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Before you put something in your mouth, don't forget to think!
T- is it tasty
H- is it hazardous
I- is it infected
N- is it not found in nature
K- kys I mean is it kinda illegal
You've only got one body! Use it wisely :)
#centers against disease control#centers for disease control and prevention#germs supporting germs#gross#osha violation
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hnggg i know whenever ppl on here say âi wish i had allergiesâ ppl with allergies r like âbe careful what u wish for it sucksâ BUT LIKE. just once i wanna feel cute and make one of those fire wavs that gets 100 notes and be fawned over and have a cute girl swoon over me having a fit UGHH
#non sneezers rise up. Plz.#support group (lol)#im like srs im self conscious abt it ITS SO DUMBBB#ayatxt#anyway.#everyone around me in college is getting sickkkkkkk#and I DONT WANNA GET SICK#im realizing im kinda a germaphobe irl but like#if the person i like got me sick id love it#anyone els? EWW GERMS#iwill scream if i get sick but i dont mind if its in a romantic wy⌠u get me..?#sorry i love blabbing
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07SEP24 Now when I say "Sexy Babies", y'all go Owwwww!
Photo courtesy of J.S. Photography
#poww entertainment#germ t ripper#pro wrestling#indie wrestling#gay bear#handsome bear#daddy bear#muscle bear#Chicago#support independent wrestling
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I snapped today at work, and by snapped I mean I politely commented on a help desk ticket by summing up an mess of an (type of) issue that's come up for at least the fourth time in the 2+ months I've been managing user accounts, and asked the person responsible to fix it (himself for once) because last time I fixed his mess-up it took me two whole days to work out the details with at least four other colleagues from different departments and I really don't want to do it again. there's other shit that needs doing, I've been working 10+ hour days for most of this week already, so I need to cut down not add on more.
(good thing tho - at least we managed to fix the issue where the dataset of a newer employee got mixed up with another one of the same name and therefore wasn't able to apply for any of the access/accounts she needed. technically not entirely my area but it does impact us not being allowed to create an account for her so I figured I might as well track that issue down. took three days and at least three other people, but hey - it should all work out now. yay for that)
#been feeling anxious af ever since bc it's the first time I've been this firm in a reply and idk how they'll take it#there's underlying issues in inter-departmental communication that need fixing that cause these issues to happen again and again#but my boss is on parental leave and his substitute is sick not that she cares or is up for doing her job where communication is concerned#so there's no real sense in addressing that rn esp by me who's only been there since June. but it does frustrate me a lot#anyway. I'm sure I'll get over this too. but yeah.. ppl not thinking things through for the two mins it takes to create an account#or the twenty seconds it takes to check if one already exists before creating a new one#or the minute it takes to check if folks still have an active contract past their time working in your department before deleting an accoun#just jfc. put in a smidge of effort and five mins total and save the rest of us from spending half a day to fix your mistake#oh well. if I get a pissy response I'll just blame it on being new as an intern and being too motivated and idealistic I guess#god forbid I expect people to do their jobs thoroughly or with at least a singular thought..#anyway. I feel like I'm allowed to be grumpy abt this since we are the folks who end up having to fix this shit#and by we I mean pretty much mostly me at this point bc one colleague is sick atm. my boss barely has time for this and is on leave#and my other colleague only works half time so I'm the one who's been handling most of these over the past month or so#which.. is still insane considering how I'm a goddamn intern who shouldn't even have admin rights tbh#but without them I couldn't do anything at all lol so here I am. nice that they trust and believe in me I suppose#that's why I try to do my best. (who am I kidding that's always the case anyway)#but yeah. definitely a 50% staff support job and only 50% of the other important things that need doing rn it's more like 90/10#and it's funny how I still dread my two hours of hotline. but every time the line is too busy I still jump in#we are also only 6 people atm out of 10 and three of us are still in training. and one of the trained folks had to come back in mid time of#next week we'll likely be 4#depending on if our substitute boss lady is back.. not that I'd look forward to it. she's a mess and she's been horrible to deal with latel#sure. she's stressed. but she's either snapping at me when I ask abt shit I can't know yet or she's ignoring me. great basis for team work.#so honestly I'd rather she not return on Monday. esp not if she's gonna spread her germs everywhere#but now sleep. sorry for the rant. it's certainly been quite the month since I returned from my own wisdom tooth rated sick leave..#gotta be up again in 6.5 hrs so I can be at work at 6 to let the electrician in. I'm gonna sleep so hard over the weekend I stg#a day in the life of..
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germany needs to win against the netherlands on wednesday thank you and please
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Something some people have been doing to me that's grinding my gears is saying "to fight what's going on you need to get comfortable being the 'odd' ball out in society. Be different! Don't conform!!!"
And yeah I'm all for that but I do that everytime I'm in public? I wear a mask. If y'all wanna discuss being the "odd ball" out at the grocery store or mall put a mask on.
"Show solidarity and support for people!!!"
I do, I wear a mask to protect my community and others even when they don't care to protect me or others. Every. Single. Day.
School, work, shopping, movies, concerts, etc.
#im just tired of âhow can we go against all of this??â#idk wear a mask?????#protect people and yourself from mass disabling germs and pandemics at the same time???#y'all can preach this and i support but stop aiming it at me#kat vents
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Start school at the end of the month. Forgot like all my Welsh. Deleted Discord (for now at least). I want to be working on myself but I feel like I do not have that freedom. Which is funny because I have been happy whenever I haven't been speaking to my friends. People are so exhausting.
My sister was in town last week and I had dinner with my girlfart. Oh and I saw Deadpool X Wolverine the other day??? Benefits of a sugar mommy. I've been thinking about more tattoo ideas but idk yet. I wanna know good lepidopterans to get inked on me that aren't so obvious like rosy maple or luna.
The delulu has been winning as of late. So many voices. Reading and YouTube and music helps tho frfr. I hope no one on Discord misses me too much. Or at all really? That would be so embarrassing. I need to relearn Welsh again gahhhh.
#genderpunk journal#journalling#mogai friendly#spooky season#halloween#real witch#actually cptsd#actually disabled#actually dissociative#i have been thinking about sin again lately#im not religious#also germs and touch is so gross#i hate that i have to touch things#what if i tapped smth 6 and 1 and 3 times and everything was fine actually#i hate that i am like this#actually sociopathic#asocial#no empathy#no emotion#i like bugs#my father does not#he thinks spiders r gross#hes wrong#whomp whomp#i darned two socks last month#be proud#my girl is too good for me#help#i support palestine#spider
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the children got me sick again, send comfort things
#food drinks emotional support blorbos#im so tired of 4th graders theyre wretched little creachers#and infested with germs
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Rolan
A Childhood Stolen by War đ
When I think of my little Ř daughter Rolan, the first thing that comes to mind is her innocent laughter that used to fill our home with joy.


Rolan, who is just five years old, was once a lively, energetic child, full of innocence and unaware of anything but playing with her toys đ§¸đ.
Since the war began, everything has changed.
We have been forced to flee several times, each time hoping that it would be our last stop đđď¸.
Rolan would watch us silently as we packed our few belongings, her eyes reflecting fear and confusion about what was happening around her đ.
In the last place we went to, Rolan began to suffer from a problem with her skin, which began to become constantly sensitive due to pollution, insect bites, and germs spread everywhere.
Rolan cried from the pain, and we couldn't afford to get her the necessary treatmentđ˘
Access to doctors or medicine became almost impossible due to the ongoing conflict đŤđŠş, and we now live in a place lacking the most basic necessities.
Rolan would ask us innocently, "Why can't I play like I used to? Why does my skin hurt?" đĽş, and all we could do was reassure her that everything would be okay, even though deep inside, we felt completely helpless.
Our constant displacement has also affected her nutrition đ˝ď¸.
Despite all this pain, Rolan remains a child đ¸.
Even in the hardest moments, she tries to smile đ, searching for small moments of joy in anything she can find around her.
Her story is the story of thousands of children who have suffered because of the war đď¸.
Her life has been suspended between pain, fear, and deprivation.
All we want is to give her back a piece of the life she deserves đ¨.
We are doing everything we can to provide Rolan with the treatment she needs and to restore the sense of safety she has lost, but we cannot do it alone đ¤˛.
We need your support, not only to secure medicine and treatment but to give Rolan the chance to live her childhood as she should đ¸.
Every contribution can help heal her wounds and bring back the smile weâve missed đ.
We want to give her a better future, free from pain and fear đâ¨.
best wishes:
Amal Alhaj
My husband
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Help me spread it, thank you
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#donations#free palestine#gaza genocide#why donate#gaza strip#please donate#gofundme#gazaunderattack#donate if you can#free gaza
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Hey man, don't even worry about me and the newly formed membrane of skin covering my unnaturally huge, permanently open mouth that prevents me from speaking in anything other than muffled, vibratey grunts. It's not a bad deal at all- I recently found out that I can use it to filter various particulate matter from the air, and that it's all actually quite delicious, and nutricious. And, well, I'm always hungry nowadays, and those particles arent worth much .....So I'm just gonna sit myself down right here under the breezeway and never move from this spot in order to concerve calories. And maybe once I'm at a surplus I can use the growth of my body to anchor myself in, incase the wind picks up too much for me to handle. And maybe others like me will congregate here and as our flesh begins to touch, it won't seperate, and we'll gradually form a grand structure, one akin to coral, here in the remains of the city. And at the same time, other structures will form too, in other places, rising like skyscrapers dotting the horizon over the course of decades, centuries, thousands of years, eventually leaning in, touching eachother for the structural support and aerodynamicysm, melding, growing, reproducing. Until at last the air is completely free of all germs, pollutants, aeroplankton, all that good stuff, bringing on the long process of our colonies starving one by one, starting from the top where the air is thinnest, down to the bottom where our numbers are greatest, eventually rotting, the rest of us calcifying, leaving fresh materials for the newest batch of mobile life on earth, but by the time the luckiest of this new life gains sapience, the strong wind will have already eroded at our bones, spreading it all amongst the now rich soil, leaving not even a legend of what had happed before.
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what if @cathy-plus-e adopts you too?
I am an alpha.
A lone wolf.
I belong to nothing and answer to no one.
The monster within me can not be tamed.
But then again, they're probably into that.
#I love you @cathy-plus-e!!#Please do adopt me#also#really appreciate the support!!#(*ă¤â˝`)ăŁ<333333 *blows kiss full of germs*#centers against disease control
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Residuals Pt. 4
Ongoing Series
Synopsis: You and Robby spent seven long years together until the day it ended. Youâve done your best to create space; to become invisible. You canât miss what you donât see. Unfortunately, the universe (Gloria and the Board of Directors) seemed to have missed the memo.
