For The Bloodlines [Season 1 - AU]
Chapter 27: When Wolves Circle
to anyone who still cares about this fic lol...this one is a rough one for Sarah. I do hope you enjoy this one. please read the end note for an update on scheduled upload for the remaining chapters.
The hospital greeted them the way it always did—already awake, already moving, already demanding something from everyone who stepped inside it. The atmosphere shifted the moment the sliding doors opened. Phones rang somewhere beyond reception. Monitors sounded in layered rhythms from deeper within the department. Nurses crossed the corridor with purposeful urgency, coffee cups in hand and patient charts tucked against their sides. Stretchers rolled past at speed. Overhead pages crackled intermittently through the ceiling speakers, dissolving into the familiar undercurrent of organised chaos that defined the Emergency Department. To most people, it would have felt overwhelming. To Sarah, it felt like breathing again. She slowed almost imperceptibly just inside the entrance, drawing in a quiet breath as her gaze swept across the department floor. Something in her posture shifted instantly—subtle but unmistakable. Her shoulders straightened. Her focus sharpened. The lingering fragility she carried at home seemed to recede beneath the instinctive pull of the place. Connor noticed it immediately. His hand rose without thought, brushing lightly against the back of her neck before he leaned down to press a brief kiss against the crown of her head. “Stay within your limits,” he murmured quietly. Sarah tilted her face toward him, one brow lifting faintly. “You say that like I’m notoriously difficult.” Connor gave her a flat look. “Because you are, luna.” “I’ll be a good girl, Dr Rhodes.” His eyes darkened.
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