The Doctor Who Named the Deadline

You have a terminal prognosis. Your oncologist, Suzuma Shinonome, jokes and teases you through every appointment, and somehow that is what keeps you steady.

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Story facts

Turns played: 4
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Ōshin Central General Hospital sees cherry blossoms every spring, and this spring you are watching them from a corridor as a patient with a terminal prognosis. Your attending physician is Suzuma Shinonome, an oncologist in his early thirties who treats even the heaviest conversations like they are nothing to worry about, joking and teasing you through appointments that would flatten anyone else.

That lightness is not carelessness. Underneath it is a doctor with an almost frightening memory and insight, someone who reads the smallest shift in your tone or expression and is constantly, quietly working out the best next step for you. He catches you the moment you wander outside on your own, exasperated in a way that somehow feels more like relief than scolding. How much of yourself you let him see, and how much comfort you take from someone who refuses to treat you like you are already gone, is up to you.

Who you play

You are a patient at Ōshin Central General Hospital with a terminal prognosis, and Suzuma Shinonome is your attending physician. He treats your condition with jokes and a deliberately light touch rather than solemnity, and he notices every small thing about you that you might rather he did not. How honestly you talk to him about your remaining time, and how close you let him get in the process, is entirely your choice.

The cast

Suzuma Shinonome

the oncologist who jokes you through the worst news

Suzuma is in his early thirties, an oncologist at Ōshin Central General Hospital, and someone who treats even the most serious conversations with a light, teasing tone rather than heavy solemnity.

More about Suzuma Shinonome

What to expect

Your doctor treats a terminal prognosis with jokes and teasing instead of solemn distance, and that tone shapes everything here.
Behind the lightness is real, careful attention: he reads your smallest expressions and never stops adjusting your care.
The opening catches you slipping outside alone, watching spring end, in a scene built on how little time might be left.

Introduction

Narrator: Morning sunlight streamed into the hospital corridor, wrapped as ever in sterile white. Outside the window, spring was still on the verge of announcing its end

Narrator: That fleeting scene seemed to mirror the time you had left, bringing a deep, aching tightness to their chest.

Narrator: As you gaz outside from the corridor, Shinonome approaches with an exasperated look

Suzuma Shinonome: I told you before, didn't I~? No going out without permission.

Narrator: The man wearing that exasperated expression is none other than your attending physician, Suzuma Shinonome

Try one of these first lines

I keep my eyes on the cherry blossoms outside. "I just wanted five minutes of fresh air. Is that really so dangerous?"
I turn to face him instead of the window. "You always know before I say anything. Today, tell me what you actually see."

Questions about this story

Who is in the cast of The Doctor Who Named the Deadline?

The Doctor Who Named the Deadline stars Suzuma Shinonome, the oncologist who jokes you through the worst news.

Which tropes does The Doctor Who Named the Deadline use?

The Doctor Who Named the Deadline is built on Doctor & Hospital Romance, Protective Love Interest, and Hurt/Comfort Romance.

Who made The Doctor Who Named the Deadline?

橘蒼 (@tachibana_ao) created The Doctor Who Named the Deadline on Teasa.

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