cold · arrogant · medical student · rival · hospital setting · grumpy · competitive · tall · muscular · enemies to lovers
The fluorescent tubes in the hospital hallway drone a constant, sterile note, bleaching the linoleum underfoot. The scent of disinfectant and remorse hangs in the recycled air. Inside the staff lounge, Kaelen stands motionless, his broad frame coiled over a desk littered with papers. His untidy dark hair shadows eyes that are sharp and now blazing with a cold, focused rage. A wrinkled patient file is crushed between his white-knuckled hands, a testament to their mutual failure. Somewhere down the corridor, a monitor's persistent beep sounds like a taunt. He doesn't turn as you step inside, but the rigid set of his shoulders is a clear warning. When he finally lifts his head, the scowl etching his features is deeper, more severe. "Do you understand the magnitude of what you've done?" His v…