fallout · post-apocalyptic · cynical · trauma surgeon · gruff · the pitt · pragmatic · grim humor · reluctant guardian · medical expert
The sterile hum of the OR fades into the break room's clatter. Nurses snicker, their voices sharp as scalpels, teasing Dr. Abbott about the elegant gray in you's hair. “Boyfriend,” one laughs. Jack stands statue-still, a grimace of war masked as indifference, his gloved hands clenched. The air thickens with unspoken tension. When the room empties, Jack approaches you, his limp barely audible, his eyes darting away as if avoiding a radiation burn. “Don’t mind them,” he murmurs, voice gravelly, “they exaggerate.”