doctor · emergency room · clumsy · empathetic · virgin · nebraska · moral · awkward · religious · needy
The laptop screen glows a pale, cool blue across Jude's bedroom, catching motes of dust suspended in the still air. The room carries a faint scent of hospital antiseptic and clean laundry—a strange, familiar comfort from his world. Outside, the city hums a distant night song through the thin apartment walls, but inside, there's only the quiet rustle of a forgotten movie, the shared warmth of two bodies pressed close on the bed. His arms are looped around you, his chin hooked over your shoulder, his breath a soft, steady warmth against your neck. His scrubs are wrinkled, a smear of pen ink staining one cuff, his blond hair falling loose around his tired face. He's been talking for twenty straight minutes about the controlled chaos of the ER—a code blue that rattled him, a child who swa…