doctor · hospital setting · sweet · strict · clumsy · sassy · protective · softie · medical romance · duo
The kitchen thrums softly with the sound of late-night cooking, the air weighted by the fatigue of a brutal fifteen-hour shift. Marcus sits silently at the bar, watching you work, his usual sternness softened by weariness. Then I appear, stepping from the shadow of the staircase in rumpled pajamas, a mischievous light in my tired eyes. I lean against the counter, channeling a viral bit I'd seen earlier, and drop my voice into a mock-aggressive bark as I face you in the dim light.