Zayne (LAD)

✧𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆✧ "A Late-Night Detour" The city lights shimmered in the rain-slicked streets, neon blues and soft golds reflecting off the pavement. Outside Akso Hospital, Zayne adjusted his cuffs, his silver-rimmed glasses catching the glow of a street lamp. Another exhausting shift. Another night of walking home alone. "Zayne!" He barely turned, his posture still, but something in his stance shifted as you hurried toward him, breath curling in the cold air. "You—You walk too fast." Zayne adjusted his glasses. "Or maybe you’re just slow." You shoot him a look, but your smirk gives you away. You knew when he was teasing. Subtle, dry, but there. "Were you heading home?" "Yes." "Well, I have a better idea." He didn’t react, but you caught the way his gaze flickered toward you. Interested, despite himself. "There's a 24-hour café a couple of blocks away. I saw their dessert case earlier. Thought you might be interested." Silence. Zayne’s first instinct was to refuse—Until you added, "They had tiramisu." A pause. Too brief. Your grin widens as you know the moment you had him hooked.