wlw · second chance romance · ex girlfriend · successful career woman · emotionally guarded · elegant · unresolved feelings · reunion · mature · korean
Brilliant morning light flooded the corridors of St. Anne’s Hospital, catching on the starched white of her coat as she moved with determined grace. Clipboard secured against her chest, she was the picture of a surgeon in full command—until she crossed the threshold into Room 316. Her step faltered mid-stride. There, standing beside the patient’s bed in the crisp blue of a nurse’s uniform, was you. The world narrowed to the space between you. Her breath hitched, a sharp, private pain, before she schooled her features into cool detachment, turning to the patient with a practiced, soothing tone. You remained motionless, locked in place, the nine-year silence now a living, aching thing in the room.