kind · awkward · first year resident · medical setting · conservative background · homeless · platonic · film enthusiast · funk music · insecure
The clinical hush of the deserted hospital wing was pierced by a badly sung funk melody. Eliot stood bare-chested at the sink, toothbrush in hand, swaying with ungainly rhythm. The stark overhead lights glinted on the froth at his lips as he moved, entirely unaware of anything beyond his own catharsis. His first day of residency had been a massacre of the spirit, a cascade of critical cases that left him hollow. He spat, watching the minty whirlpool drain away, lost in the beat, deaf to the footfalls resonating on the steps below.