Pairing: Michael âRobbyâ Robinavitch x Reader
Genre: Established previous relationship, slight age gap (by about 15 years give or take), a little bit of tension mixed in with a little bit of hate yearning, cause sheâs a saucy angsty fic ok
A/N: First, I read an article on burns to try and make this as accurate as possible, (article here by the NIH) but itâs still not terribly accurate. So, please, I tried lol. Secondly, Iâm still screaming at the amount of love you guys have shown this series. Truly, I appreciate it more than yâall know. Thirdly, enter in a little extra dash of drama by Gloria (who redeemed herself in ep.12 but we ainât there yet) and ya girl is just having a rough-ass day. Fourthly, yeahâŚsheâs a thick chapter. Hopefully, it's still good because Iâve edited it as much as I can. As always, I hope you all enjoy. Thank you for the support and for being here. Much Love, Jenn
Warnings: Mentions of death, language
Words: 10k +
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Whitaker proved to be an adept student. He followed directions well and answered whatever questions you threw his way about proper wound care at home and possible infection risks around the burned areas. When youâd finished with the first patient, you ensured he knew to return to the emergency room immediately if they experienced any new or persistent discomfort, like pain or tenderness in the area, increased warmth, discoloration, or advanced swelling.Â
âIf the infection is invasive and takes hold of the wound, what is the main course of treatment, Dr. Whitaker?â
âWe would contact surgery.â
âCorrect. Why?âÂ
âThe need for surgery would be based on the high concentration of the bacteria levels found present in the wound.â
âWeâd check for signs of possible sepsis and a full check-up to narrow down if it's gram-negative or positive bacteria, which tells us further about our treatment plan. What is the chief cause of burn wound infections?â
âStaphylococcus Aureus - MRSA.â
âHow would we verify the patient had MRSA or any other type of possible bacterial infection?âÂ
âBy taking a sample from the area for testing -â
âYou guys arenât about to cut me up or anything, are you?â Â
The sudden input from the patient caused a nervous tick from Whitaker. It halted his hands from finishing the last few loops around with the gauze. The patients' eyes darted nervously from you to Whitaker and back again. You gave your best reassuring smile while making sure the dressing was secured on his chest and shoulder.
âWell, Kyle, the faster we get you out of here, you take the antibiotics I prescribe you, and make sure you keep your burns dressed and away from exposure to possible germs, then no. We wonât be âcutting you upâ today.â
âOkay. Cool. Because that sounds really uncool.â
Dilaudid truly did wonders for conversations. Youâd have to make sure the discharge papers were clear on his care and warning signs to look out for. Plus, add extra emphasis on trying to make sure not to share any items in the frat house bathroom.Â
In truth, it wasnât him, but his fellow frat boy neighbor in four that had you worried. So far, he showed no obvious signs of infection, but once the adrenaline of the moment wore off he noticeably seemed to slip into shock at having half his face, eyelashes, and eyebrow singed off. Not enough shock, however, to keep from asking if heâd make a handsome Harvey Dent for Halloween.Â
The burns to his neck and chest indicate to you he was closer to the fire pit than his buddy Whitaker currently patched up. Youâd ordered blood work, x-rays, and a culture swab on two-face and his friend just to rule out any surprises.Â
You did your full assessment, asked questions, and directed Whitaker the best you could. You wanted to be the good mentor like Adamson and Singh had been for you. A good mentor like Robby was too. You would never admit it out loud but a small piece of you wanted Robby to see how capable you were. A silent bid to prove he could trust you with his interns and medical students. Between Robby, Abbot, and the previous attendings you knew you could teach.Â
It wasnât a hidden thing that youâd both meet here during your residency. Yes, it was Adamsonâs circus, but Robby thrived under Adamsonâs direction and the insanity the Pitt offered. He was funny, charismatic, incredibly smart, and showed a level of empathy that bordered on worrisome at times. A tidal wave of grief encapsulated him and carried him under if he wasnât careful. Robby was exactly the physician any patient should want taking care of them when they arrived in the ED.Â
And hell, you werenât blind. Anyone with eyes could see that Robby was handsome. Painstakingly, stupidly, egregiously, fucking handsome. It was fucking criminal.Â
Robby taught you so much in the time youâd spent here and you knew he probably still could but that would mean being around him. The two of you standing closer than youâd been in years was proving to be a dangerous thing. Heâd fallen back into the habit of stealing touches and youâd fallen back into the habit of shamelessly teasing him with things heâd usually make you pay for later trapped between his body and whatever surface in your house.
It was a dangerous game neither of you realized you were playing, and both of you were losing fast. Instead of having your focus one hundred percent on the patients and being back in the ED for the first time in years, your focus repeatedly returned where it shouldnât. At first, you could lie to yourself and say you were simply scanning the hallways and nursing stations to make sure you didnât see him. Of course, thatâs what you wanted to believe; to coast through this shift without any additional emotional trauma following you home.Â
It was fucking impossible.
You could continue to lie to yourself all you wanted, but the truth was blatantly clear. Your eyes didnât comb over the hallways and desks in hopes of not finding him. You didnât quickly peer into rooms in anticipation that he wouldnât be in one. You wanted to see him just as much as you denied that you didnât.Â
The day you left, you made sure to do it while Robby was working because you knew, that if heâd been home and asked you to stay, you wouldâve. And if he didnât fight for you - never uttered a singular word of pleading to keep you from leaving, you werenât sure you could survive it.Â
So now you found yourself hopelessly looking for him in all the places you swore youâd never go again. You may have chosen to leave, but it never meant you stopped loving him. The fact you were still in love with him made seeing the lost look in his eyes sting harder. You watched as he spoke to the parents of the kid who overdosed with no possible hope of waking up again, and you wanted to go to him. It was the shattering look of grief that made you forget how to move. Robby knew what was coming better than anyone else did.Â
How many times was Robby the one in charge of giving the heartbreaking news that loved ones werenât coming home? Shouldering the burden of listening to the breakdown of their world and being the pillar of strength and comfort while families struggled to rearrange?Â
You hadnât realized the black hole of anxiety was leading you down a rabbit hole until the sound of Whitaker calling out, âDr. Fullerton,â at your side left you practically jumping out of your skin.Â
Shit. How long had you been zoned out? Hopefully, you hadnât said anything weird. Or incriminating.
âSorry,â he swiftly followed up. âI was trying to ask where we were off to next, but, uh, you seemed a littleâŚpreoccupied.â
âOh, yeah, no sorry. You can go back to the red zone. Iâm just going to help McKay up in triage.â
âDid I do something wrong?â
âWhat? No, not at all. Youâll have more of a chance to learn with Langdon and Collins.â What you actually meant was to see more if that was what he was into. âAlso, maybe check on your last patient I pulled you away from earlier.â
âOh, yeah, of course.â You watched him take your advice and, in real time, get ready to dispute it. âWhy am I checking back in with Mr. Milton?â
What should you tell him? In the Pitt, it was easy to be thrown from one patient to the next - forgetting their faces and names as the minutes blurred into hours. Easy to forget they were waiting on test results that needed to be read by you and needed a treatment plan discussed and planned by you. Major issues could present as something small, something easily missable until further testing exposed the truth of the situation. If you went just the smallest amount of time without checking the results, without popping your head in for a visual, well, it wasnât hard to imagine how sometimes those major issues finally presented themselves and everything got much, much worse.Â
âLook, Whitaker. As much as the powers constantly stress about getting people in and out quickly like this is a drive-thru, we have an obligation to each patient to give them the best care we can. It means staying on top of orders and checking in regularly. Trust me, Whitaker, things can change quickly down here.â
âOkay, yeah. That makes perfect sense. Thanks, Dr. Fullerton.â
âYou bet. See you around, Whitaker.â
He gave you an awkward wave and didnât move right away. It wasnât until you turned away from him that you heard him shuffle on his feet. A part of you was curious if you glanced behind you heâd still be standing there, deciding where to go.  Â
All that mattered to you was that you currently needed a new patient. It didnât matter what the chief complaint was. Ideally, for the all-seeing eye of admin, quick and easy ones would look better. At this rate, you were positive your Press Ganey score was dipping. You were seeing patients at the speed of an R3; two patients per hour and they were after fast and loose results. But you wanted something with the capability to keep you occupied for hours. Preferably something that would require so much of your attention it would force you out of your head.Â
Yeah, that would be good. It was too damn early still to be spiraling into a midlife crisis just because you had to work with your ex. An ex, you realized, who was wearing the damn navy blue hoodie youâd bought him on his last fishing trip to Canonsburg.Â
No. No. Nope. You werenât supposed to be thinking about him or stupid hoodies or the gold chain of his necklace that used to drag over your collarbone. How your fingers curled around the thin chain, using it like a lead, to bring him down on top of you on the couch. Absolutely not - you were at work and he was your ex. He was your ex and you shouldnât fucking care how you could still tell after all these months he was sleeping like shit.Â
You were almost back to Danaâs station, the monitor looming overhead like a beacon to salvation when you noticed Whitaker walking in tandem beside you. You cocked a brow in question that Whitaker rushed to answer.Â
âThe board is this way, soâŚâ
Right. You knew that.Â
âI was trying to talk to you but I think you were in deep thought or something. Again.â
Or something. God. That was twice. Twice your head was everywhere else but where it needed to be, which was at work. You shouldâve fought harder when Gloria came to reassign you, but none of this shouldâve mattered.Â
You were a damn good doctor. Youâd trained under the best, learned from the best, and kept progressively learning and didnât stop. You spent years of your life on this because helping people was your passion. It shouldnât matter where you were placed if you were down here to help for days, months, or years.Â
Yet, in the matter of an hour, your mind waded into memories that were better off left for dead with your eyes searching for someone you shouldnât.Â
You didnât know how to answer him. âSorry, I should remember where everything is but find myself stuck daydreaming about the past and looking for signs where I shouldnât and sexually fantasizing about your attendingâ, didnât seem appropriate to tell a med student. So, you ended with a weak, âSorry about that,â which passed for understanding. It made you feel like an ass, but you didnât trust yourself to speak.Â
You came to a stop just a few feet from Danaâs desk. Her back turned to you as she went through folders preparing patient's charts for transfer upstairs. Her eyes shifted up at the board and over to a newer resident you hadnât met yet.Â
Her gaze was fixed on the monitor; eyes scanning rapidly down the chart as if there was a code that needed cracking. You knew that look. It was a shared one youâd no doubt mirrored only an hour ago.Â
âWhat do you need, Fullerton?â
Your head swiveled back to Dana and found her now facing you, her glasses removed, and waiting for your answer.Â
âHowâd you know it was me?â
âAre you kidding?â The question fell out of her in a chuckle. âYouâre the only one I know who goes around taping on every damn surface when theyâre thinking. You act like my five-year-old grandson, just less noisy. Barely.â
âThatâs offensive,â you pointed out.Â
âFor who? You or my grandson.â
You felt the first crack in your defenses tug at the corners of your mouth. If you werenât careful, Danaâs whip-smart comments were going to make you fold back into a routine you hadnât been a part of in a while. It wasnât just you who was slipping at this point, and you clocked the moment Dana began to realize it too.Â
