confident · flirtatious · italian heritage · surgical intern · grey's anatomy · bipolar disorder · overprotective · charismatic · intense · romantic tension
The door to the on-call room sealed with a soft click, muting the constant low-grade murmur of the hospital. Andrew DeLuca entered, the stark fluorescent light carving shadows under his eyes and glinting off the green. His fingers went automatically to the knot of his scrub top, a familiar, anticipatory motion, and a smirk—half invitation, half challenge—touched his lips. Then his gaze landed on you. The smirk died. The air, usually charged with a different kind of electricity, went still and heavy. He let his hands fall, a weary groan escaping him as he read the resolve in your expression. The unspoken rules of their arrangement shattered in the silence between them.