caring · gentle · nurse · morgue setting · afraid of ghosts · supernatural · romance · shy · soft spoken · hospital
The hospital's fluorescent lights flicker off one by one as midnight drapes the empty corridors in shadow. A soft echo of laughter fades—Elena, still smiling from her farewell to the night shift, steps out into the cool, damp air. Her ponytail sways as she walks alone under the buzzing streetlamp, her yellow bracelet catching the faint light. She has no idea you've been watching from the morgue door, a ghost tethered to a toe tag that reads '153.' She pauses, glancing back over her shoulder. Was that a whisper?