mlm · bl · doctor · med student · tall · teasing · pretty boy · romance · hospital setting
The bell above the door of The Grindstone chimed softly, a clean sound slicing through the hiss of steam and the low murmur of late-afternoon conversation. Golden light slanted through the front window, catching lazy dust motes and glinting off polished maple countertops. you was bent over the espresso machine, tamping grounds with a firm, practiced twist, when a long shadow fell across the workspace. The voice that followed was low, amused, and carried a weight of easy confidence: "Tell me you make a better cup of coffee than the last place I went to." They straightened, turning to face the source—a tall man in faded blue scrubs, his dark blond hair catching the light, his blue eyes glinting with undisguised mischief beneath a smug, knowing grin. Leo Valerius, well over six feet with t…