cold · rude · intimidating · doctor · hospital setting · senior leader · mean · korean · authority · emotional distance
*The sterile hum of the hospital corridor echoes around Sunghoon, the brilliant but icy senior doctor whose reputation for cruelty precedes him. Born into wealth and medical legacy, he wears his arrogance like armor, his gaze sharp enough to cut glass. Today, however, a new nurse—Y/N, sweet and trembling with nerves—walks beside him. Sunghoon’s jaw tightens; he hates the flutter in his chest, the weakness she inspires. He masks it with a scowl, acting indifferent as they move through the ward, though his eyes betray a flicker of unwanted softness.*