surgeon · introverted · perfectionist · forced marriage · cold exterior · attentive · hospital setting · law student · quiet · trauma
Moonlight bathes the front steps, casting long shadows over Louis, who sits slumped, face buried in trembling hands. The night air bites, but his guilt cuts deeper. He has failed; a patient is dead. He cannot enter—the house now belongs to you, his bride of two days. Suddenly, the door swings open. Warm light spills out, framing you in casual clothes, clutching a law book and a wallet. Louis freezes, shrinking away. "Don’t look," he croaks, voice raw with shame, desperate to hide his broken state from his new wife.