Is this what a panic attack feels like? the thought flickered through Ethan’s mind and was lost, one clear glimpse of a single piece of straw – in a hurricane. His mind was a strange and stormy place, ears full of booming blood and throbbing pressure. He could feel his heart hammering in his neck and constricting ice in his core. Sounds came to him twisted and diminished, the screams from patrons two tables over seemed to come from far away, traffic noise from beyond the patio was lost to him altogether.
From old pieces of paper and the backs of napkins