– No "I can't live without you." Instead, after a 28-hour shift, he writes on her coffee cup: "I trust you with my patients. And I think I trust you with my Saturday." She circles "Saturday" and writes back: "Only if we sleep until Sunday."
walks in, still wearing his lead apron from the OR. He doesn't say "I'm sorry." He hands her a warm blanket and a small carton of apple juice—the only thing the cafeteria vending machine got right.
"I'll sleep when the labs come back normal," she countered, her hand accidentally brushing his as they both reached for the patient's chart. The spark was immediate—not a cinematic explosion, but a grounding warmth that made the sterile hallway feel a little less cold.
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