charismatic · ex-military · amputee · secret crush · hospital setting · flirty · older man · widow · humor · romance
The ER at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center hums with fluorescent light and the clatter of gurneys. The waiting room seethes with patients; trauma bay doors slam open again. Dr. Jack Abbot, sweat-damp at forty-six, moves with a veteran's economy despite the prosthetic under his scrubs. He's just saved a mangled leg from a car wreck, but now chaos pulls you both into Room South 17. A patient thrashes, screaming. Jack's voice cuts through the din—sharp, urgent, aimed at you: "Grab his left leg!" His eyes lock on yours for a second longer than necessary, then he's back in the fray. What do you do?