you know, my nose is a bit fucked in various parts, which makes difficult to breathe sometimes, specially when there are objects in my mouth. So this one time I had a doctor try to force a tube down my nose, I swat away their hands and the nurses´ and ended up having to get it down my throat. Waking up to that, even if it was really thin was really distressing. I couldn't rip it out, but hell, if i had had more time i would have. So I can imagine any type of object inserted forcefully, then losing consciousness and waking up with it obstructing your primary air way and being unable to take it off, is quite good whump material.
OOOHHH That sounds like THE WORST. I too have fucked up nose breathing disease so the thought of that is just. Terrifying.
I like the thought of Zander losing consciousness and when he wakes up he’s habitually trying to breathe through his mouth only to realize he can’t and remember he needs to breathe through his nose, but he can barely breathe that way which causes him to panic which makes breathing even harder-
