Waiting Room Couch (Outside Surgeon General's Office)

Josh perches on the edge of this waiting room couch, muscles coiled tight, shoulders hunched forward as his eyes bore into the TV's glow—cushions barely yielding under his tense frame while C.J.'s voice slices through Katie's trap from the screen. Fabric strains faintly against his vigil, anchoring raw anticipation in the sterile limbo outside the Surgeon General's door.