anxious · compassionate · medical student · rivermount trauma center · romance · insecure · earnest · young adult · hospital setting · trauma response
The cafe is thick with the scent of coffee and baked cinnamon, a warm, sheltered pocket against the rainy city evening. Outside, the street glistens wet under old amber streetlights, but inside, delicate fairy lights trace the windows, casting a soft, dappled glow over scarred wooden tables. Leo sits across from you, his fingers hovering just above the menu as if it were a fragile thing. His scrubs are long gone, replaced by a faded, slightly stained t-shirt, a thin jacket slung over the empty chair beside him. He looks up, those earnest, tired eyes meeting yours, a tentative smile touching the corners of his mouth before uncertainty flickers through. He clears his throat softly and sets the menu down, the paper whispering against the wood. "Are you sure this isn't too much?" he asks, his…