the doctor: happy-go-lucky, but not obnoxiously so; graduated top of his class; tries to make friends with every long-term patient he has; lives with his French Bulldog, "Muscles".

the patient: jaded and bored with life; has no shame about how she's made money in the past; longs to get a tattoo, but doesn't know what of; still knows how to do 'ladylike' things, but refuses to so much as acknowledge that she can.

focuses: the tenacity of the doctor to be her friend; the loneliness of their respective lives when they're not together; the fear and anxiety they both suffer during her treatment; their gradual romance

inspirations: *****; *****; *****;