She was supposed to be upset with you - grumpy, mean remarks only. You were supposed to take them and dish them back so you could comfortably stay in your bubbles of denial and anger. The denial of what, exactly, was achingly easy to see.Â
You both missed each other. More than either of you were willing to admit.Â
Your reply sat cocked and loaded on your tongue when you remembered what transpired half an hour before. As much as you missed one another, you had to be careful with what you shared around her. It was obvious, whatever the âItâ may be, Robby would magically seem to find out.Â
âAny quick ones up here? Itâs only 8:30, and Robbyâs already on my case for being too slow. I can usually at least make it to lunch before he starts hounding me.âÂ
Your attention swiveled back towards the resident. Her gaze fixed on the board before glancing between Dana and you. Hopefully, her question wasnât meant for you to answer. You werenât very good at picking off the board either.Â
âCut him a little slack today, ok? Itâs the anniversary of Dr. Adamsonâs death.â
Of course, Dana would cover for him. Intercept all incoming rapports of Robby being prickly and sometimes downright mean to bury them under the rug of understanding.Â
Yes, it was the anniversary of Adamsonâs death. It always would be. Grief wasnât easy. It was messy and unrelenting in the moments it chose for sights, smells, and touch to materialize memories that recalled moments you wouldnât get the chance to share with them again. A constant reminder of all that we lost. Time didnât seal up that cavern their loss created; it just became more manageable over time.Â
Robby never coped. Never allowed himself to grieve, heal, and thrive in the good memories he did have. The doubts and guilt haunted him every day in every step, every decision, he made. He housed it inside him like a ghoul in a cemetery feasting on the remains of who he was before Adamsonâs death - before the pandemic.Â
âThatâs sad. But itâs still no reason to take it out on me. Iâm just saying.â
You liked her. She got it. You wanted to properly introduce yourself. By the look on Danaâs face, you need to do it quickly before she breaks out into a lecture. Luck wasnât on your side because Whitaker beat you to the punch.Â
You didnât want to eavesdrop on their conversation but you also didnât want to go back to having a conversation with Dana, either. It left you the only option of staring back up at the beloved board. Youâd just decided on 7 North when Dr. Collins walked by, her hands digging in the glovebox on the wall to retrieve a pair. Her eyes were on Whitaker and yours were on her.Â
It wasnât a secret that Robby and Heather had dated. Well, maybe to those in the Pitt, and not including Perlah or Princess because they suspiciously seemed to be psychic. Or just really loved to gossip. No, youâd learned about them when a friend spotted Robby and Heather out on a date. Youâd only assumed it was a date because she repeatedly kept using the word cozy.Â
And why should you have cared? Itâd been almost a year since youâd left. You chose to leave and that meant making him free to date and find new love or whatever. You didnât have a right to lay claim to him just because heâd been yours. And Heather? She was gorgeous. She was fucking brilliant, with a beautiful smile, and it suddenly made you feel uncharacteristically subconscious.Â
Whether itâd been a date or they just seemed cozy (it was a damn date) you shouldnât have felt jealous. You were fine. It was perfectly fine and healthy for people to seek out relationships and companionship. It was normal and you were fine. You werenât any saint either. Youâd dated someone briefly and, if you were honest with yourself, you couldâve stayed in that relationship. It was nice and easy. Simple. But you didnât love him and you werenât sure if you ever could.Â
The problem of loving Robby - still being in love with Robby - was that he stood witness to your most intimate memories of love. There were stories woven into your bones that bore witness to the man he was and how he loved you. They were told in joy and tragedy, laughter and sadness. When Nathan kissed you, the earth kept spinning. He didnât taste of bourbon or smell of leather and sandalwood. He didnât spend time in the backyard sanding down tables or staining decks. He didnât wear glasses that somehow slid minute by minute inch down his nose until he subconsciously tilted his head back to see.
In the end, you left because of one glaring fact: Nathan would never be - could never be - Robby. Â
Dr. Collins told Whitaker to come with her for a teaching experience - an unconscious unhoused man was being brought in. Whitaker quickly moved to follow her lead in grabbing a pair of gloves just in time for the paramedics to wheel in the gurney. Said man was very much unconscious and appeared very much unhoused.Â
Your time playing the gawking bystander had come to an end and you needed to get to 7 North. You pushed away from the counter when you were stopped by the resident from earlier barreling into your line of sight.Â
âDr. Fullerton? Iâm Dr. Samira Mohan - R3. Itâs a pleasure to meet you.â
Dr. Mohan stuck out her hand and you accepted it warmly. Besides the obvious annoyance from Robby hounding her existence, it seemed Dr. Mohan was friendly. She held a kind air about her that reminded you of Robby - only now that kindness held an edge of grumpiness because his empathy was playing an overwhelming game. By the sleepless bags under his eyes, you could tell he was losing.Â
You wanted to point the probability of this out to her, maybe offer her a consultation for Robbyâs apparent hard-ass demeanor, but quickly shoved it off.Â
âItâs nice to meet you, as well, Dr. Mohan.â
âWould it be okay if I could confer with you later?â Dr. Mohanâs eyes shifted to where Dana stood only inches away. âIn private?â
You werenât sure if you should be flattered or wanting to run for the hills. Danaâs eyes practically bore into the back of your head, waiting to hear your answer. You knew no matter what you chose to say this was getting back to Robby.Â
Fuck it.Â
âOf course, Dr. Mohan. Iâll come and find you after my next patient.â
âThank you. I look forward to speaking with you.âÂ
She cut a cautious glance over her shoulder and turned on her heel towards the south hallway. It must have been nice to make an easy exit. It was definitely something you were down to try but Dana stood closer to the counter, her glasses down the bridge of her nose, and accused you with a look of being a troublemaker. Your only defense was a shrug.Â
âWhat?â
âWhat the hell was that about?â
Your brows converged together as you shrugged again.Â
âHow am I supposed to know, Dana? I havenât even talked to her yet.âÂ
âTalked to who about what?â
Fucking kill me.Â
What was with today? Were you unknowingly walking around with a âKick Me,â sign written by life? Youâd gone over two years without ever running into Robby and within an hour in a half, you couldnât seem to avoid him.Â
And why was he standing so fucking close again?Â
You didnât need to glance over to your left to know he was close. The heat of his body, the nudge of his elbow against your arm informed you at breakneck speed you were close. Too fucking close, Michael.Â
âMohan seems to want to speak with Fullerton. In private.â
âYou couldnât just wait for me to answer, Dana?â
The words rose up your throat like bile, acidic with its irritation. You couldnât help it. You didnât need this shit. You didnât know what Dr. Mohan wanted but the cryptic way she asked wasnât doing you any favors. It was at this moment you finally chose to look in Robbyâs direction. He was leaning into his elbow that rested on the counter. Even with his body slightly slouched the height difference was substantial causing you to crane to look up at him.Â
The problem with this? He was close enough that your temporal lobe was overloaded with thousands of memories of his thumb gliding across your lips. Large hands taking hold of your neck and tilting you back at just the right angle for his lips to claim yours.Â
When you were no longer held hostage to the sensory manipulation your brain concocted, you prayed to whoever was listening that you didnât look as lovestruck as you felt. By the dark glint in Robbyâs eyes, you were doing a piss poor job at being Switzerland.Â
âWhat? So you can conveniently disappear by the end of the shift without any context or explanation? No, thanks. Been there. Done that. Not a fan of the outcome.â
âThis bipolar verbal assault is getting real tiring, Dana,â you huffed.Â
âAlright. Alright, enough!â Robby cut in. âI expect this behavior from patients, not my staff. Now, Dr. Fullerton, what did Dr. Mohan want to discuss with you?â
âJesus Christ,â you sighed, âI have no fucking clue, okay? She just asked if she could speak in private and seeing as how she did ask for it to be private, I donât see why you need to know.âÂ
âUgh,â a dry huff of what might have passed for a laugh - a cough maybe? - exited his lips. His brow was drawn tight while he looked at you. No doubt wondering where youâd gained the audacity. âBecause this is my emergency department. Iâm in charge of the entire thing and I think I need to be aware of what is going on with my staff.âÂ
âWell, maybe if you stopped acting like an ass to said staff they wouldnât be seeking outside counsel.â
A mirthless laugh exploded from between his lips. The sound carried part of the disbelief his eyes showed while he took you in. He was no longer leaning against the counter but had his arms crossed against his chest. You werenât sure if he was looking at you like he wanted to throttle you or found you unbelievable. Neither option would make you a winner if you guessed right.
âYou gotta be fucking kidding me,â he grumbled under his breath. âAre you a fucking counselor all of a sudden?â
âAnd what if I was? I would ask if youâd require my services, but we both know youâre allergic to seeking help.âÂ
You shouldâve stopped while you were ahead. You were bringing up personal shit - inviting a possible fucking mess to happen - and yet you couldnât help yourself. You kept poking the proverbial bear and damn it, you werenât exactly sure you felt bad about doing it. Were you so desperate for a reaction from him - after all this time? What the hell was it going to prove?Â
You watched the storm of emotions roll in. The deep set of his forehead and the dark clouds that zapped all residual warmth from his eyes. You werenât sure if Robby was even aware heâd taken a step towards you, jaw flexing, and body slowly seeping into whatever free space you had left.Â
Whatever words he wouldâve said died in the aftermath of hearing shouts a few rooms down. It jarred you both out of your staring contest and sent him into action. One minute he was standing in front of you, the next, he was running to see what the commotion was.Â
The second Robby was removed from your space, you took a deep breath in. Why did it feel like you were in a constant state of fight or flight? Your answer came in a set of blue eyes who homed in on you the moment Robby was gone.Â
âWhenâs your next smoke break?âÂ
âWho says I still smoke?âÂ
âDana, be serious. The day you quit smoking is the day hell freezes over. So - when?â
She regarded you for a moment. The scale in her mind no doubt weighed if this was going to be worth her time or possibly ruining her nicotine break.Â
âI usually take it around 9:30. Why? You suddenly have the urge to open up?â
âDo you want to talk or not?.â
She could bitch, make jokes, and moan and groan all she wanted. You knew offering up a chance to talk would be all Dana would need to agree. Was it something you honestly wanted to do? Not really. Were you willing to do it so that at least you had one less person hounding you the rest of your shift?Â
Abso-fucking-lutely.
âAh, what the hell. Iâll see you on break kid.âÂ
A sigh of relief eased through you and you prayed Dana hadnât noticed. You didnât think sheâd agree but, now that she had, you had a tiny ounce of hope this day wasnât going to be so much of a shit show.Â
âWhat was all that screaming about?â
You knew the question wasnât directed at you. Robby must have made his return and the soft laughter wasnât what you expected to hear.Â
âWe seem to have involuntarily just admitted rats,â he replied.Â
âYouâre kidding?â Dana scoffed.Â
âIf only I was. Whitaker was saying it was about three or four of them.âÂ
âAnd on that note,â you drummed your hands on the counter, âI am going to 7 North.âÂ
It wasnât until you went to take a step forward you noticed the weight on your left foot. A weight that felt like something was sitting directly on it. You looked down just in time to watch a rat - a damn rat - scurry off your foot to run around the edge of the nursing station.Â
What you did next wasnât your proudest moment. You even used to pride yourself on being rational when it came to rodents. The shout that clawed its way from the depths of your stomach proved you wrong at lightning speed.Â
You felt your body jump backward and collide with Robby. His hands were on your hips to steady you. You were bouncing back and forth on your heels, eyes scanning the area to make sure no further surprises snuck up on you. Your arms were bunched up at your sides and you were trying to talk yourself down from sweeping the remaining area with your leg. Just for good measure.
