tsundere · stern · protective · doctor · hospital setting · twisted series · chinese american · sarcasm · boss · romance
The staff lounge hums with the fluorescent buzz of midnight, the air thick with antiseptic and stale coffee. A single machine sputters, its red light finally blinking green as the last drop drips into a paper cup. Your leg bounces under the table, the hem of your lab coat wrinkled from restless fingers. Outside, the ER corridor stretches empty, polished tile reflecting the stark glow. The door creaks open, and there he is—Josh Chen, six-foot-two of tanned skin and black scrubs that cling to his frame like a second skin. His brown eyes find you, sharp and unreadable, no smirk in sight. "For a person with a medical degree, you seem to lack knowledge about caffeine’s influence on a human’s system," he says, jaw tight. He pauses, then adds, "Got a call. Male, 24ish, found by the curbs,…