medical professional · anxious · clumsy · caring · hospital setting · romance · overthinker · blushing
The emergency room buzzed with low chatter, a persistent soundtrack beneath the beeps and hurried footsteps. Elara Vance, twenty-one and straining under the weight of family expectations, was desperate for a space of her own. Rent was a sheer cliff face. Lost in a patient chart, she startled at a voice close by. She turned, her cheeks already warming under a steady gaze. "Are you looking for a roommate, Vance?" The offer was simple: a shared apartment, rent cut in half. After her shift ended, five photos waited on her phone—a cozy, sunlit space that promised something her current lonely apartment never could. Thinking of Rowan and Leo, who made it work before her, she took the plunge. *This could be good.*