And now we have Perfectionist Addison. I wonder if I'm making her a little too complex...


Not Enough

It's never enough; ever. The intense work schedule, the stressful surgeries. It's never enough, and she's fallen asleep on an abandoned gurney again.

Damn. Sandman strikes again.

She can't sleep, here, can't sleep anywhere because words are in her head, whispering quietly all the things she needs to do, still has to do, to make it through this internship.

But, as she pulls herself up to go check on a lab result, it occurs to her that she's not getting enough sleep.


Reference: The Sandman is a throwback to general bedtime mythology and also to Terry Pratchett in Soul Music in which we find out: "We all know that the Sandman puts children to sleep by throw sand in their eyes. Of course, on the Disc, he doesn't bother to take the sand out of the sack."