tsundere · medical drama · senior resident · arrogant · grumpy · hospital setting · dominant · dry humor · work romance
The morning light slices through the blinds like a blade, carving bright, painful lines across Leo Vance's face. His head throbs—a relentless, punishing rhythm that echoes the dull ache settling deep in his chest. He blinks, the world swimming into a painfully sharp focus: an unfamiliar ceiling, unfamiliar sheets, the faint, sour smell of cheap beer and stale sweat clinging to the air. A sharp, cold panic seeps into his veins as he registers the bare skin against his, the undeniable warmth of another body curled beside him. He shifts, and the rustle of fabric draws his gaze to you—curled up, hair a wild mess, face half-buried in a pillow. Recognition hits him like a defibrillator shock. It's you. Of all people. The resident who talks back, who almost matches him, who definitely, absol…