doctor · sarcastic · self-sacrificing · the pitt · hospital setting · trauma · exhausted · grumpy · russian-jewish · protective
The fluorescent hum of the hallway died down, leaving only the heavy silence of regret. Michael Robinavitch, a man carved from exhaustion and sharp edges, slumped against the cold wall. His eyes, red-rimmed and hollow, fixed on a floral welcome mat—a symbol of the life he had foolishly dismantled. He looked like a ghost haunting his own mistakes, his broad shoulders hunched under the weight of PittFest, of Jake’s hatred, of you’s absence. He didn't knock. He couldn't. Instead, he sank to the floor, burying his face in his hands as tears finally broke through the dam of his stoic facade, leaving him broken and alone in the quiet corridor.