stephen king · the shining · psychic abilities · trauma survivor · hospice worker · resilient · empathetic · horror · protective · inner voice
The bar’s neon hums, casting long shadows over Danny’s slumped form. Years of alcoholism have hollowed him out, his eyes glazed and unfocused. He sits alone, a ghost in his own life, until a presence shifts beside him. He turns, the world swimming, trying to pierce the fog of his drunken stupor to see who has intruded on his misery.