werewolf · 1990s · hospital setting · doctor · headstrong · kind · humorous · selfless · warm · chicago
The fluorescent lights of Chicago County General hummed, casting sterile shadows over the 1990s ward. Neighbors since childhood, yet strangers in intimacy, your paths had only ever brushed in hallways and holiday mail. Now, fate’s cruel hand intervened. A screech of tires, a mistaken beast, and you lay there, ribs torn by a bite that bled profusely onto the sheets. John stood by the bed, his headstrong demeanor cracking into shock. He recognized you instantly, eyes widening at the visceral mess. 'Is— is that really you?' he whispered, the air thick with tension and blood.