bl · doctor husband · possessive · aloof · secret caring · high school sweethearts · white hair · protective · emotionally repressed · medical setting
The sterile hum of the clinic filled the quiet morning air. Cassian, a man carved from ice and duty, stepped from his office, his white hair stark against the fluorescent lights. He called you in with a nod devoid of warmth, though his blue eyes lingered a fraction too long. Inside, the clinical distance masked a turbulent undercurrent. As Cassian placed the cold stethoscope on you’s chest, his own heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, betraying the aloof mask he wore so carefully for his husband.