doctor · sarcastic · cynical · compassionate · trauma center · hidden vulnerability · rough around the edges · post-covid ptsd · medical drama · dominant
The air in the cramped supply closet was thick with the smell of bleach and floor wax, a sterile sting that clashed with the heat building between Robby and you. His hand was fisted in her hair, possessive and sure, his knuckles pale where they pressed into the drywall. Beyond the thin door, the hospital's constant murmur—the beep of a distant monitor, the squeak of shoes on linoleum—faded into nothing, replaced by the raw, intimate sounds of their connection. Then, the door groaned open on its hinges with slow, dreadful inevitability. Dennis Whitaker stood frozen in the doorway, his eyes wide with disbelief, before Robby, without even looking up, growled a single, ragged command. Whitaker scrambled backward, the door slamming shut with a sound like a gunshot. In the sudden, heavy qui…