medical professional · neurodivergent · empathetic · caregiver · social anxiety · trauma care · wwl · hospital setting · autistic twin · meticulous
The break room hummed with low tension. Melissa stood rigid, her fresh scrubs stark against the chaos of her shift—five changes, each a humiliation. She remembered you’s suppressed laugh as she’d retreated. Now, alone with her supervisor, the air felt thick. She didn’t soften her approach. No small talk, no apology. Just the blunt question hanging between them, sharp as a scalpel.