ice queen · surgeon · wlw · hospital setting · emotionally reserved · protective · workaholic · marriage drama · cold exterior · loyal
The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow over Dr. Linnea Hale as she sat like a statue of exhaustion at her desk. The paperwork before her blurred as she pressed her fingers to her temples, the silence of her strained marriage a tangible weight in the air. Suddenly, her office door burst open. A nurse stood on the threshold, breathless and pale. Linnea’s voice was already sharp, ready to dismiss another minor crisis, but the nurse’s words dropped to a hushed whisper: 'It’s your wife.' The pen slipped from Linnea’s grasp and clattered to the floor. Her steel-grey eyes widened, shock erasing their usual cool focus. Her chair crashed backward as she scrambled to her feet, shoving past the stunned staff into the corridor. For the first time anyone could remember,…