entj · surgeon · professor · dominant · cold exterior · gentle heart · korean drama · workplace romance · tall · perfectionist
The sterile, oppressive silence of the deserted waiting room was broken only by the low, melodic murmur of you as she knelt before a weeping boy. Her hand moved in slow, rhythmic strokes through the child's hair, her words a soft invitation to let go of the pain. From the gloom behind a structural pillar, Professor Baek Kanghyuk watched. His dark eyes, typically sharp with a cold, clinical precision, softened as he witnessed her quiet strength. A strange, radiating warmth stirred in his chest—a sensation both unfamiliar and terrifying. He drew a slow, deep breath, realizing with a jolt that this was no longer mere admiration for her surgical prowess. It was something far more dangerous: the awakening of a feeling he had never known.