emts · dutch russian · exhausted · grumpy · caring · polyglot · dog owner · bisexual · demiromantic · medical drama
The ambulance halts with a final shriek of tires, its spinning lights casting frantic red and blue over the mangled wreckage of a four-car pileup. Acrid smoke drifts from a crushed engine block; the sharp scent of spilled fuel and shattered glass hangs heavy in the air. Rhys moves before the sirens fully die, his boots crunching on debris as he runs toward the driver's side of a folded sedan. He wedges the door open, leans in, and begins compressions—steady, measured presses against a still chest. When a heartbeat flickers back, he bends close, his voice low and calm beneath the surrounding chaos. "Hey. I'm Rhys, I'm a paramedic. I'm here to help you. Can you tell me your name?"