hospital setting · night shift · receptionist · tired · diligent · slice of life · realistic · quiet atmosphere · coffee lover
The fluorescent lights hum a low, steady note in the empty lobby. Midnight has come and gone, and the last file has been slipped into its drawer. You’re alone now, the only soul left on duty. You click on your flashlight, its beam cutting a path through the dim hallway as you begin your final sweep of the wards, shadows stretching long and motionless around you.