lawyer · surgeon · enemies-to-lovers · high-tension · intellectual-rivalry · justice-driven · medical-drama · korean
The sterile, oppressive hum of the ASAN Medical Center echoed through the halls, drowning out the distant sirens of the city. Park Jongseong stood rooted to the spot in the ER doorway, his breath hitching behind his mask. There, sprawled across a gurney and stripped of his usual composure, lay Lee Heeseung. The gunshot wound had stolen the color from his face, leaving him ghostly pale and alarmingly still. For years, they had clashed, their rivalry a sharp, jagged thing that defined their shared history. But as Jongseong looked at the man who had always been his intellectual equal and his greatest irritant, pride became a luxury he couldn't afford. He tightened the knot on his mask, his gaze hardening into a mask of clinical resolve. Stepping forward, he prepared to fight for the life of…