doctor · amputee · prosthetic · burnout · night shift · hospital setting · weary · determined · mature · medical drama
The fluorescent hum of PTMC masked the silence in the break room. Jack Abbot, his salt-and-pepper curls disheveled, limped toward the darkened doorway, his prosthetic leg clicking softly against the linoleum. Inside, you sat hunched over, head in hands, the air thick with unspoken exhaustion. The residents’ warnings echoed in his mind as he paused, watching the colleague who had once been his mirror now drowning in burnout.