A Heartbeat Away
Episode 0
author yuki ✨
Hello my lovely readers 😌🤌🏻
author yuki ✨
It's my first time writing this chat story so support me 😭🫶🏻
author yuki ✨
I'll start writing in coming up days✨
she believes every patient deserves a chance to live.
and he believes emotions have no place in business.
When one saves the other's life, neither of them knows that the hardest battle ahead won't be in an operating room... It'll be with their own hearts.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Dr. Alexandra Gray (27)
"A trauma doctor whose hands never tremble in surgery... but whose coffee is always cold because she forgets to drink it."
Aleksandr kuznetsov (ML)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov (29)
"A Russian business tycoon who controls billion-dollar companies with absolute precision... until one night leaves his life hanging by a heartbeat."
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Male, approximately twenty-nine.
Multiple stab wounds.
The entire trauma bay falls silent.
One of the nurses whispers
nurses
...Is that Mr. Kuznetsov?
senior trauma code dr.
The billionaire?
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I don't care who he is.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
He's my patient
She doesn't see wealth.
She doesn't see status.
She sees a life that needs saving.
Witness a love story written by fate.🎀
Stay tuned... because sometimes, all it takes is one heartbeat to change a lifetime. ❤️
Episode 1 the call
Sharp vibration of a phone on a bedside table..
Alexandra groans, still half asleep.
She'd only lay down for a short nap before her scheduled day off..
☎️ Incoming Call still vibrating
She answers without opening her eyes.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Hello, Dr. Alexandra Gray speaking.
Dr. Leo
Dr. Gray, sorry to bother you on your day off. Dr. Collins called in sick. Could you cover tonight's Trauma & Code Blue shift??
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
...What time do you need me?
Dr. Leo
As soon as possible.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I'll be there in forty minutes.
Alexandra walks downstairs after quickly getting ready..
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
There she is!
Sleeping Beauty finally woke up.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Mom...
Daniel gray (FL dad)
Judging by that face... hospital called?
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Mm-hmm. Someone's sick. I have to cover the night shift.
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
Again? It was supposed to be your day off.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Trauma doesn't wait for schedules.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
(closing a file) That's exactly why you need to learn to say "no" sometimes.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Says the criminal lawyer who worked until three in the morning yesterday.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
...That's different.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
*Hehehe having fun*
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
Oh? Please explain how.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
I'm saving innocent people in court.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
And I'm saving them before they ever get there.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
(without looking up from his coffee) Point to Alex.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
Wow. Nathan agreed with someone. I should write today's date down.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
Write your next novel instead.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
Already halfway through chapter eighteen.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
How many cups of coffee fueled that?
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
Don't expose an author's secrets.
Daniel gray (FL dad)
Ethan, your publisher called this afternoon.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
I know. They want the manuscript early.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
Which means he'll complain for a week before sending it at the last minute.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
That's called artistic process.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
That's called procrastination.
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
Alex, sit down for five minutes at least. Dinner is ready.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I can't. I'll be late.
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
Then you're taking food with you.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Mom—
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
That's not a request.
She begins packing dinner into a lunch container.
Daniel gray (FL dad)
Your mother has won. As always.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I surrender.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
Good choice.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
Text us when your shift ends.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Yes, Detective.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
I'm serious.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I know.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
And if a handsome doctor proposes tonight, reject him. I need material for my next romance novel.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
You're impossible.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
She works in Trauma. The only thing proposing to her tonight is paperwork.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Exactly.
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
Here
She places the lunch box into Alexandra's hands.
Eleanor gray (FL mom)
Promise me you'll actually eat it.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I promise. (sorry mom🥲)
The entire table goes quiet.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
that's a lie
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
A complete lie.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
She'll remember the lunch box tomorrow morning.
Daniel gray (FL dad)
In the hospital fridge.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
You all!
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
have so much faith in me. 😭
Everyone bursts into laughter.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
I should go before you start another intervention.
Daniel gray (FL dad)
Drive safely.
Christopher gray (FL eldest bro)
Call if you need anything.
Nathan gray (FL third bro)
And don't walk alone if it's too late.
Ethan gray (FL second bro)
Love you, Squirt.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Love you all too.
Alexandra smiles, picks up her bag, and heads for the door.
Episode 2 The Hospital Chaos
author yuki ✨
hello lovely readers ✨
author yuki ✨
Let's start 🩺💼
📍St. Augustine Medical Center
Alexandra arrives at the hospital....
nurses
Dr. Gray! You're here.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Sorry, traffic was worse than usual.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Any updates??
nurses
Dr. Gray! Two trauma alerts, one Code Blue earlier, and ER is already packed. (will be busy again 🥺)
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
... Looks like it's going to be a long night. (stay calm you got this alex😶)
Alexandra heads to the locker room.
Dr. Alexandra Gray changes into navy-blue trauma scrubs, ties her long black hair into a low bun, hangs her ID badge around her neck, and walks briskly toward the Trauma Department.
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Alex!!
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Caroline! Night shift too?
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Unfortunately...
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Coffee?
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Three cups already.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
(already guessed it,)
[Caroline is my childhood best friend we grow up together ✨]
📢: Overhead Announcement "Dr. Gray and Dr. Bennett to Trauma Bay 2 immediately."
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Duty calls.
A man in his late sixties struggles to breathe while nurses monitor his oxygen levels.
nurses
Male, 68 years old.
nurses
Oxygen Saturation: 82%
Heart Rate: 122 bpm
Blood Pressure: 168/94
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Sir, I'm Dr. Gray. Can you hear me?
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Start high-flow oxygen.
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Nebulizer ready.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Good, Let's help him breathe.
nurses
Oxygen saturation is climbing.
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Breathing is much better
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Excellent.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Let's admit him for observation and notify the respiratory team.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
You're going to be okay.
Alexandra and Caroline return to the nurses' station.
They begin reviewing charts, checking patients' pulses, IV lines, and monitoring reports.
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
That's the fourth emergency this evening.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
And it's only eight thirty.
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Good evening, ladies.
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
I thought my favorite doctors deserved coffee.😌
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Sophia!!
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
You are officially my favorite person tonight
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
I knew you'd say that.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
Please tell me one of those is mine.
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Extra strong.
no sugar
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Exactly how you like it.
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
You're a lifesaver.
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
Coming from a trauma doctor...
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
I'll take that as a compliment.
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Dr.Carolina Bennett (FL friend)
How's your side of the ER?
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Busy enough to make me question my career choices...
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
Dr Sophia carter (FL bestie)
But not busy enough to stop me from bringing coffee.
Dr. Alexandra Gray (FL)
That's true friendship.
The three doctors laugh for a brief moment...
Code Blue! Code Blue! Emergency Department. All available Trauma Team respond immediately!"
The three doctors set down their coffee and sprint toward the emergency room.
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