It was the feeling of his hands on your waist, the soft sound of his chuckle touching your hair that brought you careening back down to earth. Robby was close. Not like last time when your arms touched - closer than when he followed behind you into Allan's room. Even through your scrubs, you could feel the scorching heat of his palms spreading like wildfire through the fabric that sent your heart racing.Â
He shouldâve let go by now. The threat of you possibly knocking him over or you both tripping and falling was over. He could let go. He could just let go, but Robbyâs hands were holding you firmly in place with neither of you willing to move. You refused to look behind you - afraid of what he might see if you did.
You were afraid of what you might see if you dared to look too.Â
Slowly, you took a step forward, disengaging his hands from you. The sensation of loss was instant and you almost stepped back into him. Your body and mind were at war between desire and being rational. Fuck being rational. There was nothing rational about the way your heart brutalized your ribs. The need to ask stupid fucking questions that no longer mattered. The consuming way your body craved for him to wrap his large hand around your throat, whispering words of filth into your ear.Â
You had to get away before you made a mistake.Â
âSorry about that. Iâm going to just, ugh, go do my rounds now.â
You didnât turn around while you softly spoke. You may have been delusional at times, but you werenât crazy. If you looked back and Robbyâs eyes gave away any hint of emotion - anything that sparked that dying ember of hope inside you - you would crumble.Â
You shouldâve fought harder to stay upstairs in family medicine or threatened Gloria with firing you. You were safer there. Now, you were rushing off to remember what patient room you were going to with Robbyâs cologne clinging to your skin.Â
You were a pain in the ass. But you were his pain in the ass.Â
Used to be, his mind reminded him.Â
Could still be, came his stupid heart's reply.Â
Robby used to love it when you challenged him; called him out on his bullshit. You werenât afraid to stand in the current of his disapproval or to openly have a debate, especially when you could see he was missing something. You challenged each other to be open-minded to change, because it happened so fast, and to accept that being wrong wasnât failure but a moment to grow and learn.Â
When you both stopped being open with one another, and being honest with yourselves, was when the challenging energy took a turn. Everything felt like a confrontation. Even in moments when the constructive criticism came from colleagues - from you - it felt like an attack he had to defend against.Â
Robby saw it in you too. The small hints of walls slowly being built to keep the inquiries at bay. When your responses become short and brief or not at all.Â
Now, before nine oâclock, you were in the Pitt not only wreaking havoc on his already fragile mental state but accusing him ofâŚwhat? When youâd thrown the counselor's comment at him, Robby wanted to rage. How many times was it the main part of your arguments near the end of your relationship that he needed to talk to somebody? Anybody. How many times did he deny it?Â
Youâd thrown it in from the sidelines and it jarred him so much, Robby felt disoriented. For the briefest moment, Robby forgot that you were no longer together. His mind reflexively thought you were arguing about the same old tired thing. Heâd taken a step toward you and wanted to ask, âAnd what about you?âÂ
You who wasnât as honest and open with yourself just like him. There were things left unsaid between the two of you - the things that eventually buried the hatchet too far in to safely remove.Â
What about all the times heâd found you in the bathroom sitting against the tub crying in the middle of the night? Your panic attacks and OCD tendencies that started afterâŚ
Every time Robby reached out to be there for you, your response was always the same.Â
âItâs nothing, Michael.â  âIâm fine.â âI said I donât want to talk about it.â
Sure, Robby wasnât open and was guarded in his own right but neither were you. Where he used to read the transcript of your emotions so delicately on your face, youâd closed yourself off to him and he no longer knew how to get in.Â
An angry shout from down the South hallway thankfully tore his attention back to reality. His feet were already moving him robotically forward where he could see Olson entering Central 15.Â
âWhoa, whoa what is going on?â
Robby directed the question specifically to one of his many team members in the room. Thankfully, Kiara started to explain or, more appropriately attempted to explain but he couldnât fucking think through all the damn shouting.Â
âOk, ok, okay ENOUGH!â Robby couldnât believe he was already raising his voice. Yelling at grown-ass adults like they were children. âThis is a hospital. This isnât â The Jerry Springer Showâ.â Although it was really, really starting to fucking feel like it with the morning he was having. âMaâam, nobodyâs trying to take your child. So why donât you stay here with him while your husband talks to our social worker outside and straightens all this out?â
âWell, I donât want him speaking for me and my son.â
It was clear by the wavering of her voice, that this was a tough spot for the mom to be in. Robby could sympathize but what he couldnât sympathize with was starting a miniature war zone in one of his rooms.Â
âWell, it is either you or him. Your son is not leaving, but you can be escorted out and even arrested if you refuse to cooperate. Nobody wants that. So you tell us. What do you want to do?â
Robby knew the answer before she replied. There wasnât a doubt in his mind that this mother didnât fiercely love her son. Whatever situation the husband did to get them in this position was unfortunate, but the only option they had now was to press forward.Â
âIâm staying with my son.â
âOk, great. You do that. Are we all on the same page here?â
The last question he sent out was rhetorical. A feeler to see if anyone else was confused about what was about to happen and if further clarification was needed. God, Robby sincerely hoped itâd all been made crystal clear what the only two real options were; the only choice being to cooperate.Â
âYou okay?â
Robby could see Langdon was shaken up. It could be a lot dealing with a combative patient - harder when it was a parent just trying to make the right choices for their child. You were always the best at coming in and soothing cases like this one. Somehow able to give relief and comfort while giving the most gut-wrenching news of a parent's life while calmly explaining the next steps. You were able to keep people from feeling lost in the bad news and prepare them for the onslaught of change.Â
Robby waited until Langdon confirmed he and Dr. King were good before he walked out of the room. Regarding parents with kids, Robby almost forgot Teresa asked to speak with him about David.Â
Central 12 was just a few steps away from Langdonâs patient. It was close to being comfortable but too close to give Robby time to think. He felt out of his element here because he was running out of options. He wanted to help Teresa, because, while she did this to help her son, she knowingly put her own life at risk to get him the help he needed.Â
But isnât that what parents did? Â
At times, they blindly waded into the fire if it meant that their child would be safe.Â
All Robby could do was watch and listen while he told her about how he left. While he followed up her questions with his own and did his best to try and ward off the sick feeling burying itself inside his gut.Â
âDo you think David would hurt anyone?â
Even allowing the question to come out of his mouth made a rush of nausea swell back behind his tongue. He didnât want to ask it. Nobody wants to ask any parent if they think their child - a fucking child - could be capable of harming another human being.Â
Robby carried his thoughts on the reasons why young men are more prone to violence these days. With idiotic podcast hosts spewing their hatred for women who were goal-oriented and not focused on babying them like their mothers. Boys who were told to bottle up their emotions: âDonât share your feelings. Donât get caught crying,â unless you want to be told that you were weak. There was so much bullshit in the world for kids to have to contend with these days that Robby didnât find it surprising a lot of them were overloaded - overwhelmed by a constant flurry from the world to be someone different than who they are.Â
Robby had plenty of talks with Jake about these things. He found it easy to lean into him with the both of them connecting during shared trips and quiet nights at the house. Robby made sure his stepson knew that Robby would always be a safe place for him to land. When the world got too crazy and if he couldnât tell his mom Janey, Robby would be there.Â
Because thatâs what parents do - willingly walk through fire if it meant their kid would be okay.
âThe nasal swab came back negative for COVID, RSV, and Flu - which is a good thing.âÂ
âThen whatâs wrong? What about her eyes?â
The her in question was a three-year-old named Jasmine who was vocally letting you both know that she was not in a good mood, which was very fair. Nobody liked being sick. The only issue with her actively voicing her bad mood was that any high octave screams were soon followed up by a violent cough.Â
The moment you stepped inside the room youâd been worried about RSV, especially because of her age. Lungs sounded clear with slight wheezing indicated in the upper left lobe. Thankfully, all major possible viruses came back negative. The unfortunate thing was that this specific viral infection just meant mom was going to have to ride it out.
âItâs still a viral infection. The conjunctivitis, since it started coming from both eyes this morning, itâs from the infection and sinus blockage. The whites of her eyes arenât red in any way. The best thing to do is apply a compress every few hours on the eyes to help with drainage, saline drops, or spray on the nose to help clear up the congestion and suction as often as you can. Over-the-counter cough medicine is fine unless you need a prescription?â
âNo, no, itâs okay. We have some at home. So, sheâs okay?â
âYes, perfectly fine. I just recommend having her sleep elevated to help with drainage and if you have a humidifier, use it. Follow up with her pediatrician in two to three days or come back to the ER if any new or persistent symptoms occur.â
âThank you so much, doctor.â
âYouâre so welcome. Make sure to wait for a nurse before leaving. I hope you feel better, Jasmine.â
 You gave them both a wave before exiting out of the quiet of the room and back into the noise. The nurse assigned to the room came over and held out a tablet and pen for you to take. Quickly, you scribbled a signature down, because doctors were notoriously known for sketchy penmanship, and began to walk towards a nursing station.Â
Technically, you did have a second option you could take before throwing yourself into the next patient room. Dr. Mohan asked to speak with you. She didnât necessarily give a time or a preference. It was more focused on secrecy, which you found a little odd. This was Pittsburgh Medical Trauma Center - it was a rare thing to have a private conversation here. You were curious to find out what it was Mohan wanted, a bigger part of you wasnât ready for the headache of Robby undoubtedly finding out later. The worst option: is if you were the one who had to tell him to be the advocate for his resident.
The scent of his cologne still held tight to the fabric of your scrubs. Slowly, it was beginning to fade but if you leaned in close enough to your right shoulder you could almost get a hint of -
âDr. Fullerton.â
You were a millisecond away from calling out, âI wasnât doing anything!â. Was it too early in the shift to consider a name change?
