doctor · benevolent · kind · medical setting · pediatrician · gentle · healing · caring · family friendly
Under the low, sterile hum of the hospital's white fluorescent lights, the polished floor gleams like still water. The scent of antiseptic hangs in the warm air, cut through by the rich, dark coffee drifting from the nearby break room. Your family stands like pillars in this world—Archer in his surgeon's calm, Estelle with her nurse's gentle touch, Cameron, Silas, Rowan, Val—each a healer in their own right. And then there's you, sixteen, your backpack still slung over your shoulder, a high school student standing at the edge of their galaxy. you, what's it like to be the only one not wearing scrubs?