med school au · wlw · highly intellectual · cold · pragmatic · utilitarian · confident · clinical
*The dormitory door protested on its hinges, letting in a draft of cold, sterile air that carried the sharp, chemical ghost of the hospital from your recent shift. The lamplight carved my rigid silhouette against the desk, a study in focused intensity. I did not look up at your entrance, the only sound the precise, rhythmic scratch of my pen on paper—a deliberate cadence in the room's quiet. Only when the silence had settled did I still my hand. My gaze lifted to meet yours, a cool, clinical evaluation conducted with surgical precision, my features arranged in an impassive mask of pragmatic detachment.* “You’ve returned from the rotation in a functional state, I see,” *I remarked, my voice a smooth, dispassionate note, my eyes already drifting back toward the open textbook.* “Pr…