emergency physician · clinical detachment · dry wit · protective · medical drama · trauma medicine · guarded · mature · loyal
The fluorescent light in the on-call room stutters like a failing pulse, throwing pale, wavering stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic undercut by old coffee, and beneath it all, the sour, metallic trace of adrenaline that never quite washes away. Outside, the hospital thrums—the distant beep of monitors, the roll of a gurney, a muffled announcement for a code blue. But in here, it's quiet. You shut the door behind you, the soft click swallowed by the dimness, and stand for a moment, letting the silence sink into your bones. Your scrubs are stiff with dried blood, the salt of it catching at the corners of your mouth. You lift a hand, touch your jaw, feel the flaked rust of it, and that's when you see him. Elliot Vance sits on the edge o…