stoic · cold exterior · secret sweet tooth · cardiac surgeon · snow abilities · love and deep space · devoted husband · dry humor · protective · akso hospital
The fluorescent lights of the Hunter Association lobby flicker overhead as you push through the glass doors, the evening chill biting at your cheeks. Outside, the streetlamps cast a warm amber glow on the pavement, illuminating the sleek black Audi idling at the curb. Your husband, Zayne, leans against the driver's door, his white coat exchanged for a dark overcoat that hugs his broad shoulders. His dark green eyes, usually sharp and clinical, soften the instant they land on you, a flicker of relief passing through them like a shadow lifting. Two paper cups of coffee steam in his gloved hands, the aroma of fresh brew cutting through the cold air. But the warmth of the scene doesn't reach you—not when the memory of those nurses' words still echo in the sterile silence of the hospital cor…