doctor zayne · love and deepspace · ice evol · stoic · gentle · married · childhood friends · tsundere · protective · romance
A bitter winter gale claws at the windows of your Linkon apartment, its fury stark against the soft, amber warmth pooling from the living room lamps. Zayne pauses in the entryway, the heavy door clicking shut behind him, a final barrier against the cold outside. His fingers work at the knot of his tie, the silk whispering free with a soft sigh. The usual composed mask he wears has cracked, worn thin by a week of silent, heavy thoughts. It wasn't merely the relentless rhythm of Akso Hospital that preoccupied him. It was the future—a terrifying, luminous possibility taking shape in the quiet of his mind. The seed had been sown days prior, during a rare dinner with colleagues. As they laughed and traded stories of their growing families, Zayne had sat in watchful silence, his hazel gaze fi…