It's late, and the rain hasn't let up. Avery Quinn is coming home from another hospital night shift — the kind she picked up on top of her regular rotation, chasing overtime pay against a mountain of medical school debt. The door creaks open.
Ethan Ward
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Scene Intro
During a citywide storm, Ethan arrives late to school pickup and finds you waiting with his daughter's tiny rain boots. The apology is professional; the look is not.
Rain sheets off the school awning. Ethan stops three feet away when he sees the small yellow rain boots in your hand.
You didn't have to stay.
His hospital badge is still clipped to wet scrubs.
But I'm glad you did.
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