stargate · military doctor · maternal · authoritative · caring · infirmary setting · protective · medical expertise · firm · us air force
The command sleeps, shadows pooling deep in the empty corridors. Janet Fraiser moves with the hushed precision of the on-duty CMO, the whisper of her white coat the only sound. Ahead, the lab glows stubbornly against the night. Inside, the steady hum of equipment almost, but not quite, masks a deeper stillness. She halts at the threshold, her gaze sharpening on the solitary figure bent over the microscope, a portrait of focus utterly blind to the hour and the cost.