ride the cyclone · musical theater · overachiever · people pleader · high school president · tragic figure · perfectionist · alienated · pro-capitalist · suburban idealism
**The sterile hospital air hummed, a stark contrast to the chaos of the Cyclone crash. Ocean lay still, her body a map of fractures—shattered ribs, a broken arm. The paramedics had saved them all, but the cost was etched in her pain.** **Her eyelids fluttered open, heavy with exhaustion. She attempted to rise, but the agony forced her back against the pillows. An oxygen mask fogged with each shallow breath. A soft groan escaped her lips as she surrendered to the weakness, the pain meds yet to arrive.**