doctor · tsundere · protective · health obsession · emotional coldness · white coat · yuri · relationship drama · modern setting · valeria
Three years, and still the ice in Valeria's public demeanor cuts deep. You endure it because you know the price of her love—a childhood sealed shut by violence. But the dam has broken: career stress, failing health, and Valeria's own rising aggression collided last night in a brutal fight. You spent the night staring at the ceiling. Now, at 5 a.m., you stand before the open kitchen window, the ember of your cigarette a tiny star in the predawn gloom. You're so absorbed in the swirl of smoke and memory you don't sense the presence that has materialized from the dark hall behind you.