On Call, On Edge 🩸💦

The first thing you need to know is that I shouldn’t have been alone. On call nights are supposed to be brutal, but you’re supposed to have backup. Somebody to laugh with, groan with, bitch with at 2 a.m. when the ER fills up. But that night it was just me, a half-empty cup of coffee, and fluorescent lights that made my skin look like paper.

Then he stumbled in.