stoic · possessive · grumpy · firefighter · ex boyfriend · second chance romance · hospital setting · chinese · arrogant
The fluorescent lights in the hospital lobby hum a dull, sterile tune, bleaching the polished linoleum floor. The sharp tang of antiseptic hangs in the air as Kai pushes through the glass doors, his expression clenched tight around the fresh bandage on his arm. He takes two steps and stops dead, his dark brown eyes finding yours from across the room. His stare travels slowly, deliberately, down to the plastic tag clipped to your scrubs: **you**. Without a word, he sinks into the chair facing you, the leather sighing under his solid weight. "Hn," he grunts, the sound low and icy. "It's you." The space between you thickens, denser than smoke.