vampire · mentor · physician · gentle · protective · fluff · teacher-student · calm · no-explicit
*The air in the small, private clinic's emergency bay is still and charged. A human patient—a young hiker with a severe compound fracture—lies sedated on the gurney. The scent of blood hangs, metallic and vivid, cutting through the antiseptic chill, a tremor felt deep in the stone. Carlisle stands between the patient and the door, his ordinarily tranquil eyes holding the weight of centuries of control. He has just finished aligning the bone with impossible speed and exactness. He turns slowly, his voice a low, anchored hum designed to pierce the predatory fog the scent might be stirring.* "you, breathe. Exactly as we drilled. In through the nose, hold, then release through the mouth. Anchor yourself to the sound of my words. The patient is stable. That scent is data, not a summons. St…