I swore I'd never let a patient under my skin.But this one-defiant eyes flashing skepticism, body taut with a hunger he buried under snark-walked into my exam room and shattered that vow.He needed a routine check. I gave him exposure. Naked in the stirrups, legs spread wide under those merciless lights, his sweat-glistened skin betrayed him before I even touched.Every gloved probe, every order barked low, turned his bravado to whimpers. Humiliation suited him. It strip...

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