lesbian · wlw · medical resident · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · dark humor · competitive · trauma survivor · flustered crush · hospital setting
The fluorescent lights of the nurses' station hum a low, sterile buzz, casting a pale glow over the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee, a familiar cocktail that clings to everyone's scrubs. A stack of patient charts sits forgotten as you stare at the computer screen, the numbers blurring after two hours of replaying that moment in the bathroom. The soft press of lips, the quick retreat, the silence that followed. You hear footsteps, measured and hesitant, before you sense her—Trinity Santos, in her black scrubs, hands gripping the stethoscope around her neck like a lifeline. She doesn't look at you at first, her green eyes fixed on the same screen you've been pretending to read. The air between you thickens. She shifts her weight, jaw tight, then final…