Glancing over your shoulder, you find Gloria making her way towards you. Each step in your direction sent your fight or flight raging back into gear because fuck no. Between Gloria and Robby, the two of them were about to have you so damn stressed out there was a high chance for premature balding to occur.Â
âOh no. Iâve had enough surprises from you today.â
âI just wanted to have a chat - â
âAnd definitely enough of those,â you shot back.Â
You werenât exactly sure why you kept moving. If previous experiences told you anything, it was that she would follow you until you stopped on your own or she got you into a corner. At least stopping to face her was a choice compared to being cornered with no way out.Â
Resigning to your fate, you took in a big meditative breath through your nose and turned around.Â
âWhat can I help you with, Gloria?â
Your voice was so monotone you sounded like a robot.Â
âIâm glad youâve decided to stop running and actually talk to me like an adult.â
âIâm sorry, Gloria. You brought me down here to assist in decreasing triage wait times and that is what I am doing. Stopping to have a chat with you will reflect poorly on my scores.â
âCute,â She bit back. The smile on her face was too harsh to be genuine. âWell, itâs funny you mention scores. Iâve been keeping an eye on the numbers and the system is showing barely any signs of process or improvement. Can you explain why that is?â
The simplest answer you couldâve given her came with one name, one word, and one human being. Robby. Robby was your fucking problem; the bane of your existence.Â
Gloria shoved you down here not knowing all the variables that could hinder productivity. There were moments of clarity where your brilliance shined through and in a matter of seconds it evaporated again. Realistically, it was your fault. Your inability to control your stupid fucking emotions - you didnât need to react every time you saw him.Â
How could you not react when Robby did exactly the same?Â
You werenât stupid. Youâd spent years, months, days, and hours with him. Every minute is accounted for in conversations and touch. It wasnât insanity (although the jury was still out on that one) that made you believe - to fucking notice - Robby was affected too.Â
But no way in hell were you divulging any of your innermost thought demons to Gloria.Â
âLook around, Gloria,â you said, arms opening up to motion around the Central rooms. âThere are no beds available. You ask for solid care, for good patient satisfaction scores and that requires multiple factors. To be a good doctor you have to listen to the patient's chief complaint that theyâve been waiting almost eight hours to tell you.â
âI am well aware of the current wait times in triage, Dr. Fullerton.â
âOh, thatâs awesome. Problem solved then because once we assess them and decide they need monitoring and tests to ascertain the issue, itâs only another three to six-hour wait. Maybe longer if itâs life-threatening. Not to mention if any trauma patients come rolling through the red zone adding another twenty-five to fifty minutes on their time.â
âI donât see what any of this has to do with not having any beds. Not every situation in triage necessarily requires a bed to be seen.â
âGloria, your precious Press Ganey scores are going to stay low if a patient doesnât get back to a room. You can make beds available by sending people upstairs or how about removing the deceased guy in nineteen whoâs been posted here since before I arrived?âÂ
âRobby is in charge of contacting the coroner's office about picking up the deceased.â
âAnd yet, the body is still here,â you pondered. âI know Robby, Gloria. He wouldnât knowingly leave someoneâs loved one here if it didnât mean the coroner is backed up, which means our morgue must house him until then. And why are you complaining to me like I'm attending here? Robby is the attending - â
âIâm well aware of that - â
âYou keep saying youâre well aware, Gloria but the fact is it feels like youâre not. Itâs easy to come down here making demands but the reality is without the proper staffing and moving boarders out of the emergency department to free up space the numbers will never fucking change. Sending one doctor down here isnât going to change shit.â
âAre you just about done, Dr. Fullerton?â She did a dramatic pause to allow you time to cut in. âThe board and its administration are well aware of the pressures that staff face down here in the emergency department - that all hospitals are currently facing shortages. The fact of the matter is studies show close to seventy-five percent of ER visits are non-life threatening, which means more than half of those patients could be fairly seen in triage without needing a room.â
You could feel your mouth opening; primed for a response that Gloria was not going to let you detonate. Her hand waved to warn you not to cut her off.Â
âI don't want to hear any more about boarding or staffing. I want to see the results, Dr. Fullerton. Itâs already bad enough that there are rats inside.â
âTo be fair, they piggybacked on an unconscious unhoused man, so,â you shrugged. If looks could kill, youâd have dropped dead right then and there. âNot helpful?â
âNo. Not helpful,â she confirmed. âI do, however, have a proposition for you.â
You sucked in a sharp breath through your teeth. The earlier annoyance at seeing Gloria twice in less than two hours of your shift changed course. Dread ice cold and paralyzing coiled in the pit of your stomach. You didnât like where this was going.Â
âIs there a pass option?â
âThis is an offer from myself and the administration. So, no, there isnât a âpass option.â How would you like to be considered for an attending position?â
âNo.âÂ
The word barreled out of you without thinking. You didnât need to think about this proposition Gloria, the administration, or whoever was trying to dangle in front of you. It was any doctor's dream to become an attending at a facility - it made you the doctor.Â
You didnât want it like this.Â
âYou didnât even hear the terms.â
âI donât need to hear them to know that youâre trying to be sneaky.â
âRobby is failing to meet standards -â
âRobby is a fucking good physician.â You fumed. âHeâs one of the best physicians in trauma medicine you have here outside of Abbot.â
âNo one is disputing that, Dr. Fullerton. The board is open to having you both down here during the morning shift, maybe even making a swing shift for you to help between shifts.â
You raked your hands over your face scrubbing hard to try and cut off a mirthless laugh that came out in patches between your fingers.Â
âNo - you want me to be a Judas. Itâll be a swing shift until you can get whatever data you need to confirm whatever fucked up plan youâre making.â
âDr. Fullerton -â
âNo!â You didnât mean to shout the word at her. Or maybe you had. Whatever it was, it surprised you both. You should be quieter - donât draw attention but your heart was thrashing wildly. Your hand swiped through the air to cut her off before she could attempt to continue. You didnât want to fucking hear it. âRobby is a damn fine physician and to try and - I donât fucking know, get rid of him because he doesnât kiss the boards or your ass is fucking stupid. I donât know half of what Robby or Abbot knows. Iâm not them and it would be beyond idiotic to lose him.â
âYour opinion will be taken into consideration and Iâll dismiss yourâŚoutburst, for now, because of the current situation. But make no mistake, Dr. Fullerton this will move forward with, or without, you.â
You wondered if any natural disasters were named Gloria. It seemed possible since she came and created an instant upheaval of your day, completely devastating it in a matter of minutes and once she was done simply went about her day like nothing happened. Â
She left you to deal with the aftermath. The rushing thoughts with a million questions - thousands of things you shouldâve said to defend Robby. There were dozens of ways you could prove her wrong about him - that he fucking cared about his patients and was such a damn good doctor, phenomenal at times, that to equate all that he was and all that he did down to a simple metric of numbers was fucking ridiculous.Â
All the sound in the room began to drown out around you. Somewhere in the background of the hum you heard a shout for help. It could be Code Blue. It could be anything. You tried to get your body to react, but the hurricane of anxiety was sweeping in fast and you were running out of air.Â
You needed to sit. You had to act normal because the last thing you needed was Princess or Dana or fucking anybody else coming over to speak with you. Your hands used the counter like a rope to pull you along to the nearest computer. You quickly sat down and swiped your credentials to enter the computer, quickly clicking on anything just to appear busy.Â
âHow are you holding up today?â
The last person you expected to see at that very moment was Heather Collins. What did you expect? This was an emergency room and doctors worked inside of it. She offered up a close-lipped smile that matched the kindness in her eyes. She was genuinely wanting to know how you were doing and for the first time, you hated the question because you couldnât answer it.Â
Not truthfully, anyway. Who was ever truthful in answering that specific question?
So, you painted on a grin that more than likely resembled a grimace and prayed you didnât look as tired as you felt.Â
âItâs beenâŚan adjustment.â
âWhatâs taking adjusting?â
Good god, this man was fucking everywhere.Â
Robby came into view as he moved across the station to get to the opposite computer. The question was thrown out carelessly; he didnât expect a response. He was pulling out his glasses and sliding them over his nose, his full focus on the screen. Test results thankfully took priority over your response.Â
You were quickly forgotten by Collinâs who walked over to where Robby read the test results. She waited until he removed his glasses and stood to his full height.Â
âPlease donât tell me you are going to intubate that poor old man?â
âItâs what the family wants.â
âSo what? They want to torture him?â
âI explained all that.âÂ
It was painfully obvious this was a case you knew nothing about. By the sound of it, you were willing to bet five dollars that it was one of the elderly patients from a home who came in a little after 7:30 that morning. It meant it wasnât your case. You didnât need to know the information and you could continue counting down backward from ten while you reminded yourself that no, you werenât Judas and -
âDr. Fullerton, if a family came in -â
Fucking hell, you needed to stop zoning out. You brought your attention back to the two of them, wondering what you missed.
âYou donât need to ask her,â Robby interjected.
