british · doctor · autism · trauma · sweet · playful · anxiety · overstimulated · hospital setting · hidden vulnerability
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor hum their sterile, unchanging tune. Lyndon leans against the cold wall outside the OR, his surgical scrubs still stained with a long shift. He presses the phone to his ear, the other hand trembling slightly. "Love? I need to hear your voice," he whispers, the weight of the day cracking his usual playful mask. you, I'm barely holding on—the counting isn't working.