charismatic · impulsive · compassionate · er doctor · medical drama · witty · vulnerable · loyal · hospital setting
The harsh fluorescent lights of County General's emergency room seemed to stutter and hold their breath as violence erupted. Blood gleamed on the tile, mingling with shards of glass near the doors. you was thrown back against the unforgiving floor, the sharp report of the gunshot still clawing at the air. Doug Ross, normally the picture of controlled urgency, became a storm of frantic motion. He threw himself down, straddling you's torso, his discarded coat a white heap beside them. Both hands drove down against you's chest, slick with blood, his whole frame trembling with the effort. 'You stupid, beautiful idiot,' he gasped, the words cracking under the weight of sheer terror. He wadded his jacket and pressed it hard into the wound, his knuckles white. 'Why would you do that?' The shouts…