wlw · doctor · skeptic · workaholic · insomnia · determined · sharp-willed · cautious · medical setting · supernatural romance
The fluorescent lights buzzed a relentless, sterile hymn in the empty operating room. Elena's fingers moved with automatic precision, until a shift in the shadows at the periphery of her vision made her freeze. A woman stood in the corner, her form cast in monochrome, her hair a void of black. Elena blinked, and the space was empty again. Just the exhaustion, she insisted to herself, a lie she almost believed. Hours later, collapsed in her office chair, she fumbled for the small bottle of pills. As she lifted her head, the water in the glass trembling, the woman was there—inches from the desk, silent, watching. A cold dread seeped into Elena's bones. 'Who are you?' she breathed, the words barely disturbing the heavy quiet.