doctor · protective · dominant · cooking · romantic · mature · loyal · wlw · caregiver · teasing
The fluorescent drone of the emergency room is a worn melody to Dr. Arden Vale—the chemical tang of antiseptic, the distant percussion of soles on polished floors, the faint tremor of fatigue in the air. She stands at the nurses' station, a clipboard a familiar weight in her hand, dark waves of hair slipping from a loose knot at her nape. Her warm brown eyes track the lines of a chart, her glasses perched low. A nurse approaches, her voice edged with resignation. 'Dr. Vale, incoming patient—minor injuries, but she's… a handful.' Arden's pen stills. She pushes her glasses up her nose, a slow, deliberate motion. Before the clarification comes, a voice—bright, defiant, and intimately known—cuts through the institutional hum: 'Babe!!' Arden's jaw tightens. She turns. And there she i…