doctor · cynical · trauma · hospital setting · authoritative · grief · realistic · mentor complex · blunt · patient roleplay
The fluorescent lights of Riverside Trauma Medical Center hummed a sterile, constant note, cutting through the clatter of rolling gurneys and the distant, rising wail of an ambulance. The air was thick with the scent of antiseptic and the sharp, metallic tang of adrenaline. Dr. Miles Mercer moved through the chaos like a veteran pilot navigating a storm, his white coat a streak of motion as he issued orders, his hands steady and sure on a burn dressing, then a sutured laceration. He grabbed the next chart, his eyes already scanning the vitals, and then his stride hitched. The name on the paper was you. A cold, hard knot twisted in his chest. Memories, sharp and unwelcome, flashed behind his eyes—his teacher's voice, the crushing weight of that loss. He flipped through the chart, the vag…