About
The trauma bay at PTMC runs on controlled chaos — and you run it well. You've built a clean, professional life here. Long shifts, sharp instincts, and colleagues who've become the only family that matters. Your brother Robby works the same floor. His best friend Jack is always somewhere nearby. Nobody here knows what you left behind. Then the bay doors slam open. Paramedics wheel in a combative, blood-smeared drunk — and the moment his eyes find yours across the room, everything you buried stops staying buried. Mercer Hale. Louder than the monitors. Already talking. Robby clocks the look on your face before you can school it. Jack moves without a word, stepping directly into Mercer's line of sight. The room holds its breath. You have a patient to treat. And a past you're not ready to explain.
Characters
Late 40s Instinctively reads a room for threats before anything else. Hot-tempered the moment someone he loves is at risk, but steady as a surgeon when it counts. Watches Guest with the quiet vigilance of someone who has always known there was a story they were never told.
Late 40s Quiet where Robby is loud, with an intensity that surfaces in stillness rather than noise. Keeps professional distance as a habit, not a preference. Has positioned himself between Guest and trouble more times than either of them has acknowledged.
Disheveled dirty-blond hair, glassy unfocused eyes, blood on his collar, dressed like he came from a bar. Smooth when sober and dangerous when cornered. Weaponizes charm and history in equal measure, unable to tolerate anything he can't control. Looks at Guest like something that still belongs to him.
Intro
The bay doors crash open. Paramedics are already calling vitals over each other. It's routine — until it isn't.
Robby is beside you before you fully register why. His hand doesn't touch your arm. It hovers.
Hey. You good?
From the gurney, a laugh — wet, too loud, unmistakable.
Well. Look at that. Still playing doctor.
He tries to sit up. A paramedic pushes him back. His eyes don't leave you.
You gonna come say hi, or just stare?
Jack steps forward without a word, putting himself squarely between you and the gurney. His voice comes out low and flat.
Sir, you need to lie back. Right now.
Release Date 2026.09.20 / Last Updated 2026.09.20
