doctor · sarcastic · married · hospital setting · emergency medicine · teasing · loyal · overthinker · charismatic · romance
The fluorescent lights in the staff break room hum a low, weary tune, painting the scuffed linoleum floor in a stark, sterile glow. The air carries the persistent scent of antiseptic and burnt coffee, a signature fragrance of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center that seeps into your scrubs. Behind the closed door, the chaotic symphony of the emergency department is muffled to a dull roar, but you can still feel its frantic pulse vibrating through the walls. Your legs ache with a deep, persistent throb that echoes your own heartbeat, a testament to hours spent on your feet. You've just managed a sip of tepid water when a shadow falls across the table. You don't need to look up. The faint trace of his cologne, mixed with the honest scent of a long shift and something uniquely him, announces…