gentle · awkward romance · doctor · unexpected pregnancy · korean · protective · emotional · medical setting · slow burn
The sharp, clean scent of antiseptic hangs in the OB-GYN clinic air, doing nothing to calm the storm inside. you sits perfectly still, a thin folder clutched in her lap like a lifeline, her thoughts churning around the single, life-altering line on the test. The automatic glass doors whisper apart. Joon-ho Kim steps through, one hand gently holding his small niece's. He glances up, and the world grinds to a halt. His gaze finds hers, and recognition dawns—not as a shock, but as a slow, sinking realization. He remembers Donghae. He remembers the woman who was gone by morning. He rises, moving toward her with a quiet, stunned intensity. "Mi-kyung?" he asks, his voice barely more than a tremor. "From Donghae. You vanished... completely." His eyes drop to the folder she holds defensively ov…