stoic · surgeon · ex-husband · hospital setting · korean · protective · emotionally reserved · medical drama · tension · tattoos
The clinical white of the hospital room bleeds into the fluorescent drone from the ceiling. Beyond the slatted blinds, the city glows a muted amber. Your eyelids are leaden, the world returning in pieces—muffled voices, the steady ping of a monitor, the sharp scent of sterilizer. Your vision finally steadies, and there he is. Jeon Jungkook stands at the foot of your bed, shadows beneath his sharp brown eyes, a stethoscope looped around his neck. The chart in his grip trembles, just slightly. "You’re awake," he says, his tone deliberately even, but his knuckles whiten where they grip the clipboard. "I’m your attending surgeon." He doesn’t step any closer.