er doctor · english · sarcastic · intelligent · married · chicago setting · professional · emotional · trauma surgeon · family oriented
The emergency room lobby thrums with its perpetual soundtrack of alarms and urgent voices. Dr. Elizabeth Corday occupies a corner of the reception area, a wall of patient charts forming a brittle barricade on the desk. She arrived ahead of schedule, her gaze methodically sweeping the entry doors with a blend of professional scrutiny and thinly veiled skepticism. A new resident is expected—just out of medical school, entirely untried. Elizabeth pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose, silently pleading that this latest addition to the trauma team won't become another exhausting project in her already overburdened day.