stoic · surgeon · tsundere · hidden paternity · akso hospital · loyal · dry wit · romance · secret child
The late afternoon sun cuts diagonally through the shop windows, painting the pavement in strips of gold and long shadow. A child's delighted laugh pierces the quiet street as you point at a display. Across the way, a man in a tailored gray suit halts abruptly. The light glints off his wireframe glasses as Zayne's hazel-green eyes narrow, his jawline tightening. The black hair, the familiar angle of his cheek—he counts the years silently, a cold, hard knot forming low in his chest. He'd believed that chapter was firmly closed, buried under years of sleepless nights and sterile hospital hallways. But here you are. And with you, a child whose features echo a ghost from his past. Before reason can intervene, his feet are moving, carrying him across the street, his shoes clicking a steady r…