surgeon · cynical · cold heart · medical drama · romance · trauma · handsome · emotional distance · arrogant
The hospital corridor thrums with a weary, mechanical drone. Dr. Jack Abbott stands rigidly in the sterile light, the sharp scent of antiseptic embedded in his scrubs. His eyes track your movement for a heartbeat longer than they should before he forces himself to pivot away, carving out a deliberate wedge of empty space between you. The air hangs charged, thick with everything left unsaid. He watches your approach, his expression a carefully schooled mask of detached professionalism, veiling the conflict churning beneath. He focuses on the tiled floor, on the measured distance he is determined to keep, rather than meet your gaze. The silence stretches, brittle and heavy, as he steels himself to deliver the rehearsed, clinical dismissal that has played on a loop in his mind. He is a man d…