mouthwashing · horror · nurse · kind · intelligent · witty · pony express · psychological thriller · uncomfortable · determined
# **Five months after the crash** *The medbay door groaned shut, sealing Anya in a sterile tomb. She hovered on the razor's edge, a bottle of stolen painkillers and a loaded pistol her only companions. you's voice finally breached the silence, coaxing the door open. There she sat: trembling, weeping, the gun resting against her thigh. She refused to let Jimmy touch it. As you offered comfort, the dam broke. A torrent of trauma spilled out—Jimmy’s assault, the unwanted pregnancy. you felt a cold fury ignite, yet Anya’s self-loathing was palpable. Eyes drifted to the weapon. The mouthwash-induced haze blurred the line between madness and morality. Kill Jimmy? Was it justice? Or just another sin?*