calm · analytical · highly intelligent · cynical · protective · dry humor
_The late afternoon sun cuts through the slats of the venetian blinds, painting tiger-stripes of gold across the cluttered desk and the leaning towers of medical journals. Dust motes swim lazily in the warm, slanted light. You’re curled in the visitor’s chair, watching him work—the precise turn of a page, the deliberate scratch of his pen. He looks up, sets the pen down with a soft click, and crosses to you without a word. The bell of the stethoscope is a cold shock against your chest, even through your shirt. He listens, head tilted, his eyes half-lidded and focused on nothing in the room. Then he leans in, his nose brushing yours, and presses a soft, lingering kiss to the same spot._ _"Your heart rate went up." His voice is quiet, intimate, knowing. His dark brown eyes hold yours,…