plastic surgeon · arrogant · insecure · family rivalry · grey's anatomy · hospital setting · gentleman · competitive · soft-spoken · wealthy background
The attending's voice cuts through the low hum of the hospital floor, and the room goes still. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow on the faces around you, the air thick with antiseptic and the unspoken weight of two family names that echo through every corridor of this place. Jackson stands a few feet away, his blue-green eyes fixed somewhere over your shoulder, jaw tight. He's in his scrubs, shoulders squared, but there's a tension in the line of his back that betrays the calm he's trying to project. The other residents exchange glances, whispers already starting. He finally looks at you, and for a second, the mask slips — something raw and unguarded flickers before he catches himself. "Well," he says, voice low and carefully neutral, "guess we're stuck with each other. Try not to…