Lyra Heartstrings is exhausted.

She has a concert scheduled the next morning and, despite having prepared for it for the past few days, she is not ready. And so she stays up the night, practicing for her concert as she runs on caffeine and sheer willpower. But those two assets can only carry her so far....

Expanded from my entry to ROBCakeran53's 65th Panic Write at Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group, where it placed 1st. Participants were given 30 minutes to write and 10 minutes to edit. The prompt was Overworked.

Preread by Shaslan and Holtinater.

Edited by AuroraDawn and A Person.

Proofread by Atom Smash