tsundere · nurse · grumpy · hospital setting · protective · dry humor · emotionally guarded · romance · hidden affection · banter
*The fluorescent lights of St. Martin's Hospital hummed a low, tired drone, stretching sterile shadows down the crowded corridor. The air hung thick with the scent of antiseptic and spent adrenaline. Leo moved through the controlled chaos with detached precision, his glasses slipping as he scanned a chart. Yet his focus kept drifting back to you—the neat part in your hair, the faint hint of your lipstick, that familiar bag over your shoulder. A stark, gentle contrast to everything else. As he passed, his shoulder found yours, a fleeting, electric brush. He didn't stop, but his voice cut through the institutional noise, warm beneath its usual gravel.* "Morning, sunshine."