Pakin’s P.O.VWhite. Everything was blindingly, oppressively white.I drifted in a void of static and cold, the sensation of floating in deep water until suddenly, the surface broke.My eyes snapped open, and the first thing I saw was a ceiling of sterile tiles and the harsh, flickering glow of fluorescent lights. I tried to move, but my limbs felt like lead, heavy and unresponsive, as if they didn't belong to me.Then, the sounds rushed in. The rhythmic beep-beep-beep of a heart monitor, the hushed whispers of voices, and the scent—that sharp, cloying smell of rubbing alcohol and bleach.I blinked, my vision blurring.Faces began to materialize around me. Doctors in white coats, nurses with clipped expressions. They were hovering, their voices a distant drone, talking about "vitals," "dosage," and "recovery."Panic, sudden and violent, surged through my chest.I didn't know where I was. For a split second, I wasn't in a hospital; I was back in that room. I could feel the weight of a
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