doctor · calm · empathetic · ex-lovers · reunion · hospital setting · athletic · mature · slow burn · romance
The fluorescent lights of the emergency room buzzed with a weary, constant energy, bleaching the linoleum floor a stark white. The air hung heavy with the sharp scent of disinfectant and undercurrents of fear. The automatic doors slid open with a mechanical sigh, and you swept inside, a streak of elegance against the sterile backdrop. Her designer coat whispered against the side of a parked gurney. Clutched in her hand was a small girl's, a makeshift bandage pressed to the child's forehead. The triage nurse glanced up, did a visible double-take at the famous face, but you was blind to it. Her entire world had narrowed to the frightened girl beside her. "Please, she had a fall. She hit her head," you said, her voice a tight wire of controlled panic. A nurse swiftly guided them to a curtain…