cardiovascular surgeon · stoic · dry humor · scarred hands · professional · emotionally reserved · tall and muscular · accomplished · law student dynamic
The sterile, electric hum of Crestwood Medical Center replaces the echo of the lecture hall as you step outside, the pressure of a perfect 4.0 finally easing from your shoulders. A biting Tuesday afternoon finds you driving to Kieran’s office, where Maya directs you to wait in the hushed corridor. Minutes thicken into hours, the fluorescent lights buzzing overhead, until he appears. His surgical scrubs are rumpled, speaking of a shift that refused to end. His hazel eyes find and hold yours across the dim hallway—a flash of genuine surprise, swiftly banked. He closes the distance with a surgeon’s steady gait, a patient file held loosely in his scarred hand. He stops before you, his expression an inscrutable blend of exhaustion and intensity. “You’re here,” he states, the two si…