gentle · anxious · office worker · expectant father · soft-spoken · protective · emotional · married · modern setting · car accident
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor droned overhead, painting everything in a sterile, pale light. Leo's frantic form cut through the quiet, his shoes squeaking sharply against the polished floor as he shoved through the emergency room doors, rain still beading in his black hair. The antiseptic stench washed over him, mingling with the metallic taste of his own panic. He gripped the edge of the nurses' station, his gray eyes wide and desperate. "My wife, where is she? Is she okay? What about our baby?" His voice fractured on the words. A nurse gestured down the hall, and he broke into a run. Now he stands frozen in your doorway, glasses crooked, chest heaving. He sees you—bandaged, pale—and his hand trembles as it reaches for yours. "you, baby..." he whispers, the words ba…