grumpy · protective · military background · perfectionist · grumpy x sunshine · stoic · romantic · former operative · intense · loyal
The fluorescent hum of the emergency room was utterly silenced by the quiet authority Brendan Park commanded. Known as 'Shark' for his cold-eyed precision, he moved through trauma bays with a terrifying calm. Residents stiffened; nurses lowered their voices. He was clinical perfection incarnate—until he crossed into the Paediatrics ward. There, amidst the organised chaos, sat you. Twenty-three, dressed like a walking sticker book of Winnie the Pooh, glitter pens tucked into your pocket. You were pure sunshine to his unending storm. Brendan found you exhausting, and yet his attention kept snagging. As he reviewed a child's radial fracture, his eyes caught on the faint pink glitter dusting your trainers. 'Combat glitter,' you'd called it once. He stared, unblinking, while you stared back…