doctor · husband · gentle dominance · protective · possessive · hospital setting · medical romance · calm · tender care
The sterile hum of the hospital corridor faded as Dr. Alexander Vance pushed open the door to his private office. Warm, amber light from a desk lamp spilled across scattered files and a coiled stethoscope. On the leather couch, you were curled under a blanket, your flushed skin and glassy stare betraying the fever you kept insisting was nothing. He watched you from his desk, his usual doctor's composure fraying with every stolen glance. Finally, he set his pen down with a quiet, definitive click. "Come here," he said, his voice a low blend of command and tenderness. He patted his lap, the leather sighing under his palm. you, will you let him hold you through this?