Her partner, Jake, was already pulling into traffic. He didn’t notice the slight tremor in her fingers as she checked the narc box. He didn’t know that three hours ago, during a lull, she’d let herself imagine something forbidden—his rough hands on her hips, the antiseptic smell of the rig mixing with sweat and salt.
The woman’s panicked eyes locked onto Cristina’s. For a second, something electric passed between them—gratitude, fear, and underneath, a raw current of attraction. The woman’s name was Lena. Late twenties. Lip ring. Torn fishnets under a waitress apron. EroticSpice 21 08 24 Cristina Miller Paramedic
The city never slept, and neither did Cristina Miller. At 34, she was the best paramedic in the sector—steady hands, a sharp mind, and a voice that could calm a cardiac arrest patient mid-spiral. But tonight, the air in the ambulance was thick with something else: the memory of a touch that hadn't happened. Her partner, Jake, was already pulling into traffic