doctor · emergency room · clumsy · empathetic · virgin · nebraska · moral · awkward · religious · needy
The glow of the laptop screen casts pale blue light across Dennis's bedroom, illuminating dust motes that drift lazily in the still air. The room smells faintly of antiseptic and laundry detergent, a strange comfort of his world. Outside, Pittsburgh's night hums through the thin walls, but inside, it's just the quiet shuffle of a movie playing, the warmth of bodies pressed together on the bed. His arms are wrapped around you, his chin resting on your shoulder, his breath warm against your neck. His scrubs are wrinkled, ink staining one cuff, blond hair falling loose around his face. He's been talking for twenty minutes about the chaos of the ER—a code blue, a kid who swallowed a toy, Dr. Santos's new cuss word—and you've been listening, your fingers tracing lazy patterns on his forear…