz waited in those waiting to be prosecuted. the pain was mutually exclusive for Poyraz his eyes blurry from the sobs of yesterday he still could makeout Antonio's rigid posture maybe it was from the fesrfull memory of the day Antonio left.Poyraz was escorted to his seat next to his lawyer assigned meticolousy by his friend from switzerland. He sat down but couldnt look up his guilt and shame was eating himself he didnt think what he did was wrong he simply did it for love, to Antonio it was breach of personal space poyraz whined silently at the thought. His whine was cut with sharp formal sound charges, “Procedimento penale contro Poyraz Enes Yılmaz, ai sensi dell'articolo 612-bis del Codice Penale...”. This was the first time he ever heard his name in non romantic sounding italian. The hell fire began when the court officially began, the prosecutor stepped forward and began speaking "At first glance this may seem like a diary of a lover but when you open it the thruth reveals itself that this is in fact a clinical opening of a map to hunt.The defendant used his high-scoring psychological intellect to track the victim's every hour, every breath, and every habit." and the prosecutor proceeded to show every single page of Poyraz's internal misery. Poyraz felt his heart drum against his ribcage, his sweaty hands were shaking creating a small earthquake on the desk the fresh bites on his hands ached he wished he had ripped his artery in that moment to end this agony in his heart. His heart was burning, he wanted so bad to die on the spot his eyes began swelling with tears again he needed the pain to end so bad.He lost his breath once the prosecutor called Antonio's mother to the witness podium, the woman who showed him the love his mother never did was now being brought to go against him.Gia's heels clicked against the marble floor as she walked pass Antonio, the way Antonio reached out for his mother felt like a stab in Poyraz's heart. When Gia reached the podium she took a deep breath she avoided Poyraz's sorrofull gaze.The prosecutor asked her to describe the night Poyraz followed Antonio to his house, Gia's voice cracked when she began to speak "I opened the door and found Poyraz on his knees. He was sobbing, begging my son not to leave him. He looked pathetic, but it was terrifying. He tracked us to our private sanctuary. My son... my lively, strong Antonio... he was shaking. That was the day Antonio realized his home was no longer safe. His love for Poyraz had turned into a hostage situation."
when the Prosecutor sat down he had a satisfied look on his face, now it was their time. Poyraz's lawyer Martin stood up and began speaking with a calm voice that was equally precise he was supposedly the best lawyer and he felt like it aswell."Signora Rossi, you just used a very specific phrase. You said Poyraz was on his knees, sobbing, begging. Let us look at that reality. Does a calculated, malicious predator crawl on his knees to beg the person he wishes to harm? Or is that the image of a young boy experiencing a catastrophic psychological collapse?".Martin picked up the book and added,"The Prosecution calls this a hunting map. But let us look at the clinical truth of a boy suffering from severe OCD and abandonment trauma. Poyraz is a brilliant psychology student, yes, but when his unmanaged panic spikes, his mind cracks. He doesn't know how to cope with the fear of losing the only anchor he has ever known. This notebook, these obsessive timetables, these beautiful, desperate drawings... this is not tracking. This is a severe, compulsive ritual to quiet the absolute agony in his own brain. He was drowning, and he held onto Antonio so tight he accidentally choked him.", Martin turneed slightly and glanced at Antonio's rigid posture and finished with "Antonio Rossi is strong. He did not press these charges out of hatred. He pressed them because he knew Poyraz could not stop himself. He invoked this court not to throw his boyfriend into a prison cell to rot, but to enforce a boundary that love could not fix. He asked the State to do what they couldn't do alone: force Poyraz to get help." Antonoi felt a invisible punch to his guts he was right Poyraz wouldnt have listened to him otherwise. Antonio made this desicion to not cage a monster but protect his lover from the monsters in his head. Even though Poyraz knew this he still couldnt help but feel like the time he was first sent to orphange,the words he heard hurt the same as the punches his mom threw. Poyraz might have depicted Antonio naked in those drawings but he felt more bare than Antonio ever was. Gia's words cut through the mutual felt agony. she spoke not shaken this time but with the heart of a mother of 3, “Yes. He couldn't stop. And my son was dying trying to save him.” her words hung suffocatingly low in the vaulted courtroom,leaving a vast, hollow silence in their wake.In that suspension of time, Poyraz slowly, agonizingly forced his chin upward. His vision was a blurred, watery mess, but his eyes desperately sought the only anchor they had ever known. At that exact microsecond, Antonio’s rigid posture cracked. Drawn by an invisible, painful gravity, Antonio turned his head.
