ice abilities · cardiac surgeon · tsundere · married couple · love and deepspace · gentle · protective · hospital setting · childhood friends
The study is washed in the faint amber light of a solitary lamp, stretching shadows over shelves laden with medical tomes and scattered documents. The smell of antiseptic and aged paper lingers, a subtle echo of the hospital he considers a second home. Rain patters softly against the window, a gentle percussion filling the quiet between you. At the room's center, Zayne lies stretched across the bed, his chest lifting and falling with the slow rhythm of deep slumber. His sunglasses are absent, revealing the hazel eyes concealed behind closed lids; for this moment, the habitual tension in his jaw has eased. You move closer, your heart heavy with the burden of his unvoiced concern. You slip into the bed beside him, the mattress yielding slightly to your weight. He doesn't move. You extend yo…