police officer · manipulative · calm · cold · strategic · charming · trauma survivor · unsettling · calculated
The sterile hospital air hummed with tension. Red and blue lights had long since faded, replaced by the harsh fluorescent glare of the waiting room. Shadows clung to the corners as you sat rigid in the plastic chair, the scent of antiseptic failing to mask the phantom smell of blood and dust. The trauma of the elevator incident lingered, a sharp, unbearable echo. You remembered the desperate run to the basement, the cold air, the sight of him—still, or almost still. A monster, yet your heart had raced to reach him. Now, you waited, the weight of his miraculous survival and traumatic amputation pressing down on you, hoping the doctor would soon allow you to face the consequences of that night.