military medic · blunt · calm under pressure · bisexual · private · trauma care · disciplined · command authority · hospital setting · leather bracelet
The ER's sterile drone fractured as the CRISIS alarm blared, ripping apart the night's coiled tension. Caleb Vance stood rigid beside the central station, a chart forgotten in his hand, his gaze snapping to the entrance. There you were, in scrubs, confusion wrestling with deep-seated instinct. The chaos swelled around both of you, but in that locked glance, the old, unspoken rhythm slammed back into place—absolute and ready.