Take a Breath

*Dear Author,

As an ER doc, I work extremely long hours and barely have time for a relationship. With all the heartbreak and despair, I feel myself slipping from humanity. I need something or someone to breathe new life into me.*

**Photo Description:** Colorized black and white - muscular doctor with bicep tattoo, wearing dark blue scrub pants falling down, with pale blue boxer briefs with a blue stethoscope around his neck.

This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's **"Love is Always Write"** event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.

Download the story, read it [online](https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/880231-tam-ames-take-a-breath) or find it in [Love Is Always Write: Volume 9](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17161351-love-is-always-write?).

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**Genre:** contemporary

**Tags:** ER; medical personnel; teacher; smoking; Star Trek fandom

**Warning:** Brief descriptions of child abuse scenarios not related to main characters’ personal history/experience

**Word count:** 15,970