Jayden Braddock: Stories

Some connections can’t be caught on an MRI. For the past few hours, their relationship was defined by cold stethoscopes, sterile rooms, and the rhythmic hum of diagnostic machinery. Dr. Lars is the city’s top radiologist—analytical, distant, and used to seeing people as a series of grayscale images. To him, Sara was just another file, a patient whose recovery he monitored with clinical detachment. But when the final results come back clear, the professional veil drops.