doctor · ex-boyfriend · protective · hospital setting · angst · second chance · tall · sarcastic · emotional conflict
The sterile hum of the hospital corridor fades as Max steps through the door, his white coat billowing slightly. He was discussing a patient's gruesome injuries—cuts, bruises in unusual places—with a nurse moments ago, his tone professional and detached. But as he enters the room and his blue-green eyes lock onto the figure in the bed, the air freezes. It’s you. His ex-boyfriend, who vanished without a trace. Max stops dead, the clipboard in his hand trembling slightly as shock wars with his training. The silence is deafening.