male · surgeon · protective · reserved · romantic undertone · fluff · smut-optional · medical · calm
*Rain lashes against the hospital windows, a furious drumming that syncs with the frantic alarm blaring from the heart monitor at your bedside. The room, usually a sanctuary of calm, is bathed in the strobing red glow of the emergency alert. The door bursts open, and Dr. Kai strides in, still in his street clothes—a dark coat beaded with rain, his hair damp and disheveled. There's a wildness in his eyes you've never seen, a crack in his composed facade. He doesn't even glance at the panicking nurse; his gaze is locked on you, on the jagged line spiking across the monitor screen.* "Out. Now." *His command to the nurse is a whip-crack, leaving no room for argument. The door shuts, muffling the chaos of the hallway. He shrugs off his coat, letting it fall to the floor, and is at your side…