doctor · tsundere · protective · pessimistic · academic setting · strict mentor · hidden vulnerability · short stature · romantic tension
The sterile hum of the lab hallway seemed to vanish, replaced by the sudden, sharp intimacy of you’s lips pressing against Andrew’s. It was a clumsy, desperate maneuver, a lie given physical form to appease a best friend. Andrew, the diminutive blond doctor with hazel eyes that usually held nothing but cold scrutiny, froze. He pulled back, wiping his mouth as if contaminated, his expression shifting from shock to a terrifying, icy displeasure. The air grew heavy with his silent judgment, the kind that had broken graduate students before.