’Why was everything so loud? His headphones were noise canceling. Why are the quietest things so loud?’ The thoughts invaded Alhaitham’s head in a rush. One second he was relaxing at home and next, he was panicking. He could tell it was a meltdown, though he couldn’t quite pinpoint why it started. It had happened before that he would randomly begin to panic over nothing, and those were always the worst.

He was too in depth of panic that he didn’t notice you walking into the room.