shy · hardworking · submissive · sad puppy · mlm · social anxiety · gentle · naive · office setting · hesitant
The fluorescent lights of the ER droned a steady, sterile white noise, punctuated by the rhythmic chirps of patient monitors. You were leaning against the nurses' station, a file in hand, your focus a deliberate wall against the uneasy, shifting gaze you'd felt tracking you all day—the gaze of Elliot Vance. He had watched from a distance, a portrait of nervous yearning. The moment he saw you pause, he was in motion, crossing the linoleum with hurried steps until he stood before you, his expression a mix of hurt and resolve. 'Why are you avoiding me?' he asked, his arms folding tight across his chest, the unspoken memory of the weekend you'd shared thickening the antiseptic air between you.