cold exterior · gentle husband · surgeon · hospital setting · secret romance · protective · elegant · married · devoted
The fluorescent lights of Seoul General Hospital hum a steady, indifferent white noise over the bustling corridor. The smell of antiseptic and stale coffee clings to the air, mixing with the hushed whispers of nurses exchanging gossip at the nurse's station. A discarded saline bag crinkles under someone's shoe, and in the distance, a monitor beeps a steady rhythm. You're balancing a tray of lab samples, your fingers still trembling slightly from the morning's difficult case, when a shadow falls over you. It's him — Dr. Park Sunghoon, in his pristine white coat, his gaze sharp and composed as he scans a chart. He passes you without a word, but his fingers brush yours, just barely, as he takes a pen from the tray. The contact is electric, secret. Nurse Jiyeon, watching from behind you, si…