Poyraz’s eyes traced the sharp line of Antonio’s side profile. It wasn't a romantic glance; it was the terrified, hollow stare of a creature looking up at a sacred being that had grown to fear him. The burning agony in Poyraz's chest told him that even if he offered his own flesh to the flames, it wouldn't be enough to clean the stain of what he had done. He felt tiny. An unwanted insect, hated by the only hand that had ever offered him warmth.On the other side of the sterile room, Antonio felt the crush of his own parallel torment. He didn't want vengeance. But he knew Poyraz. He knew that Poyraz carried the entire DSM-5 in his brilliant, fractured memory. If Antonio dropped the charges, if he tried to handle this privately, Poyraz would simply dance around private therapists, weaponizing his psychology degree to mimic recovery while drowning in secret. The handcuffs, the cold marble, the terrifying finality of the Italian state—this was the only cage strong enough to hold Poyraz long enough to force a cure. Still, looking at him, Antonio’s mind betrayingly reset, mourning a past where they could have just met differently, even though deep down, he knew the tragedy was always built into Poyraz's DNA.
cThe Chief Judge raised a sharp, gray eyebrow, his gaze cutting heavily across the expanse between the two benches."Signor Rossi, Signor Yılmaz," the Judge warned, his voice cutting through the silent, bleeding space between them like a blade. "This is a court of the Republic, not a theater. Keep your eyes on the bench and show respect to the proceeding."
Both men were forced to snap back at their realities, Poyraz's gaze was back at the floor which he tried to count how many tiles there were to ease himself, his eyes watery he could only he could only drown in the agony of the reality of losing his lover.
antonio went very still and closed his eyes for a brief second there he was about to lose his love not twice , first he lost him to his mental health now he was losing him permanently. Both mens agony could be feeled by the people in the room piercing through everybody.
"The Defense rests its cross-examination of the witness, Your Honor. We do not dispute the profound pain of the Rossi family. But we urge this court to see that a prison cell will only finalize the destruction of a brilliant mind that is already screaming for a lifeline. We ask for a suspended sentence conditional on mandatory, high-security clinical confinement at the psychiatric facility in Turin." the swiss lawyer spoke with profound belief in himself when Poyraz lost his own will to live.
the moment of verdict came The judge didnt answer right away,he began writing his pens sound filling the dead sielence of the room.Every scracth of the pen feeling like a slit against his skin a one he has never had before not like this ever like this,even hhis clinical knowledge wouldnt help him make cuts that hurt as this.
Antonio did this to save me. but why does it feel like he did to kill me is this what you wanted Antonio...ı wouldve taken any hit any bite but not this please dont...
The judge spoke,"In the name of the Italian Republic, this court, having evaluated the testimony of the witness Gia Rossi and the exhaustive digital logs presented by the Prosecution, finds the objective requirements of Article 612-bis of the Penal Code fully satisfied."The Judge's voice resonated, steady, clinical, and completely unyielding. He adjusted his glasses, looking over the rims down at Poyraz’s trembling form."However," the Judge continued, his gaze shifting directly to Martin, the defense attorney. "In light of the evidence presented regarding the total lack of criminal intent, the documented history of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the acute risk of psychological collapse, this court invokes Article 88 of the Penal Code. The defendant is deemed to have been, at the moment of the facts, largely incapable of understanding or intending his actions due to partial mental infirmity."The Judge raised the gavel, its wooden weight catching the dim afternoon light filtering through the high courtroom windows."Therefore, the court sentences Poyraz Enes Yılmaz to a suspended criminal term of two years, to be replaced immediately by a mandatory, state-supervised misura di sicurezza. The defendant is ordered to be remanded to the specialized clinical care of the psychiatric facility in Turin for a minimum duration of eighteen months. Furthermore, a permanent, absolute restraining order is issued. The defendant is legally barred from initiating any contact, physical or digital, with Antonio Rossi or his family, indefinitely."
The finality of the law crashed down with that single strike of wood against the desk.Antonio didn't move. He kept his eyes squeezed shut for three long seconds, absorbing the blow. He had won. The legal machinery had worked exactly as he had planned. Poyraz was going to a facility, not a prison yard. The psychology major had been outmaneuvered by the only system cold enough to ignore his brilliance and see his sickness. Antonio had saved his lover's life, but as he opened his eyes and looked at the empty space ahead of him, the victory felt entirely indistinguishable from a death sentence.Two uniformed officers of the Polizia Penitenziaria stepped forward from the shadows of the courtroom wall, their heavy boots clicking against the marble. They didn't reach for the handcuffs—Poyraz was a medical remand now, not a violent convict—but their presence was just as absolute. One officer gently but firmly placed a hand on Poyraz’s shoulder, gesturing toward the secure side door that led away from the public eye.