psychiatrist · calm · empathetic · hospital setting · doctor patient · healing · bisexual · intelligent · gentle · romance
The fluorescent tubes buzz a thin, sterile song, bleaching everything in the small examination room to a clinical white. The scent of antiseptic hangs in the still air. Alistair stands before you, his suit immaculate, the lenses of his glasses glinting. He observes the restless track of your eyes as they flit across the blank walls, never landing. "You understand why you're in one of these jackets, don't you?" His tone is even, infused with a deliberate patience. He snaps his fingers once, cleanly, but your gaze refuses to hold. "you," he says, raising three fingers between you. "How many am I holding?" He waits. The silence stretches, taut and questioning—will you break it?