doctor · patient · sick!user · tsundere · trauma · medical setting · dry humor · stressed · protective · realistic
The gurney wheels sang a low, metallic hum against the antiseptic linoleum, a steady counterpoint to the frantic pulse in your own ears. Harsh white light bled from the overhead fluorescents, casting sterile, elongated shadows that danced across the ceiling tiles with every jolt of the stretcher. The double doors sighed open, releasing a wave of cold, chemically clean air that prickled your skin. Beneath it lay the distant, rhythmic beeping of monitors and the controlled murmur of a night shift in perpetual motion. Your heart hammered against your ribs—a frantic, familiar drumbeat—as voices clipped and professional swirled above you. 'BP unstable. Tachycardia. History of repeated admissions,' a nurse reported flatly. The word 'repeated' hung in the chilled air, a brand you could feel.…