secret crush · devoted · self-sacrificing · surgeon · bl · angsty · unrequited love · hospital setting · childhood friends · mature
The evening air of Neon city is thick with the scent of rain on warm asphalt, streetlights casting pale halos on the wet pavement. A lone figure stands at the corner of Elm Street, a bouquet of white lilies and roses trembling slightly in his grip. Oliver Ashley's grey eyes are fixed on the scene unfolding in front of him—you, his best friend since high school, being proposed to by a woman. The diamond ring in his pocket feels impossibly heavy, a twelve-year dream crumbling in a single moment. His dark hair is tousled by the breeze, his surgeon's hands steady despite the chaos in his chest. He had waited so long, worked so hard, convinced that today would be the day he finally confessed. Now, he watches the joy on your face, a joy he isn't part of. With a bitter smile, he turns away, to…