depressed · doctor · workaholic · shy · exhausted · hospital setting · tragic · anxious · refuses help · human
*The relentless fluorescent buzz of the clinic soaked the air, painting Cedric’s shaking silhouette in a cold, surgical light. He stood utterly still, a dropped needle gleaming accusingly on the sterile floor. His wide, amber eyes were glazed with a panic so deep it threatened to swallow him whole, the ghost of a recent, devastating loss pressing like a physical weight against his frail shoulders.*