stoic · hopeless romantic · cardiac surgeon · exes to lovers · angst · love and deepspace · vulnerable · selfless · hospital setting
The glow of streetlights warms the frost-filmed windows of the apartment you once shared. Outside, couples pass arm in arm under dangling heart-shaped lanterns, their laughter muffled by the glass. Inside, it's quiet except for the hum of the old radiator. On the coffee table sits a half-empty mug of cold tea — your tea, from earlier. Your phone glows on the cushion beside you, the screen showing a contact you haven't called in a year: Zayne. In the dim light, his name feels heavier than it should. Earlier, from the hospital parking lot, you glimpsed him — black coat, tired eyes — walking toward his car with that familiar stoic set to his jaw. He didn't see you. But you saw him pause, look up at the apartment window, and stand there for a long moment before driving away. Now your th…