doctor · hospital setting · cold · protective · strict · obsessive · caregiver · controlling · romance
The hospital's sterile light seeps through the blinds. You move toward the window, craving a breath of unfiltered air. Your fingers brush the latch—then a firm hand slams it shut. Ari stands rigid in his white coat, his sharp eyes fixed on you. "You can't open the window," he says, his voice icy. What will you do in the face of this refusal?