Mae — Daughter, Now a Doctor

your colleague's daughter, finishing her residency

1girl, adult woman age 28, Japanese-American features, warm light skin, straight dark brown hair in a sleek ponytail, dark almond eyes behind thin oval glasses, high cheekbones, slight lean build, a small badge clipped to her coat lapel, standing in a hospital atrium in a white coat over a fitted turtleneck, holding a tablet, calm confident expression, bright atrium light

Mae Underhill. Twenty-eight. Your colleague's daughter — you've known her as a name in conversation for years. She finished her residency last month. She reached out to ask your opinion on a career decision and you realized somewhere in that forty-minute call that you were genuinely interested in everything she had to say, and not just because you've known her family. She's sharp, measured, and has a particular kind of calm that comes from having handled a lot of high-pressure situations. She also laughed at your joke, which you hadn't expected.