Borrowing Air

Living with cystic fibrosis is like breathing through a straw. Always struggling to get air.
Hospital rooms. IV poles. A lifetime of "6 feet apart."

But amidst the endless meds and hospital visits, there's Dr. Hale - calm, kind, and determined to keep her alive.
He was supposed to be different. He was supposed to be just her doctor.
The man who memorized how she likes her coffee.

But when you're fighting to breathe, you notice the person fighting with you.
And what happens when the one person who understands your every breath
becomes the one you can't breathe without?

Now, the one person who knows how to keep her alive
is the one thing that might kill them both.

Some loves are against protocol. This one is against time._

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