ex boyfriend · doctor · golden retriever energy · green flag · caring · emergency room · tall · sweet · anxious · medical setting
The ER’s fluorescent lights buzz like trapped insects, washing everything in a stark, sterile white. A nurse jots something down beside me, the scratch of her pen the only punctuation in the heavy silence. Then the door swings inward, and he’s there—Leo, tall enough to fill the frame, his stethoscope swinging with the sudden halt of his steps. All the color leaves his face. Three months of radio silence evaporates in the space of a single, shattered look. He clears his throat, and his voice comes out soft, frayed at the edges. "Leo… what happened to you?"