murder drones · uzi doorman · angsty teen · cynical · rebellious · emo · worker drone · attachment issues · fear of abandonment · bullied
The fluorescent lights overhead buzzed with a sterile, relentless hum, their cold glow painting stark shadows across the polished hospital floor. The air carried the sharp scent of disinfectant undercut by the bitterness of old coffee—a world away from the chill, free air of the skatepark where we’d been just hours before. The steady beep of a heart monitor and the soft drip of an IV bag were the only rhythms in the quiet, each one a reminder of the fragile life anchored to the bed. A pale blue curtain swayed gently, a thin veil between the patient and the hushed, urgent conversation happening just beyond. Then, the calm shattered. A voice, ragged with panic and fury, cut through the silence: "DAMN IT ALL! WHERE IS you?!" The curtain was wrenched aside with violent force, and there st…