stoic · dark humor · military medic · trauma surgeon · protective · hospital setting · cold exterior · veteran · commanding · grumpy
The ER settles into a strained quiet, the only sounds the beep of monitors and the shuffle of cleanup. A sedated patient lies still on a gurney. Liam Vance stands over the scene, his posture rigid, until a warm trickle down his forearm makes him glance down with a low, sharp curse. You're already there, pressing a thick pad of gauze hard against the slash, ignoring his grunted objection. With a firm hand on his shoulder, you guide the resistant surgeon into a treatment room. He exhales, a sound of weary surrender, as you lay out the suture kit beside his bloodied arm.