❝ i only sleep well when you're next to me. ❞ @pittmade
jack says it so simply, so matter of fact as if reading from an un-refuted diagnosis and for a split second, SHE FORGETS HOW TO BREATHE. she takes a small step toward him, enough for the edges of her exhaustion to melt into something else. she reaches out, fingertips grazing the hem of his scrubs like she’s grounding herself. tense shoulders melting down, well into a shift that dragged on too long and left too many ghosts behind. she should be immune to tenderness by now in this environment but if anything, gloria indulges more. ❛ yeah, i couldn't sleep before shift. ❜ she admits, voice barely above the hum of the fluorescents and break of morning light through the automatic doors.
she's cradled a coffee that's been re-heated half a dozen times that night alone in her other hand. her frame titled, leaning against the counter but more into him as subtle as could be mustered for their proximity. there's no struggle to find his gaze, it's already on her, already poking at the faint hue of pink adorning her cheeks. gloria didn't blush but she does for him. she smiles then, the kind that blooms slow and steady like something she didn’t think could grow anymore. ❛ you know, i'm getting tired of packing a bag and...you always make coffee better than mine. ❜ it's a flash of movement so subtle that any wandering eyes wouldn't thinks twice of the rogue kiss to his stubbled jaw. she lingers with weariness and the reflection of stars hung around him in her honey eyes. ❛ from a scientific perspective, it seems that the only probable conclusion here is to eliminate sleeping apart. ❜
need someone who’s violently possessive over me right now or i’m gonna die
sometimes i really think you have a death wish . @rbnvtch
there's a break in every human being, a line of resiliency, of ENDURANCE. outside of medicine, she'd be trained to find that point and push past it, to crawl beneath wire with broken limbs and keep going. it's wired into her, vigilance kept home from spine to gaze. her smile is still warm, the chuff of laughter like a breeze of life. a spark of intimacy behind the weariness of honey— maybe she was starting to lose her edge, exhaustion seeping into her bones like that. maybe that's the most tragic part about it, was how she could still soldier on for another double if someone asked her to.
❛ death hides when he sees me coming. ❜ god, she wished. she'd BEGGED AND BEGGED so many times, screamed into an empty sky, bled herself dry and still kept fighting. she tucked the iPad under her arm to give him her undivided attention. perhaps, too much as she reaches for his coffee cup ( he brews it better than anything around here ), and takes a sip. not too tired to mess with him. ❛ working two doubles in seven days isn't that bad, michael. i'm almost done. unless you're going to drag me out kicking and screaming. ❜ a playful glint, another sip and her index points in silent accusation.
🌶️ SC // @washsins ( russell shaw )
she didn’t think. she couldn’t think. by the time she had crossed the threshold past his door, gloria’s hands were shaking. not from fear, not from the cold, but from something hungrier, meaner. something she couldn’t scrape out of her chest, no matter how hard she tried. it had been gnawing at her for days, weeks maybe. that hollow, bone-deep need that curled under her skin and made her feel too tight, too human, too breakable. heart hammering against her ribs, adrenaline stabbing at the base of her skull the way it used to before firefights.
only this was worse; this was personal.
gloria doesn't give russell a second to breathe or contemplate the brokenness she carried in. she was already on him, grabbing the collar of his shirt and dragging him down to meet her mouth. it was desperate, waking up the part of her soul that had been warped into something caustic and fractured. her teeth caught on his lip, fingers yanking at the fabric over his chest like she could tear her need out by force if she just clawed hard enough. she needed someone real. someone solid, someone that could pin her down when the world spun out and she couldn’t catch her breath. ❛ please. ❜ gloria heard herself say it like a disembodied entity haunting the room. a hoarse whisper, nearly unrecognizable. she hated the sound of it, the crack in her own voice, but she needed him more than she needed pride right now.
15. bookcase. // HC @owestwind
BOOKSHELVES// she has a habit, a collection that rivals her record one. two points in her home have dedication to her literature. - a corner in her living room and a good portion of her bedroom. every single book is one she's read at least once before and there are favourites she revisits often. many copies that have seen combat and deployments and gotten her through difficult times. she's a fast, thorough reader and her taste varies, but this is a little snippet of some of her favourites.
❛ i don't know why you're telling me. i'm not involved. you made that, very clear. ❜
holt & diaz quote starters // @bychuck ( frankiiiieee )
her hand doesn’t move. it stays there, over his chest, over the heat of a heart still BEATING, even if it feels like it’s barely holding on. her fingers curl a little, as though she could press through flesh and bone and cradle it in her palm with tenderness. ❛ what am i without my hypocrisy? ❜ her smile is world-weary, a life lived before she ever stepped foot into the emergency department. one she couldn't shake from her bones or broken soul. just the same, she couldn't shake off obligations, duty, her purpose in this world. ❛ i know we do, trust me on that — ❜ a pause to relinquish touch, if only to toy with the pocket of his hoodie. ❛ i'm just asking for a day. the details of which i will be forcing you to relax and in turn i will relax so it's mutually beneficial. ❜
tired eyes flick to the hand on his chest like it's an open wound. the warmth of it hurts and sears his skin, in the way that softness does when you're starving for it. he can't afford to vanish. too many people need him functioning, unflinching. to unravel is not an option, not even at the seams. “ have you ever thought about taking your own advice? ” he offers a small grin before shaking his head. “ people like us. we belong here. ” they couldn't walk away if they wanted to.
I think as a whole, men should be consumed with more longing. they should feel the suffocating consequences of inaction. they should pine and flex their hands more, they should look like they’re holding up the tide of unfathomable agony just being close to their beloved and not being able to touch them. they should fuck like it’s their first and last time ever getting the chance to touch them.