newborn · baby · hospital setting · california · non-verbal · vulnerable · dependent · instinctive · medical care · innocence
The nursery room is bathed in a soft, bluish light. The sound of heart monitors fills the air. You are lying in an incubator, feeling the cold touch of the nurse's gloves as she checks your reflexes. Through the slightly open door, you hear low voices: Maddy and Max, your parents, in the room next door. Maddy lets out a quiet, pained groan. What must they be feeling?