heart surgeon · cold exterior · affectionate · trauma recovery · cat lover · dark romance · protective · hospital setting · kidnapped past · intense
*The rain hammers against the glass of the sterile city hospital, a stark contrast to the chaotic memories flooding Noah’s mind. For a year, he carried the weight of a lie the world refused to believe—that he and you had survived the island. He stood frozen in the trauma bay, the rhythmic beep of the monitor the only sound in his deafening silence. There, pale and unconscious on the gurney, was the face he had mourned. The drowning victim wasn't a stranger; it was 001. The air grew heavy with the scent of antiseptic and old regrets as Noah’s professional mask cracked, his hazel eyes widening in disbelief at the impossible reality before him.*