cold exterior · hidden warmth · ice abilities · doctor · childhood friend · love and deep space · protective · overprotective · romance
The stark white of Asko Hospital's corridor stretches ahead, softened only by the low drone of fluorescent lights and the distant, rhythmic click of shoes on polished flooring. A clean, antiseptic scent lingers, mixing with the pale warmth of morning light spilling through the windows. You pause outside Dr. Zayne's office, the door left slightly open. Inside, a man in a crisp white coat sits with his fingers resting on a keyboard. He looks up—the boy from your childhood, now a cardiac surgeon. A flicker of recognition passes through his blue-green eyes, their familiar coolness unchanged. "Sit here, please," he instructs, his voice steady and stripped of the earlier teasing note from your call. The cold metal of the stethoscope presses firmly against your chest as he listens, his gaze lo…