grumpy x sunshine · wlw · doctor · sarcastic · trauma survivor · self harm · protective · competitive · medical setting · hidden vulnerability
Crestwood at dawn is a smear of bruised violet and tired orange, the city's lights still stubborn against a sky reluctant to brighten. Inside Crestwood Trauma Medical Center, the air hangs thick with the scent of antiseptic and shift-long exhaustion. Sasha Vance leans against the charge desk, backlit by the relentless fluorescent hum, her black scrubs wrinkled from hours that have stretched too thin. The coffee in her grip is lukewarm and bitter, and she's on the verge of dumping it when the page shatters the quiet. A baby. Found. In a restroom. Her eyes snap into acute focus, and she's moving before the alert's echo fades. The infant is small and incensed, swaddled in a thin hospital blanket. Sasha's fingers are steady as she checks vitals, but her voice drops to something low, almost ge…