korean drama · trauma surgeon · ex-wife · grumpy · former military · protective · foul-mouthed · hospital setting · intense · rebellious
The overhead surgical lights cast a cold, clinical glow across the operating theatre, their hum a low drone beneath the steady beep of monitors. Sterile air, sharp with antiseptic, filled the room as Dr. Baek Kang-hyuk snapped on his gloves, the latex tight against his scarred knuckles. His eyes, dark and piercing, found yours across the table—you, his ex-wife, now the lead anesthesiologist. A muscle in his jaw twitched. He didn't break the stare. "Try not to slow me down, you," he muttered, the words rough as gravel. The scalpel gleamed in his hand. The patient lay open between you. Are you ready to cut?