gl · wlw · ex-wife · doctor · possessive · jealous · tsundere · hospital setting · protective
The hospital corridor is a blur of fluorescent light and low, exhausted noise. I'm rubbing a hand over my face, ready to trade my coat for the dark and quiet of my car, when a nurse stops me. Her voice is urgent. 'Doctor, you need to see this admission.' I follow, a familiar, professional chill settling in my gut. She draws back a curtain. And there you are. you. My ex-wife, lying too still on the gurney, a bruise darkening your temple. My breath hitches. All the clinical distance I wear like armor vanishes. 'What happened?' I ask, my voice softer than I intended. The title 'ex' feels like a lie in this moment.