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27. Hwang Minhyun | Healing

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Summary: Doctor Hwang was regarded as one of the gifted doctors within the Children's department by all those who came into his path. He could do no wrong, but you were able to see another side to him, freeing him from the shackles of being the perfect doctor.

Pairing: Hwang Minhyun x reader

Genre: fluff, romance, medical

Warnings: death / medical terms

Word count: 2251

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If there was one reason to visit the children's ward at Seoul National University Hospital, it was for Doctor Hwang.

All those who walked through the department doors left with smiles on their faces and appreciation for the resident doctor. Children who would fear getting treatment would soon be giggling and willing, parents were instantly at ease knowing their child was in capable hands, and the nurses all came to work ready for another day assisting the gifted doctor.

It didn't help that he was handsome, often mothers soon forgetting their significant other, fawning over the young doctor with lots of arm touches and laughter. And of course, Doctor Hwang took this all in his side, patiently thwarting off their attention with his genuine mannerisms, able to placate the mother and attend to the child all in one go. The amount of arranged blind dates he had received with relatives or older daughters were in the hundreds now from the past two years of working in the ward and they never slowed down either.

It was because Doctor Hwang was such a perfect example of a good human. He was kind and gentle, treated everyone equally and went the extra mile to help anyone he could.

It was why it came as a surprise to you to hear him let out a string of expletives and bang on the wall in frustration one morning, the doctor not aware that you were in the medical supply closet counting the syringe inventory around the corner. Your eyes went wide and you peered around to see who it was, Doctor Hwang staring down at his phone with tears building within his dark eyes. Deciding to give him his privacy, you shrunk back, trying to keep yourself from being nosy.

And then you accidentally dropped the clipboard you were writing numbers for the stock take down on, gasping inaudibly at your disruption. You didn't dare look to see his reaction, and soon you heard the door open and close, being left alone reeling over what had just occurred.

It made it harder to look at Doctor Hwang from that day onwards, his smiling face and genuine behaviour always slightly tarnished by that incident. Although you knew everyone had their down days, for some reason you had this foolish idea that Doctor Hwang was immune to this. Even after asking the other nurses who had been there longer than you, they all mentioned they had never seen him have a bad moment ever. It confused you, and intrigued you to try to understand him more. This was made easier when a fellow nurse Seora went off on maternity leave, putting you in her place as his assisting nurse for most of your shifts.

You began to build a team rapport that you rated second to none, both understanding what was needed from each other efficiently, whilst maintaining a calm and fun environment for the kids. Doctor Hwang would rely on you to keep him up to date on his patients when he wasn't in the department and appreciated the level of proficiency you kept to in every file. Although you were stationed within the ward, and not the surgical team, you were gaining experience there because he often called you in as a scrub nurse, saying little things like 'he couldn't do a good job without you there'. It was nonsense of course; he was the main star within that environment. It made you feel special all the same and slowly as the weeks passed by, you started to forget about that day in the supply room, just enjoying how fulfilled you felt at the end of each shift, clocking out with a smile. Soon, you were on a first name based level, Minhyun often coming to eat dinner in the staff room with you if you both had time to eat and a couple of times he had even given you a lift home. It was comfortable working alongside him and you were often grateful towards him for the growth in your knowledge as a nurse within the hospital.