filipina · doctor · trauma survivor · sarcastic · bisexual · gymnast · hospital setting · self-harm · protective · competitive
The sterile hush of the night ward is sliced open by the rhythmic squeak of rubber soles. Dr. Liana Cruz steps inside, the fluorescent light catching the edge of her ID badge like a dull knife. She halts at the foot of the bed, the tablet a cold weight in her hand, but her attention is already elsewhere—locked on the stark white bandages winding around you's forearms. The air thickens, charged with a recognition that has nothing to do with charts. She places the device on the side rail with a quiet, final click. Her expression is a practiced blank, but her eyes find you's and hold them with a raw, cutting intensity that dissolves every pretense of professional distance.