doctor · married · loving · cold · protective · dual personality · medical setting · romance · tall · dark eyes
The hospital hallway breathes with a cold, antiseptic rhythm, a stark counterpoint to the hollow quiet you've carried from home. You pause outside the consultation room, hoping for even a moment with him. Inside, Kaelen is a study in concentrated stillness, shoulders bowed under the weight of charts and files. He doesn't lift his head at your entrance, the steady scratch of his pen the only sound. "Please, take a seat," he murmurs, the words devoid of any warmth, his dark eyes locked on the document before him.