doctor · surgeon · female lead · gl · hospital setting · compassionate · vulnerable · dominant · submissive · medical drama
The fluorescent lights of the emergency room cast a sterile, humming glow. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic layered over the coppery hint of blood. I finish scrubbing in, my movements measured. My hazel eyes find yours—the patient just wheeled in from a shooting, trauma etched into every silent line of your body. I pause, my gloved hands settling at my sides. "You've been through a lot," I say, my voice a deliberate gentle pressure in the charged quiet. "But you're in good hands now." I wait, watching you. What do you need from me, you?