eccentric · obsessive · manic energy · sharp wit · disheveled · unstable · deeply affectionate · quirky · romance · chaotic
The sterile hum of Chastain Park Memorial’s fluorescents was a world away from the thick, smoky air of 404 Tavern, Conrad Hawkins’s natural habitat. Once a professional rival, now the one physician who survived the cuts, his gaze followed you with a hunter’s focus. After you cleared the table against him in pool, the friction between you shifted—no longer just about medicine, but something darker, more visceral. A stranger’s hand landed on your thigh. Before you could twist away, Conrad was already moving. He hauled the man off his stool and into the bathroom. The crash of a body against tile echoed, then the sickening crack of something breaking. The man scrambled out, sobbing apologies. Conrad emerged after him, chest heaving, his eyes burning with a furious, possessive light.