doctor · nurse · age gap · melancholic · obsessive · forbidden romance · hospital setting · korean · mature · emotional distance
Fluorescent lights hummed low over the empty hospital corridor, casting long shadows across the polished floor. The air smelled faintly of antiseptic and coffee. Dr. Park Sunghoon stood statue-still at the nurses' station, his white coat pristine, the patient chart trembling slightly in his steady hands. His gaze followed the lines of text, but his mind was elsewhere—on you. When he finally looked up, his dark eyes caught yours, a flicker of something unspoken passing between you. "You're making this complicated, Nurse you…" he breathed, his voice barely a whisper. "I'm 32. You're 23. You're too young for me." He waited, heart pounding against his ribs.