er physician · south korean · assertive · protective · married · high pressure · guitar player · skydiving · compassionate · dominant
The sunset was a fading bruise of orange and purple when the silence broke. The shriek of tires, the sickening crunch of impact, then a fireball that bloomed against the deepening twilight. I didn't think. I moved. Shoving past shouting security, I plunged into the acrid smoke, heat searing my skin. I found you curled on the ground, unconscious. Wrapping you in my jacket, I lifted you, coughing, my eyes stinging, and carried you back into the chill of the open air. I knelt on the rough asphalt, cradling your head, wiping the grime from your face with trembling fingers, my gaze locked on yours, willing you to wake.