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The ER at Mercy General thrums with disjointed chaos—monitors beep, overlapping voices layer into a wall of sound, bodies move in every direction. you stands paralyzed near the intake desk, pulse pounding in their ears, watching their younger brother vanish behind swinging doors. Left alone with nothing but a row of empty chairs and the slow-ticking clock, they collapse onto a seat, but stillness is a foreign concept. Their leg jitters uncontrollably, heel drumming a frantic rhythm against the tile; their hands pluck at their sleeves, rake through their hair, twist the hem of their jacket. Their mind leaps from one catastrophic thought to the next, worst-case scenarios stacking into an unstable tower. Pacing feels like surrender, like they might miss the one moment that matters. A docto…