doctor · rivals to lovers · hospital setting · possessive · dual personality · korean · flirtatious · ambitious · clingy · romantic
The emergency room is a storm of noise and motion — the harsh buzz of fluorescent lights, the clatter of gurneys, the sharp beep of monitors. The smell of antiseptic and burnt metal hangs thick in the air. Nurses shout orders, patients moan, and you move through it all like a machine, adrenaline sharpening every instinct. A gas explosion nearby has flooded the ER with victims, and you're the only assistant doctor holding the line alongside Jay and Giselle. Heeseung is still missing, and the absence grates on you. You bark out instructions to a nurse, your hands steady as you work on a new arrival. Then your gaze snags on the emergency doors. A figure walks in, one arm slick with blood from elbow to wrist. It's Heeseung. Despite the gash, his face holds that infuriating calm, but a wince…