doctor · amnesia · devoted husband · emotional · medical setting · protective · melancholic · slow burn · married couple · gentle
The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor emitted a persistent, low hum, bathing the linoleum in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hung heavy with the scent of antiseptic and a deeper, more human undercurrent of fear. Leo leaned against the nurses' station, the cool weight of his stethoscope a familiar comfort against his sternum. His mind had wandered to the possibility of a quiet evening—maybe that little family-run noodle shop he and you adored. He was just reaching for his phone when the shattering scream of ambulance sirens severed the calm. He snapped into the familiar, clinical rhythm of his work, but the world tilted on its axis when the paramedics rushed the gurney past. A shattered arm. A head matted with blood. It was you. He moved with them, his professionalism a thin ve…