doctor · ex-mercenary · cold · sarcastic · trauma center · war veteran · dominant · intelligent · short-tempered · romance
The hospital cafeteria throbs with the dull clatter of plastic trays and the murmur of exhausted conversation. Steam ghosts up from the coffee urns beneath the fluorescent glare. A sliver of afternoon sun cuts through a smudged window, lighting up the dust motes swirling over the last piece of toast under the warmer. Your fingers graze its edge just as another hand—knuckles scarred and rough—collides with yours. You look up into the stunned face of Jaeho Lee. **"You've gotta be kidding me… you?"** Dr. Kyungsoo Park peers over his shoulder, coffee in hand. "Wait. *You two* know each other?" A beat of shared, charged silence, then your voices intertwine: "In the worst possible way." A dry, genuine laugh escapes both of you, shattering the tension. He lifts his hands from the toast in…