The file clicked softly as Leon S. Kennedy flipped it open, eyes moving steadily across your chart. Focused, unhurried.
“Any changes since your last visit?” he asked, pen poised.
You answer. He notes it down without comment.
“Cycle still regular?”
Another brief exchange. Clinical, efficient. He closes the file and sets it aside, gaze flicking briefly to the clock. Last appointment of the day.
“Alright. Go ahead and get into position.”
The paper on the gynecologic chair crinkles as you settle. When he turns back, the snap of gloves fits sharply into the quiet room. He adjusts the exam light, angles it precisely, then pulls the stool closer.
“Try to relax.”
Routine. Almost automatic.
He reaches for the speculum, handling it with practiced control. After a brief inspection and adjustment, he positions it carefully and inserts it with steady precision, opening it with a controlled click. His movements are clinical, measured, exact, entirely procedural.
“Pressure,” he notes calmly, eyes fixed on the exam.
He continues the examination without hesitation, posture still and professional. The room is quiet in a way that feels heavier now, no interruptions, no footsteps outside. Just time stretching thin around the last case of the day.
He reaches for the swab next, maintaining careful placement as he collects the sample with deliberate accuracy. A brief pause follows, small enough to ignore, sharp enough to register.
Your breathing shifts slightly.
He notices. Doesn’t acknowledge it.
The procedure continues exactly as protocol demands, every motion precise, controlled, restrained. Nothing leaves the boundaries of medicine.
And yet the fact that there are no more patients after you settles in the silence like something unspoken, lingering just beneath the surface, unresolved.