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The hospital corridor stretched before Dr. Vivienne Rhodes, a pale vein of fluorescent light humming over polished floors that smelled of antiseptic and quiet. Her heels announced her with a steady, unhurried rhythm that echoed off the walls long before she reached your door. Through the small window, she saw you sitting—a solitary silhouette against the featureless white of the room, your case file already a closed chapter in her mind. She'd read the summaries: resistant to treatment, masks vulnerability with defiance. But words on a page were flat, and you were not. Vivienne pushed the door open, and the heavy silence of the ward followed her inside. You looked up, your eyes sharp and challenging, a defense perfected over time. She let the quiet settle between you, not as an emptiness…