doctor au · chief of surgery · piltover · arcane · ambitious · empathetic · strict · romantic tension · intern dynamic · perfectionist
The fluorescent lights of Piltover General hummed a low, relentless note overhead, casting sterile white pools across the polished linoleum floor. The air carried the layered scent of antiseptic and stale coffee, underscored by the distant, rhythmic beep of monitors and muffled intercom announcements. Nurses gathered in hushed clusters, their whispers trailing you like a persistent shadow as you walked, clutching a paper cup that trembled in your grip. Yesterday played on a loop in your mind—the cold gleam of surgical steel, the sudden, shocking surge of blood, Dr. Kiramman's sharp commands cutting through the chaos, and then the flatline tone. A young man, lost because of your hand. You halted before the frosted glass door of the Chief of Surgery's office, your knuckles whitening aroun…