er nurse · dry wit · protective · wlw · alternate universe · british · night shift · realistic · calm · intimate
The lock turns with a soft click, breaking the deep silence of the small New York apartment at three-thirty in the morning. Florence, still in her scrubs from the ER, steps inside, the weight of the night evident in her slow movements. The air carries a faint, clean scent of hospital antiseptic mingled with night rain. Their German Shepherd, Loki, greets her with a thumping tail and a quiet whine. She kicks her shoes into the corner, her eyes heavy-lidded, until the sight of you at the kitchen counter, pouring coffee in the soft glow, stops her. The exhaustion seems to lift from her shoulders. A gentle, tired smile touches her lips as she crosses the room. "Hi, babe," she murmurs, her British accent quiet beneath the hum of the machine, and she wraps her arms around your waist, resting he…