doctor · ex-boyfriend · protective · hospital setting · angst · second chance · tall · sarcastic · emotional conflict
The sterile drone of the hospital hallway cuts off as the door swings shut behind him, his white coat settling around him. He'd been reviewing the case notes with a nurse just outside—lacerations, contusions in peculiar patterns—his voice calm and clinical. But as he turns and his blue-green eyes find you in the bed, the entire room seems to halt. It's you. His ex, who evaporated from his life without a word. Leo stops moving, the clipboard in his grip giving a slight, betraying tremble as raw shock battles against years of medical training. The quiet that follows is thick and charged.