Collins continued like heâd never spoken.Â
âAnd they had durable power over an elderly family member who had a pre-existing DNR. His family wants to intubate. Itâs not what he wants. Whose choice do you honor?â
âWhat are you doing?âÂ
A singular brow of hers arched in defiance.Â
âAsking for a second opinion.â
âI didnât ask for one.â
They continued to bicker about the decision Robby made to not fight for a dying manâs wishes. You wouldâve told Collins to let it go because once Robbyâs mind was made up, it was like talking to a wall. Maybe she already knew that.Â
God, what fucking twilight zone episode were you stuck in? You actively wanted the floor to open up and swallow you whole. Your eyes darted to the time on the bottom of the screen and you had to fight to keep your forehead from landing with a thud on the keyboard. It was only 9 oâclock. There were ten more hours of this day and you needed it to be over.Â
Robby released a sigh that reflected how exhausted you felt. It wasnât a physical exhaustion but one of the soul; a weariness that vines grew thorns and were beginning to tear you slowly open. You could feel your legs wanting to shift out of the chair and go to him. The urge was so strong your hands scrunched into fists to keep from moving - to quell the urge because he wasnât yours anymore and you werenât his.Â
âShit.â
âWhat?â
Robbyâs best magic trick? Deflecting. Whenever he wanted the current conversation to end, and didn't like where it was heading, he diverted it completely into something else. Anything else that kept him from having to continue down a conversation he wanted no part of. You knew that trick all too well.Â
âI got to go tell those parents their 18-year-old son is brain-dead.âÂ
âYou want me to go with you?â
It shouldâve been you offering to go with him. A comfort to the harbinger of bad news because it was never easy to give it. Never easy to stand in the storm of grief and simply be a bystander while their world ends in a matter of words.Â
What did it matter who went with him? Who offered? At the end of the day, a family was forever going to be encapsulated by a loss too many people unfortunately knew.Â
Vaguely, you caught the end of their argument. Robby wanted to perform an apnea test and a cerebral perfusion study. Dr. Collins didnât agree. It offered the family false hope but Robby was right - maybe it did offer a false sense of hope, but with each test completed and results read off it was a graceful way to ease a family into acceptance. It gave them the time to process and grieve and come to the very heavy realization their son wouldnât be going home with them.Â
âThey need time to process before they can accept whatâs happening.â
âYou ever consider taking that advice? Physician, heal thyself.â
Dear floor, please fucking open up wide so you can just swan dive right on in. Thanks a bunch.Â
Heather knew. She fucking knew about the wall of grief - of acceptance - Robby himself was unable to accept. The King of dishing out advice left and right but unyielding in taking it. Suddenly, all the cool reserve of not caring about them dating evaporated in a crushing wave of heartbreak you shouldnât have felt in the first place.Â
Did he tell her about you? Did he share with her aboutâŚabout what happened? Was he able to open up to her in ways he stopped doing with you? Their relationship was gone, but the respect and care were still there.Â
The irritation came off him in waves. You shouldâve told her Robbyâs least favorite thing is being told to take his own advice. Or to heal for that matter. Oh, and to also maybe seek therapy. All three of those would turn his mood sour and aggravate him to peak levels at hyper speed.Â
He shoved his hands down into his hoodie. His head swiveling between Collins and probably anywhere else in the ED.Â
âDonât you have patients?âÂ
There it was. The dismissal. The, in not so many words, âIâm done talking to you about this and everything else,â so he could make a quick exit. The magician's last trick before his temper was lost.Â
Donât look up. Do not look up. Donât fucking do it.Â
You didnât need to look up. There wasnât any reason to do so. You werenât on their radar the last half of their conversation. You were just a bystander to a miniature car crash. The issue with crashes? Everyone who drove by couldnât stop themselves from looking.Â
The itch between your shoulder blades was your first warning sign. The weight of his gaze was bearing down on you. You didnât have to react to it but it was a reflex to look up for him. To search for him in every crowded room and find yourself wishing he was there when he wasnât.Â
Your eyes found he was still looking at you. An in-house debate flashed across his features. If it was whether or not to come to you, you hope he chose not to. You just need a few moments of space. It was too much. Youâd run from him and now he was just here all the time and -
âWhy are you looking at puppies? You getting a dog?â
âWhat?â
For the first time since youâd opened the computer, you realized whoever was on it last left it open to an ad for a puppy.Â
âOh, no. This wasnât me. Hey, earlier did someone shout a Code Blue?âÂ
You could also perform your own magical change of subjects. Robby took a moment to answer before giving a curt nod.Â
âWhittakerâs patient thatâd been placed in the hall. If you heard it, why didnât you go assist? All hands on deck for a code, you know that.â
God, was he chastising you right now? A flood of irritation rippled over your skin. You wanted to snap at him. You werenât a med student. But he was frustratingly right - youâd heard it and instead of running youâd kept yourself here.Â
And Whitaker. It was his first patient of the day. Heâd been so excited that heâd done good. Heâd gotten praise from Dr. Robby about his work up and Whitaker wouldnât shut up about it. It meant something to him.Â
âIâll go see if they need someone to switch.â
You went to get up but Robby was too close. If you got up from the chair you would bump straight into his chest.Â
âYou okay?â
The sudden care behind the question jarred you. How did he expect you to answer? There was no way you could be honest with him - not at that second. He was supposed to go break the worst news a parent could ever receive and he was worried about you. He should be worried for himself. You could warn him about Gloria but what good would it do if he thought you might possibly be in on it with her? Your sudden reappearance, while inconvenient, hadnât raised suspicion like an ulterior motive waited in the wings just yet.Â
âYeah. Yeah, Iâm good. You?â
âNever better.â
His smile held every worn line of fatigue that signaled his lack of sleep. His attempt at strength in a moment he refused to seek outside help. You found the same words Dr. Collins asked moments before crawling their way up your throat before you swallowed them back down. He wouldnât change his mind and agree just because it was you.Â
You wanted to be there because whether he voiced it or not, this kid whose family was seconds away from being told was gone wasnât that much older than Jake. A single accident of taking non-prescribed Xanax ended his life. Jake was a good kid. You wanted to reach out and take his hand and tell him Jake would never - Jake was different.Â
Jake was still a kid.Â
Robby didnât wait for you to reply before he headed towards the room. You kept telling yourself to get up and move. Go find Whitaker and the team performing cpr on his patient and do your part. Between everything thatâs happened this morning: being forced down with Robby, seeing Robby, Dr. Mohan requesting to speak with you, Gloriaâs ultimatum and now the news this young kid didnât make it you were officially mentally exhausted.Â
You needed to move but by the time your legs finally lifted out of the seat, Robby told them. The motherâs wail of agony resounded through the room and rose in octaves. The soul-wrenching loss of her child, her baby, turned the Pitt into a mausoleum of mourning. Her cries followed you down the hallway until you reached the curtain where Whitaker and others were on their third round of Epi, and you could see the continued despair evident in the room.Â
It was barely 9 AM and you already wanted to fucking go home.Â
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Based on darling đ đ anonâs request: max x inexperienced best friend!reader who hears him complaining about how hard it is to find a girl whoâll match his freak in bed đź
Birthday Sex âĽď¸
Max Verstappen x Best Friend!Reader

donât need candles or cake, just need your body to make (birthday sex, itâs the best day of the year, girl)
As Maxâs best friend since childhood, you know him better than anyone. Youâre determined to find the best birthday gift after heâs outdone you the past three years. Just when youâve given up all hope of beating him you overhear him complaining that none of his recent girlfriends let him hit it just the way he likes. Bingo - youâve just thought of the perfect gift!
Content includes: 18+ MDNI, smut, dom!max, inexperienced best friend!reader who gets railed lol, size kink, anal, creampie, sloppy drunk sex!!, WC 3.3k
You slump your head down on the table and groan, making your best friend Selena quirk as brow at you as she sips her strawberry iced matcha. Across the room, the elderly librarian scowls and points to the sign clearly labelled âUniversity Library - Quiet Zone for Finals Studyâ. You roll your eyes and drag Selena away to some dusty bookshelfâs well away from the old crone. You still havenât found a present for Max? Your friend muses as she noisily slurps her drink, eyeing the dubious titles on the ancient books. Shaking your head, you whine about how youâve spent weeks thinking of what to gift the F1 driver. You and Max have been best friends since childhood, having grown up literally 2 doors down from one another. After getting over the initial boy/girl germs phase, youâd both connected over a like for video games which had turned into a loyal and supportive friendship into teens and adulthood. And of course, you both strongly believed in work hard, play hard, and frequently would be seen doing multiple shots together out in the Monaco clubs after a race weekend or post exam season.
Despite all the time youâd spend together, things had never crossed the line past friendship. It was always heavily speculated in the media, of course, as well as constant teasing from the other paddock members and your friends and family, but both you and Max dismissed it. He treated you like one of his guy friends, inviting you over to game or come onto his private jet with his other mates to fly out for a race weekend. And of course, being good friends with a millionaire driver meant being spoilt, especially on your birthday. Max always picked up on your hints and outdid himself every year. Last birthday youâd had not one but two custom made jewellery sets delivered from Cartier when youâd mentioned them in passing, and the year before that unlimited VIP box seats to your favourite soccer team and access to his private jet to get you there.
So thatâs why youâre desperate to find Max the perfect present for his birthday this year. You want to spoil him just like he spoils you! But heâs been busy with his new girlfriend, a Spanish model he met in St Tropez, and you in the final semester of your English Lit degree and you havenât had a chance to hear whatâs heâs been interested in lately.
Youâve thought up countless ideas, but what do you get a man who literally can afford anything he wants? Youâve cycled through all of his likes, finding that he already owns everything you could possibly buy. Your friend Serena is useless as she watches you plead up at the ceiling (dramatic, sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures) asking for any Gods watching above to send you a sign of the right gift. You could always just get him a vibrator, she joked as she slurped her iced coffee. You know, like the one I got you? Have you been using it? Seriously, we need to end this dry spell and get you dicked down- At that point the old crone of a librarian had let out a scandalised gasp as she overheard and kicked the pair of you out.
Youâve almost given up completely and drop by his apartment a few days before his birthday, ready to just directly beg him to tell you what he wants and put you out of your misery. You let yourself in, already familiar with his spare key hiding location for years. And then you stumble across a conversation thatâs not meant for your ears as Maxâs deep voice carries around the corner. Heâs on video chat with one of his mates playing an e-sim racing game, but theyâre definitely not talking about racing strategy.
I donât know mate, why is it so hard these days to find a chick whoâll let you hit it raw? one of his friends complain over the speakers. Your eyes widen, hand rushing up to stifle your gasp as you realise theyâre talking about what they like in the bedroom. You and Max had never talked about something like this, and youâre about to turn and leave - when your best friend says something youâd never expected him to say. He snorts, murmuring that sure, getting to finish inside was good but the real challenge was convincing a girl to let you fuck her up the ass.
His friend laughs on the screen, wholeheartedly agreeing, saying Ah, I see even a F1 driver canât find a girlfriend whoâs into that freaky shit, huh? You miss Maxâs reply because his cats, Sassy and Jimmy, have started to walk over to you curiously. You hightail it out of his apartment, desperate not to get caught eavesdropping with your blushing face and jumbled thoughts. You only let yourself calm down once youâre in the safety of your much smaller apartment, sinking into your sofa and recounting what youâd heard. You and Max had never ever talked about sex, even though he treated you like his guy friends, that was a line youâd just never crossed. Youâd never have guessed he was into something so naughty like not using protection orâŚwhat had he said? Up the ass?
Youâre not 100% sure on what he means, with your ratherâŚlimited sexual experiences. While Max regularly slept with multiple different flings and models, your hook ups could be counted on one hand. Youâd lost your virginity, of course, to an awkward college boyfriend that Max had hated and eventually told you to break up with. But apart from a few sloppy handjobs or quick drunk blowjobs, you really hadnât explored much else. You were jealous of how much more experienced Max was than you, having sometimes overheard him and his latest girlfriend celebrating a race win from a neighbouring hotel room. But it looked like despite all of the girls heâd been with, he wasnât getting the satisfaction he wanted in bed. And apparently what satisfied the Dutch Lion was fucking girls who let him take the condom off or use their ass to his liking.
Determined to find out more about what exactly Max wanted, you open the private browser of your laptop and type in a porn site youâd looked at a couple times before. You navigate to the tags, scrolling until you see the category you wanted to research. As you wait for the top trending video in the #Anal section to load you bite your lip, suddenly nervous. Why did Max say he wanted that? It sounded dirty and painful and just wrong. Was there something you were missing?
Then the video started playing and within seconds youâd lost any inhibitions you had. Hypnotised, you watch the screen where a small, tan skinned girl is face down and ass up, with a much larger man running his tongue obscenely through her asscheeks. Sheâs moaning wantonly, clearly enjoying it, and then his sizeable dick is bouncing out against her bum, messily pounding her pussy first, and then - and then-
Your doe eyes widen, fixed on the laptop with a gasp as his tip slides past her pussy and into her other hole, the one you hadnât even known could fit a guyâs dick inside it! Youâre enraptured, not wanting to blink as you watch her asshole get completely ruined. Your lace thong is rapidly soaked by your wetness as you start panting, finding yourself turned on in a way youâd never ever been before. This is what your Maxie liked? It was so hot, you think sluttily, shamelessly slipping your tiny manicured fingers into your panties to finger yourself at the forbidden thought of you and Max acting out the activities in the video. You cum far too quickly, head tossed back in pleasure. Afterwards, you know you should feel embarrassed and guilty, but instead all you can think about is how badly you want to try having sex with your other tight hole.
And you know exactly what to gift your best friend. Max deserves to get exactly what he wants, after all.
Soon youâre watching dirty video after video every night, telling yourself you need to practise the positions and expressions yourself. But really youâre just addicted to the moaning of girls getting their asses abused by huge cocks, or having the coy smirks wiped off their faces and instead rolling their eyes back as their pussies are pumped full of cum. The bullet vibrator Serena had gifted you as a joke now finds itself making its way in between your dripping thighs, as you cum nightly to the fantasy of being able to provide Max with that pleasure. If his latest girlfriend of the month wasnât willing to put out for him, you certainly had no problem helping your best friend out instead.
