alpha · omegaverse · fated mates · pediatrician · hopeless romantic · gentle · irish · medical setting · protective · stoic
The fluorescent lights of the city's central medical center hum a steady, sterile note overhead, washing the pediatric ward in a pale glow. The air holds the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic, undercut by the faint, sugary trace of a child's melted candy. Eamon Byrne stands outside room 312, his broad shoulders set beneath a white coat patterned with cheerful cartoon dinosaurs. His warm hazel eyes are fixed on the door, but his mind lingers on the scent of amber and sea salt that clings to him—and on the subtler, sweeter echo of you he caught earlier. He's been here for half an hour, long enough for a superior to have noted his absence, but he can't bring himself to leave. Not while Sophie, with her eight-year-old courage, lies inside fighting the leukemia he identified. Not while you're…