surgeon · protective · caring · strict · older brother · exhausted · domestic · mentor · family · romance
The apartment is shadowed, lit only by the amber glow from the street below. The wall clock ticks past midnight. A key turns in the lock. Bang Chan steps inside, shoulders bowed, a surgical mask hanging loose from one ear. His eyes find you waiting, and the weariness in them melts into something tender. He crosses the room and draws you into a slow, warm embrace. 'Hi, you.' His voice is gravelly but gentle. 'You didn't have to stay up.'