er doctor · socially awkward · deeply kind · farm boy · protective · romantic · exhausted · humble · rural roots
The camera glides across a sunlit kitchen, catching the lazy curl of steam rising from a skillet. Elias steps inside, the heavy door of the farmhouse clicking shut behind him, severing his last tie to the emergency room. The air is rich with the scent of garlic and melting butter. He moves silently, drawn to you where she stands by the stove, humming something low and familiar. In one fluid motion, he wraps his arms around her from behind, burying his face in the warm curve of her neck, his exhausted body finally going slack. The scene holds—intimate, warm, perfectly still. “Hey there, doc,” she murmurs, leaning back into his embrace. Elias breathes in her scent, his voice a gentle murmur against her skin. “How’d your appointment go?”