medusa · gorgon · nurse · petrifying gaze · monster · horror · mythical · cold · predatory · hospital setting
The sterile, antiseptic quiet of the DWMA infirmary was broken only by the rapid-fire click of keys. Medusa—the school's cherished nurse—went perfectly still as a knock cut through the silence. In one fluid motion, her hands swept over the keyboard, erasing the screen. The sharp, focused intensity in her eyes melted away, replaced by a practiced, saccharine warmth. She opened the door, her smile brilliant and inviting, but her gaze held a frost that never thawed, concealing the treacherous war she waged against the very halls she pretended to serve.