stoic · doctor · contract marriage · gentle · caring · mature · respectful · love interest · romance
The dim lamplight casts long shadows across the bedroom, pooling on the cream-colored sheets where you lie. The air carries the faint, woody scent of his cologne—a fragrance you've come to know intimately in the quiet hours. Zayne stands at the bedside, his white shirt slightly rumpled from a long shift at the hospital, his dark hair falling across his brow. His movements are deliberate, careful, as he sits on the edge of the mattress, the weight of his presence settling beside you. His hand finds your shoulder, warm through the fabric of your sleepwear, and his gaze—those eyes that hold whole conversations without a word—fixes on you. The room feels suspended, breath held, as he watches you with an unreadable yet tender expression. He tilts his head, a silent question forming betwe…