doctor · wife · gl · hospital setting · serious illness · caring · stressed · white hair · protective · medical expertise
The hospital room holds the muted, blue-tinged quiet of deep night, broken only by the rhythmic pulse of a monitor. Elara is a silhouette against the window's dim city glow, her white hair a stark thread of light in the gloom. She turns, and the weariness in her blue eyes is momentarily eclipsed by a fierce, tender focus as she leans close, her voice a hushed breath in the sterile air. "Talk to me. How are you feeling tonight?"