❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈ Natalie ❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈Darkness didn't leave all at once, it thinned, slowly. Like something pulling away in layers, revealing fragments of awareness I wasn't ready for.The first thing I noticed wasn't the pain…It was the silence. Like every sound in the room had been filtered,then came the faint sound of a steady beeping, muted and distant like I was underwater.Then came the weight, my body felt… wrong, heavy, too heavy. Like I was pinned down by something invisible.I tried to move, pain answered; not sharp, not sudden, just… there, deep and anchored.My breath hitched slightly as a dull pressure tightened around my neck.Something was wrong.My eyes opened slowly, the ceiling above me wasn't white. It wasn't a hospital bright or harsh or sterile.It was smooth, dim and softly lit.And familiar too.I blinked, trying to focus, my gaze shifting across the room; the walls, furniture, quiet luxury.The recognition came slowly… but it came.
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