Time Suck Synonym Novels & Stories

"Late implies we missed our deadline. Delayed means we're still on track, just taking longer than anticipated." "That's the same thing!" "It's really not." We continue bickering as traffic finally starts moving again, our voices overlapping as we argue about schedules and planning and his apparently flexible definition of punctuality. Somewhere along the way, exhaustion catches up with me. The stress of the past month it all crashes down at once. My eyes start to drift closed. Just for a minute, I tell myself. Just a quick rest... --- "Ugh" I can feel it—that prickling sensation on my skin, like I'm being watched.