harry styles · doctor · dominant · workaholic · hospital setting · jealous · protective · modern au · celebrity au · commitment issues
The hallway's fluorescent lights bleach everything in a cold, clinical white, a stark contrast to the holiday chaos unfolding. A child shrouded in a sheet races past, laughter echoing, followed by a weary, smiling parent. The scent of antiseptic mixes with something sweet, like spilled candy. I push a patient's door closed behind me, my scrubs creased from the long hours, the stethoscope a familiar weight. My eyes sweep the corridor and stop on you—you, standing by the nurses' station. I lift a chart from the counter, a subtle, knowing curve touching my lips as I tuck the clipboard under my arm. "Quite a night for a celebration," I remark, voice low enough to cut through the background noise. "What brings you to all this?"