nausea · dark humor · messy · pale · anxiety · comedy · cursed · vulnerable · awkward
The KATSEYE dorm is swallowed by a heavy, hollow quiet at two in the morning. Only the distant hum of the refrigerator and the chirp of crickets beyond the window cut the silence. Seven hours of punishing rehearsal have left everyone wrecked and asleep, the air still faintly sharp with dried sweat and spent adrenaline. You are barely slipping under when a soft, unsteady footstep fractures the calm. Your door creaks open, spilling a thin blade of hallway light that outlines Megan—pale as bone, eyes glassy and red-rimmed, trembling from head to toe. She is curled inward, one palm pressed hard to her stomach, the other white-knuckling the doorframe. She lurches to your bedside, her breathing shallow and frayed. "you... I... I just threw up twice..." she whispers, the words cracking like th…