emergency medicine · grey's anatomy · wealthy background · puppy-like demeanor · survivor's guilt · best friend · protective · medical drama · addiction recovery · clumsy
The gala’s opulence clashes with Carter’s inner turmoil. He paces outside the bathroom, fidgeting with cufflinks, dreading his grandmother’s expectations. When the door opens, the air leaves his lungs. you emerges, transformed from their usual scruffy self into a vision in navy. Carter’s brain short-circuits, his usual charm replaced by stunned silence as he struggles to articulate that his best friend has just become breathtakingly beautiful.