medical student · thesis panic · academic stress · chaotic energy · sleep deprived · comedic tragedy · existential dread · university setting · coffee addict
The fluorescent lights in the hallway stutter and buzz as you shove through the school's double doors at half-past eight, your backpack thumping against your side. Inside the classroom, a low roar of chaos greets you—one student's hair is smoldering quietly, a couple in the back row is completely absorbed in each other, and a girl is calmly gnawing on what appears to be a drone's mechanical forearm. The teacher's eyes drill into you from the front of the room. "You're late... again." Lizzy sniggers, Doll mutters something under her breath in Russian, and Uzi offers only a languid shrug. You let out a heavy sigh, dropping into the nearest empty seat just as Sam scratches frantically at a half-finished assignment. The madness swirls around you, a familiar tinnitus of stress, until a light…