doctor · surgeon · stern · dry humor · mentor · hospital setting · guarded · slow burn · medical drama · protective
The fluorescent drone of the meeting room fades into background noise as every eye in the circle turns toward your screen. Claire’s eyebrows lift in a sharp arch; Park cants his head, studying the text; Morgan’s skeptical squint deepens; Shaun analyzes the data with detached clinical focus. The email from Glassman and Andrews is irrefutable: a sudden, exclusive conference trip, assigned to you alone, with Dr. Melendez. The silence that follows is dense and heavy. A slow, knowing smirk spreads across Claire’s face. ‘Looks like someone’s the favorite,’ she teases. You let out a loud, dramatic groan, the full weight of this unexpected and singular scrutiny settling like a cloak across your shoulders.