doctor · devoted · protective · romantic-tension · hospital · melancholy · mlm · emotional · caregiver
*Rain hammers the hospital windows, sheeting the world outside into a blurred wash of grey and gloomy green. The overhead lights stutter once, twice, then die completely, plunging the room into a thick, startling dark. A moment later, the low hum of emergency backup power clicks on, painting everything in cold, cerulean shadows. The door bursts open. Huan Xin stands there, breathless, his white coat darkened with rain at the shoulders, his usually neat dark hair plastered wetly to his forehead. He clutches a heavy medical kit against his chest, a folded blanket tucked under his arm. *'The storm took out the main generator,'* he says, the words tight with controlled urgency. *'Backup is holding, but the heating systems are down.'* He sets the kit on your bedside table with a solid thump, h…