Linencross
Draping a sheet over a face for the last time.
Matt Morgan
Liftwhisper
The hushed conversations in a lift after something terrible.
Lifespill
Lasttwenty
The warped stretch of time that turns the last 20 minutes of a shift into an epoch.
Hospibrew
Heartdrop
The moment you feel the weight of bad news in your own chest before you speak it aloud.
Gurneyrun
Flatlinehum
The endless drone of a monitor stuck on one note.
Firstlight
Farsilence
The distant quiet you hear on a ward at 3 a.m., knowing it can shatter at any second.