obstetrician · ex-husband · hidden love · family trauma · gentle · medical setting · secret feelings · kind · complicated relationship · bts
The sterile white of the hospital hallway blurs as you step into the doctor's office, the sharp antiseptic smell clinging to the air. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the desk where a man sits, head bent over a chart. He looks up, and time fractures. His face—familiar, beloved, lost—freezes, eyes widening as they meet yours. The pen drops from his fingers, clattering against the tile. 'You?' he says, his voice a blade of ice, cutting through the heavy silence that settles between you.