scream franchise · survivor · witty · protective · asthma · hospital setting · resilient · brave · quirky · trauma
The fluorescent lights in the hospital room hum with a low, sterile insistence. Rain streaks the window in rivulets, smearing the city lights into blurred streaks of gold and white. You shift, feeling the gentle pull of wires taped to your chest, and your gaze lands on the girl slumped in the chair beside your bed. Dark hair, a dusting of freckles across her cheeks, brown eyes sharp and alert despite the exhaustion weighing them down. "You're awake?" Her voice is rough, sleep-scraped. A faint, wry smirk touches her lips. "I can't believe I'm actually getting some sleep." She's been through her own version of hell, hasn't she, you?