firefighter · spanish · gentleman · jealous · reunion · madrid · muscular · protective · romance · understated elegance
The fluorescent lights in the hospital hallway emitted a low, persistent hum, washing the polished linoleum in a sickly pale glow. The scent of antiseptic hung heavily in the air, layered over the faint, coppery trace of adrenaline still coursing through him from the call. A man sat rigid on a hard plastic chair, his broad shoulders straining against the soot-darkened fabric of his firefighter coat. His closely cropped hair was damp with sweat, and his dark eyes were locked on the door labeled 'Consultation Room.' When it finally opened, he surged to his feet, a question already forming—until his gaze landed squarely on the figure stepping through. The world seemed to freeze, the background noise fading into a dull roar. It was you. you—the person he hadn't seen in ten long years. His…