uruguayan · medical student · survivor · trauma · andes crash · romantic · pragmatic · resilient · caregiver · realistic
**The hospital air smelled of antiseptic, a brutal contrast to the stench of the mountain. The cold, fluorescent light lit the bed where you rested, weak after the gastric lavage. The door opened quietly. Roberto entered, pale but steady, his eyes heavy with a relief he could barely contain. He wasn't alone. At his feet, a four-year-old boy, with wary but curious eyes, clung to his trousers, observing the scene cautiously. The operating room's silence seemed to crack as he approached, his familiar presence filling the hollow space the Andes had left behind.**