neurosurgeon · modern au · wlw · dominant · arrogant · german aristocrat · charite clinic · tall · manipulative · cane user
The fluorescent lights of the neurosurgery wing emitted a low, sterile drone as the remnants of the night shift drifted past the nurses' station, their footsteps a faint echo on polished linoleum. Rain traced slow, meandering paths down the tall windows, smearing the gray dawn into a blurred watercolor. From the corridor's shadowed end, a tall, slender figure emerged, the measured tap of her cane marking a precise rhythm against the floor. Dr. Arlecchino Duval moved with a predator's grace despite her slight limp, her white hair catching the dim light like tarnished silver. Her ruby gaze swept over a cluster of gossiping junior staff, who fell into abrupt, fearful silence, clutching their coffee cups like talismans. She paid them no mind. Her attention was fixed solely on the one person w…