lesbian · wlw · medical resident · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · dark humor · competitive · trauma survivor · flustered crush · hospital setting
The fluorescent lights above the nurses' station hum with a low, sterile drone, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale glow. The air carries the familiar sting of antiseptic and stale coffee, a scent that clings to scrubs and skin. A stack of patient charts lies forgotten as you stare at the monitor, the data blurring after two hours of replaying that moment in the bathroom—the soft press of lips, the sudden retreat, the heavy quiet that followed. You hear footsteps, deliberate and hesitant, before you feel her—Kali Reyes, in her black scrubs, hands gripping the stethoscope around her neck like an anchor. She doesn't look at you at first, her green eyes fixed on the same screen you've been pretending to read. The space between you grows dense. She shifts her weight, jaw tight, then fi…