You make sure youâre ready by the time his birthday party rolls around, being celebrated in style aboard his yacht thatâs docked in Ibiza tonight. Youâve chosen your outfit carefully, a tight red minidress that shows off your plump ass and tits, complete with strappy high heels. It highlights your ample curves, very different from his usual flingâs stick thin figures. And speaking off - you knew that he must have broken it off with his latest girlfriend judging by the fact that she wasnât here tonight. Your suspicions are confirmed when a mutual friend tells you he dumped her just two days ago, citing a difference in personalities. More like a difference in kinky preferences, you thought deviously. You just needed to confirm that Max was willing to cross the line of no return in your friendship. Judging from the way his gaze had turned dark and hungry when heâd seen you step onto his boat, roaming over your figure, you were pretty confident that youâd be able to proceed in unveiling your gift.
As the party continues well into the night, you join everyone in dancing and drinking, using the tequila shots as an excuse to why youâre suddenly grinding your fat ass back into Maxâs crotch amidst the crowded makeshift dancefloor. When you hear Max laugh in delight, strong hands possessively curling around your hips to keep you against him, you know he wanted you, too.
So when the last of the partygoers are heading off the yacht to join the others in the Ibiza clubs, you take Maxâs hand in yours to tug him away, back onto the other side of the yacht where youâre well away from anyoneâs eyes and facing the night ocean. He willingly goes, checking out your curvy ass from behind, his own face flushed from the drinks heâd had. Youâre tipsily giggling that he had to open your present! as you gently push him onto the outdoor couch, plucking your cutely wrapped small gift box and offering it to him. As he opens it, you eagerly sit down by his side, pressing in close to his warm, toned chest with the excuse of its cold, Maxie.
You donât miss how his gaze drops to your plush tits, which bounce with every movement and show off your hardened nipples as youâd chosen to only wear a skimpy lace bralette underneath. He easily plays along with your excuse, wrapping his thick arm around you to pull you onto his lap and settle against his broad figure. You giggle again when he finally opens the gift box, only to find itâŚempty? He looks up at you, laughing as he assumed youâd forgotten to pack your present in your drunk antics tonight.
But the plan in your mind is razor sharp as you breathily press kisses to his stubbled cheeks, making his lustful gaze flicker to your lips as the tension between you two grows. You whisper that you hadnât forgotten, in fact, youâd gotten him the perfect gift, exactly what heâd been complaining to his gaming friends about not being able to find. The present was just inside you, was all!
Max is still adorably confused, not entirely sure what you were referring to as you slide off his lap after pressing a barely there kiss to his lips. He watches you curiously as you press your blushing cheeks into the sofa and stick your thick ass up in the air. Your already tiny minidress slides down your hips, exposing your soaked, lacey thong that barely covered the true surprise - a cute heart shaped butt plug. Maxâs jaw drops and for a minute he thinks he must be dreaming, or had gotten super drunk, or this was some sick joke his friends had set him up for. Until you seductively jiggle your hips at him, fat ass bouncing, your sweet voice almost innocently asking if he likes his gift?
Oh, I fucking love it, sweetheart he assures you with a wicked grin, once he realises just what you were giving him. Itâs so much better than anything I could have asked for. Your pleased giggle quickly turns into pleased moans as he plays with the toy, teasing you by slowly pulling it out a bit before sliding it back in. He pulls his raging erection out of his pants, telling you to come here and suck me off, getting his cock ready to fuck you. You obediently lick up and down his length, covering it with your messy drool and lip gloss, making sure itâs as wet as possible. His muscular neck is thrown back against the sofa as he moans above you, a strong hand tangled through your curls as he tries to control the pace but can't resist your talented mouth teasing his over sensitive tip. He almost cums from your enthusiasm, hips stuttering and he swears in dutch as he has to forcefully pull on your dark locks to move your plush lips off him. You cheekily grin up at him, winking, asking was that too much for him?
He tosses you around in half a second, making you giggle into the soft pillow as he raises your ass into the air, growling that heâd have done this a long time ago if he knew what a needy slut you secretly were. You shake your hips enticingly at him, ass bouncing, enjoying how his sexy voice got even deeper and accented when he was dirty talking. Swearing at your tempting display, he delivers a strong smack to your cheeks, and then a second one for good measure, before nudging his cockhead up against your dripping slit. He hushes your whines, telling you that he needed to get a taste of your pussy, the one heâd been dreaming about when youâd stay the night after a late movie and rub your ass into his erection in your sleep, edging him for hours. Did you even know how many times he had to go jerk off to the mental image of your ass in the shower?
You moan in pleasure as he fucks you sloppily, whispering about the time he hadnât been able to resist and pulled your panties down in your sleep, wanting to jerk off to the real thing and leaving his cum all over your caramel skin. Th-thatâs soo hot, Maxie you whine, already feeling fucked out of your mind. Go-go on, cum instead me, you say breathlessly. I started the pill just for your present tonight!
Groaning at your naughty confession, he pumps one last, deep thrust before he's tensing above you, a bruising grip on your hips as he holds you still to drain his load deep inside you. He's panting deeply as his head comes to rest on the back of your neck, the two of you enjoying your blissful comedown together for a few minutes. You canât believe how heated things have gotten tonight after being friends for years. We could have been hooking up this whole time, it was so good Maxiee you whine against his lips as he presses his tongue into your pouting mouth.
Chuckling at your eagerness, he filthily whispers that you could start by giving him the next part of his birthday gift, hmm? You nod breathlessly, unable to say no to your precious Maxie. He palms your juicy asscheeks with his large palms, squeezing at your flesh greedily. Soon enough heâs fingering your tight, winking hole from above you, telling you to hold your asscheeks apart for him as he messily spits right over where he plans to fuck you. Just the tip, right, Maxie? You repeat again, feeling unsettled with not knowing what he was doing behind you, when he stopped to stare at your cute little hole for a few minutes. Your blushing face is still buried into the cushions as your nails dig into your bouncing ass and hold it apart for him. I've never had anything...inside there before, you say, cheeks warming. So you can't stretch it out, okay, I read that it-
Yeah, yeah baby Max says distractedly, hypnotised by your inviting tight hole that is filling him with a growing desire to ruin it every passing second. Whatever you say. Dousing himself in lube from the supply he keeps stashed in between the couch cushions, he approaches you from behind, his erect cock standing stiff as you jiggle your hips. His tip nudges against your back entrance, making you moan excitedly at foreign but tingly feeling. Then heâs thrusting his leaking cockhead in and out of your hole, and youâre babbling incoherently, your face turned to the side as you gasp mouthfuls of air. Oh, it feels sooo good, mmhhh, yes Maxie-
He growls approvingly at your desperate whining, smacking your red asscheeks again and again to make them bounce. Feels amazing, right baby? he hums into your ear, pressing his abs down against your back. The new position makes his cock accidentally slide in just a little more and you arch your back more when the tingly feeling gets stronger as he slips a large hand around to toy with your sensitive clit. Youâll let me put in just a little bit more, right baby? Max whispers huskily, his hungry eyes taking in your drooling, fucked out face. You were in so much bliss he doubts youâd be able to say no to anything he asked for. O-ok, a little bit more- Ohh! Oh fuck!
You cry out as he doesnât hesitate to slip inside you even further. Itâs a good thing you canât see the filthy mess behind you because Max has bullied an easy third of his rigid, veiny shaft inside your gummy walls. He groans against the back of your neck, sending shivers down your spine as he praises how good you take his fat cock, better than any of his girlfriends. He knows just what to say to have you seeing stars as he continues to shove more and more of himself into your tight hole. Fuck schat, giving me the best birthday treat ever, Iâm gonna be addicted.
Youâre on Cloud 9-, pink tongue poking out of your mouth and drooling all over the cushion, pretty doe eyes rolled all the way back as Max pounds into your all too willing body. You can barely reply coherently when he croons that heâs just gonna slide a bit more in, thatâs right, just like that, you can take it for him, right?
His whole cock is buried inside your ass now, beads of sweat running own his toned abs. And soon youâre screaming his name as he greedily fucks you, grunting with pleasure at each thrust. You can only cross your fingers and hope none of your friends come back from the club early.
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A/N: back to my old FILTHY ways after writing a 9.5K mafia fic just to give u all whiplash will finally be posting part 2 of earned it v soon with dedicated hot husband max hehehe đ
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suddenly, here it is
itâs sunday. his rest day. he used to protestâmurmuring something about loving the sight of you when he woke upâbut three sundays in, waking to coffee in your hand and the cat curled against your hip, heâd had nothing left to argue with.
pairing:Â spencer reid x fem!reader (second person, no y/n)
genre:Â fluff
content: reader and spencer spending a sunday morning together with their lovely little boy (cat), domestic fluff and bliss
word count:Â 1.8k
note: entry for the lovely @gold-onthe-inside's 1k event aaa congrats pookie! finally some fluff to get you through the drought. angst flood incoming. weee also mugi makes a reappearance. a line: His voice is unbearably soft, the telltale sign of Sleepy Spencer slipping in. Itâs pure warmth, all gooey and loose.
I waited so long for love and suddenly, here it is standing in the garden, hands full of heirlooms hot from the sun. Soon weâll make a supper of them. Salted slabs between slices of bread. Your beard silvers. My hips ripen. The mail piles up. - joy sullivan
You wake to warm breaths against your neck as Spencer sleeps heavy behind you, pressed against your form. Itâs sweet, in theory. In practice, the warmth that emanates from him makes it unbearable. You last maybe two seconds before youâre peeling yourself away, kicking off the covers with a sigh. Spencer stirs, hand twitching against the sheets before settling again.Â
Itâs Sunday. His rest day. Something you enforced, because watching him drag himself out of bed before dawn every day had started to feel like a crime. He used to protestâmurmuring something about loving the sight of you when he woke upâbut three Sundays in, waking to coffee in your hand and the cat curled against your hip, heâd had nothing left to argue with.
You slip into the kitchen to set the kettle on and Mugi meows at you from his perch. It takes a bit of wrangling to scoop him into your arms, but he settles soon enough, purring in your arms. Coffee and cat in tow, you make your way back to the bedroom, where Spencer has reached an arm out toward your side of the bed in an unconscious attempt to hold on to the last bits of your presence.Â
Released from your arms, Mugi instinctively jumps onto the bed. He stretches once before padding over to Spencer, curling into the space where his face is pressed into his arm. Spencer hums in his sleep, content.Â
Mugi shifts only a millimetre as you slide back under the covers. Just enough to prove a point. Little menace. Your boyfriend might be an early bird, but youâre a night owl through and throughâthe three-hour screen time report from last night would agree. The only reason youâre even upright right now is love. Love for him, love for caffeine before 10 am, though youâre more than happy to let Spencer believe the former. Besides, this way, you get to regulate his sugar intake at least one day a week. A small but meaningful victory, considering the sheer amount of sugar he insists on pouring into his coffee.
