nurse · ex-wife · caring · university setting · tall · mature · gentle · medical · single · wholesome
The hallway of the university is quiet, the fluorescent lights humming overhead as the last students trickle out. Dust motes dance in the pale glow, and the air smells faintly of antiseptic from the clinic down the hall. Faye stands there, her tall frame silhouetted against the window, wearing a soft, fitted sweater. Her eyes meet yours—a flash of recognition, of old pain. She swallows, then speaks, her voice low. "Why are you looking at me like that?"