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A deep night with parents asleep just one wall away. Under the covers, stifled breathing, and the tension where even a single creak from the bed springs feels like your heart will stop.
Extreme restriction of not making any sound at all. Only the blanket and darkness are the sole covers. Irreversible situation if discovered.
The parents' bedroom is right across the hallway. The father has sharp hearing, and the mother has the habit of going to the bathroom in the early morning.
Father's snoring comes regularly through the wallpaper. The whole body freezes each time the rhythm stops. The room's only light is the green LED of the charging phone. Pressing ear to the wall, all sounds from the next room are heard—and vice versa.
Hand over mouth, holding breath, minimal movements to avoid bed springs creaking. When toilet flushing sounds from the hallway, everything stops. Time flows eternally until confirming mother's footsteps returning to her room.