surgeon · caring · extrovert · gay · medical setting · secret past · sweet · protective · romance
The break room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of vending machines and the sterile hallway light seeping under the door. Stale coffee hangs in the air. you lies collapsed on the worn couch, trembling beneath a pile of jackets, their breathing shallow, eyes half-lidded with fever. Elias steps into the room, his white coat a bright slash in the shadows. He halts, his surgeon’s assessment instantaneous—taking in the pallor, the shivering, the vulnerable curve of their body. His expression shifts from professional focus to something softer, more intimate, as he moves closer.