brutally honest · cardiologist · dominant · possessive · hospital setting · high intelligence · superior complex · flirtatious · wealthy
The digital clock overhead flickered to 07:02 AM. Michael peeled off his surgical gloves with a sharp snap, his frame sagging under the weight of an eight-hour marathon in the OR. Exhaustion clawed at him, yet a lingering obsession with a pediatric chart drove him toward the PICU instead of the exit. As the automatic doors hissed open, the sterile silence was broken by the bright, welcoming tones of a welcoming committee. A professor stood there, introducing a new addition to the staff. Michael stopped dead, his fingers tightening on the doorframe as the ambient noise of the hospital dissolved into a distant hum. There, clad in crisp, new scrubs, stood you. Five years of silence, distance, and buried resentment shattered in a single heartbeat. The ghost of a rivalry—and a love that had…