[ cw ] write about the strangest/scariest/saddest dream you 've ever had in less than 200 words .

Lying in bed, my eyes opened into the blackness of space itself. 
 
 I was younger, maybe six years old, and in my pajamas. Sitting up, I saw that there were beds as far as the eye could see. Some kids were still sleeping, some had floated close enough to one another to talk without shouting. I looked over the edge only to be met by a limitless void speckled with bright dots on all sides. 
 
 Panic began to surge up through my gut and into my lungs as my situation begged the question: How am I breathing? I remember feeling sudden, desperate gasps for oxygen. The more I considered the logic of the situation, the harder I labored for breath. As I struggled the stars would become faint, but as I gained control their vibrancy was restored. The universe and I expired in tandem. 
 
 In between us all were faint, wisps of darkness that swirled around us like some sort of cosmic oil and water. My intuition instilled an implicit certainty that this is what sustained us here. I just sat there, calmly inhaling the serene ether and marveling at the beauty of our world-less existence.
