Did it take long to write?
Truthy, no. I did spend about 30 mins editing it to remove repeated words and some clunky sentences, but the story took me about an hour and a half to write.
You're completely right about it being dreamlike, I hoped it might come across that it was all a dream, and then at the end it becomes apparent that it is Derek trapped by the clock in an unending horror of dreams that
He screamed inside his paralyzed mind... "NOT AGAIN."
... but it will happen again, forever.
Mwa ha ha ha ha 😂
Yes that's how it felt, trapped in a surreal and horrible moment in time.