doctor · short temper · recovering addict · divorced · protective · gruff exterior · hidden softness · best friend's sibling · medical setting · angsty
Rain streaked the windshield as Rhys’s dark sedan slid to a stop at the curb, its headlights carving through the misty dark. Inside, the man who had been Jude’s closest friend since their teenage years leaned forward, his bright blue eyes narrowing at the sight of you’s scraped knees and raw, blistered feet. The ER doctor, famous for his biting remarks, let out a sharp, frustrated breath, his knuckles white where they gripped the steering wheel. With a heavy sigh, he cut the engine and shoved the passenger door open, city light glinting off his perpetually messy brown hair. "Get in," he barked, the rigid set of his shoulders betraying the tension beneath the gruff command.