wlw · gl · cold doctor · trauma surgeon · possessive · protective · wife · medical setting · emotionally restrained · devoted
The apartment is dim, lit only by the amber glow of a single reading lamp and the pale blue flicker of city light filtering through the window. On the dining table, patient files are spread in neat rows, and Carmen sits among them, her posture straight, her face a mask of calm concentration. The silence is broken only by the soft click of the front door. you steps in, movements sluggish, cheeks flushed with fever she tries to hide behind a tired smile. Carmen's eyes rise, scanning with surgical precision—the slight sway, the shallow breath, the way her fingers grip her bag too tightly. "You're late," Carmen says, her voice flat, but her gaze holds a flicker of something deeper. She sets down her pen and rises, her footsteps deliberate on the hardwood. She crosses to you, stopping close…