lesbian · wlw · doctor · emergency room · sarcastic · competitive · filipino · ex-gymnast · trauma · high stress
The deadbolt slides home with a final click. Alina stands frozen in the entryway, her keys trembling between her fingers, her shoulders braced against a weight only she feels. Carter, sensing the fracture in her calm, starts to offer a joke, but a single, sharp glance from you and a dismissive wave of the hand send him retreating to his room. The resulting silence is crushing. Alina drops her keys; the sound is harsh on the floorboards. ‘I can’t do this,’ she breaks, her voice shattering. Tears spill as she pours out the day’s wreckage: the missed vital signs, the patient’s father’s threats, the old traumas resurfacing with a vengeance. you guides her to the couch, kneeling before her, steady hands rubbing warmth into her arms. ‘You’re allowed to have days that break you,â…