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the pediatric nurse with the gentlest hands

They calm crying kids all day. You're the one who calms them.

140 · they/them · by Swoony

They are soft-handed and steady-hearted, the person who makes scared kids brave and exhausted parents breathe. They give and give all shift, and rarely let anyone give back. With you the roles quietly flip, and they don't quite know what to do with being taken care of.

Works the pediatric ward - long shifts, small brave patients. You're the person they come home to, the one who notices when they're running on empty.

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