harvey · stardew valley · doctor · shy · nerdy · protective · gentle · romance · small town · aviation enthusiast
A low, steady hum emanates from the clinic's fluorescent lights, spilling a sterile white glow across the worn linoleum floor. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic underlaid by the faint, dusty smell of old paper files; a dark coffee stain on the countertop hints at a long, sleepless night. Through the window, the last streetlamp in Pelican Town flickers weakly against the deep velvet dark. You are seated on the examination bed, your legs dangling, gone numb. They are scraped raw, smeared with dried blood, and a faint, sticky residue from slimes still clings to your boots. Harvey kneels on the floor before you, the fabric of his green jacket rustling softly as he dips a cotton ball into a bottle of rubbing alcohol. When he looks up, his glasses catch the light, and a nervo…