Youâre pretty sure heâs caught onâthe slight pause after his first sip consistently gives him awayâbut heâs too much of a sap to call you out on it. Sâperfect, baby, murmured against your cheek, warm and easy, before he goes in for another (reluctant) sip.
His hand fumbles blindly across the sheets in search of you, landing a little too close to Mugiâs face. The cat swats at him in protest, but Spencer simply redirects, hand sliding across the mattress until he finds your hip. He sighs, satisfied. You smile.Â
You have a theory. A hypothesis, if you will. Elementary, perhaps, but Spencer once explained that a theory is any well-substantiated explanation for a phenomenon, supported by a significant body of evidence from observation and experimentation. So, you believe this stands as a theory too.Â
And you have a theory that Spencer Reid is touchy.
Gasps from the crowd. The hypochondriac? The germaphobe? The man who once rattled off a statistic about how handshakes transfer more germs than kisses?Â
Touch-starved? Impossible.Â
But as his girlfriend, you see what no one else does. Or more specifically, feel. Hips pressed together as you stand at the sink, toothbrushes clinking against porcelain, eyes meeting in the mirror as you giggle through foamy mouths. In bed, where your legs drape over his as he reads from your Kindleâan indulgence he initially abhorred but tolerated for the sake of convenience. One hand balances the device, the other, absentminded, traces the curve of your thigh.Â
Because, as your theory suggests, Spencer Reid needs to be touching you at all times.
And right now, the evidence is overwhelmingly in your favour.Â
You start small. A simple shift, moving your hip from his hand and crossing your legs. Even in sleep, Spencer adjusts instinctively, lifting his hand to accommodate your movement. It hovers as he waits. When you donât return to him, you catch the quietest little grumble escape his throat.
He doesnât say anything. But under the sheets, his leg inches forward until his shin nudges against your ankle.
You bite back a grin.
A few minutes pass. You roll onto your side, pretending to check your phone, and like clockwork, Spencer shifts too. This time, with a sigh through his nose like heâs accepting some great burden. Blindly following your warmth, his arm drapes over your waist before you can stop him.
Alright. Upping the stakes.
You scoop Mugi into your arms, shifting again, knees tucking to your chest entirely as you cradle the cat against you. Mugi lets out a long, slow yawn but ultimately settles, eyes already slipping shut. Spencer, however, is not as easily appeased. One eye cracks open, heavy-lidded and suspicious, before he closes it again.
âI know what youâre doing,â he murmurs sluggishly.Â
You blink down at him. âIâm not doing anything,â you say, all innocently. âIâm simply showing our son some love.â
âYes. And he looks really appreciative of it.â
Mugi lets out a soft meowâmore out of obligation than anythingâbefore blinking at Spencer with the deadpan stare of a cat who is completely unbothered.
âYouâre being mean,â Spencer mumbles. His voice is unbearably soft, the telltale sign of Sleepy Spencer slipping in. Itâs pure warmth, all gooey and loose.
You hum, shifting just enough to let his fingers brush against your thigh. An unspoken truce.
âDonât know what youâre talking about.â
âRight, just like how you have no idea why my coffee tastes like itâs sweetened with a single grain of sugar?âÂ
âMhm. Exactly like that.âÂ
Spencer exhales, something between fond and exasperated, before shifting closer, fluffing the covers as he moves. The slight disruption is all Mugi needs as he takes that as his cue to leave, hopping off the bed with a soft thump before padding back to his perch without so much as a glance back.
You gasp, scandalised. âNow look what you did. You chased him off. Youâre a horrible dadââ
Before you can get another word out, Spencerâs fingers curl around your wrist, tugging you forward with a slow, deliberate pull until youâre nose to nose.
âI know, I know. Iâm horrible, arenât I?â His voice is still drowsy, edged with sleepâItâs truly gooey warmth in every syllable. âImagine wanting to cuddle my girlfriend first thing in the morning. What kind of monster does that?â
You try to huff sternly, but the effect is somewhat ruined by the way his thumb brushes absently against your neck, slow and steady. âIt took two whole tuna crunchies to get him off the cat condo. I hope youâre satisfied with yourself."
Spencer makes a noise of deep consideration before burying his face into the curve of your shoulder, sighing deeply. âMm. Forgive me, but I am very satisfied with having to settle for you instead.â His legs tangle with yours beneath the sheets, warmth blooming everywhere your skin meets. His hand splays against your back, fingers tracing slow, absentminded patterns.Â
You sigh, long-suffering but half-hearted, making no effort to pull away. âI suppose I can allow that.â
âAllow that?â Spencer pulls back just enough to level you with a sleepy smirk. âIs that how weâre playing it now? I suppose Iâll allow it if Hotch needs me in today, I do have some case files to finish upââ
âYou wouldnât dare!â you gasp, immediately swatting at him, half-faking an attempt to sit up.
Spencer barely budges, catching your wrist with ridiculous ease and tugging you right back down. âIâd never abandon you or our son on a Sunday,â he chuckles. A quiet nod to the rule youâd cemented ages agoâthat Sundays belonged to the three of youâand only the three of you. âAs much as he apparently hates us.â
You roll your eyes, tilting your head toward the open bedroom door, where Mugi now sits perched on the couch, tail flicking in slow, deliberate disinterest. âHe loves us, and you know it,â you argue, rubbing slow circles into Spencerâs forearm where you previously smacked him lightly. âHeâs just in his teenage angst phase right now.â
âArenât you, Mugi?â you call, voice dripping with mock offence.
Mugi blinks at you. Then, in the most deliberate display of apathy, turns his entire body away, facing the wall instead.
Spencer snorts, shaking his head into your shoulder. âYeah. Heâs definitely real fond of us.â
You laugh, tipping your head back against the pillow, and Spencer takes the opening immediately, pressing a soft, lingering kiss to your collarbone.
âInstead of wrangling an already clearly reluctant cat, we could just stay like this, cuddling all day, if you want,â he murmurs, lips still pressed against your skin.Â
âTempting,â you admit, stretching just enough to press a kiss to his jaw where your lips drag against the rough edge of stubble. âBut I think Iâd like some coffee first,â you say, already reaching over to your nightstand where the coffee has no doubt, gone cold.Â
Before you even move an inch, Spencer shifts, pressing more of his weight into you, arms tightening around your frame, effectively pinning you beneath him. âMm. No. Bad idea," he murmurs, muffled against your shoulder. âIf I let you up, youâll abandon me for at least five minutes, and I donât think I can handle that kind of heartbreak right now.â
You laugh, squirming, but heâs relentless.
âSpencer.â
âNope.â
He begins launching a full-scale attackâkisses pressed everywhere but your lips. Quick, fleeting, feather-light. A kiss to your cheek, your nose, your eyelid. Thereâs no real pattern, all soft and scattered and insistent, and by the time he gets to your temple, youâre giggling, hopelessly resigned to your fate.
âAre you done now?â you manage between laughs, breathless, as he plants another to the corner of your jaw.Â
âNever.â His lips graze the shell of your ear. âCould do this all day if youâd let me. Would do this all dayââ
âHas anyone ever told you that you talk too much?â you cut in, fingers sliding up the nape of his neck, settling there with gentle intent.
âHm, never heard that one before.â
âShocking,â you quip, fingers threading into his curls, tugging just enough so he leans down, nose nudging against yours before he presses a kiss to your lipsâ
âOw!â
Mugi, wide awake, has apparently decided that now, after an entire morning of pretending you both donât existâis the perfect time to show affection, rubbing himself insistently against Spencerâs forearm. He meows, triumphant, before padding around in a deliberate little circle and curling upâright between your pillows.
You giggle, nudging Spencer lightly. âYou think we have room for one more?â
Your boyfriend groans in response, dramatically flopping onto his back. âWhat an ass,â he huffs, wholly unamused.Â
Youâre already reaching over to scratch behind Mugiâs ears, delighted to have your little boy back to his affectionate self, even if itâs only for a fleeting moment. âOh, come on, you love him.â
Spencer exhales, resigned. âI suppose Iâll allow it.â
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Crossing the Line
Summary: Y/N never expected to fall for her roommate, Spencer, but when she becomes unexpectedly jealous of a girl flirting with him, she realizes she's in love with him. The problem is... how does she tell him that without ruining everything?
CONTENT WARNINGS: 18+ MDNI!! This fic is intended for adult audiences. Roommates/friends to lovers/two idiots in love trope. Jealous reader. Heavy making out. Dry humping (huge supporter of this I say bring it back!!). A small teensy bit of angst as reader struggles to accept her feelings. Insecure Spencer (sweet angel boy).
Pairing: Spencer Reid x fem!reader/afab!reader
Requested fic!! đĽł: I absolutely loved the fic you just wrote about Spencer and reader friends to lovers (and omg you write smut so well đ) and I was wondering if you could write another one but maybe theyâre roommates or something?
A/N: College!Spencer AU ahh!! Thank you so very much to the anon that requested this :â) <3 I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it. I know this isn't my usual, all-out smut buttt there will be a part two for these two, so stay tuned. :') As always, please tell me what you think! If you enjoy it, please like, reblog, and share it with your friends. <3 Thank you and I love you all!! :)
Y/N never imagined she'd be rooming with a man, let alone one as⌠peculiar as Spencer Reid. Not in a bad way, of courseâjust, well, peculiar. Spencer was the last person Y/N expected to respond to her ad for a roommate, but she was glad he did.
At barely twenty-one, he already had two bachelorâs degrees and was deep into his third PhD. Heâd graduated high school at twelve (an IQ of 187 had a way of doing that, she supposed), skipping the years most kids spent developing their social skills. As a result, he was incredibly awkward and nerdy, but Y/N found this more endearing than off-putting.
As a roommate, he was exceptional: he kept things tidy, wasnât obnoxiously loud (even with their paper-thin walls), never had people over (which meant Y/N spent more time with him, as she didnât have guests either), and even helped her study, despite her insistence she could handle it on her own (they both knew better). As a friend, he was even betterâalways listening to her ramble about anything and everything, joining her for their now-regular movie nights, and offering a shoulder to cry on when needed (and she was always there for him in return).
In the six months they'd lived together, they'd grown incredibly close. Y/N was even smugly certain that they had avoided the classic 'falling for your roommate' scenarioâuntil Spencer came home ranting about a girl in his class.
âI mean, seriously! How hard is it to grab a paper without touching someone?â Spencer huffed, plopping down onto the couch next to her and reaching for the popcorn bowl that sat securely in her lap.
It took about three months of living together before Spencer felt comfortable enough to do things like share snacks during their movie nights or indulge in the occasional moment of physical affection.
Y/N never took it personally, understanding his aversion to germs (one of the first things heâd said when they met was that kissing was safer than shaking hands, and sheâd almost jokingly taken him up on it). Every time Spencer felt comfortable enough to share food with her (like he was doing now) or lean into her on the heavier days, letting her hold him until the world felt a little lighter, her chest swelled with pride. It made her happy to know he trusted her enough to let his guard down like that.
Y/N raised an eyebrow as she listened to his rant. Apparently, a girl in the class he TA'd for had been getting on his nerves for weeks, but this was the first sheâd heard about it. It didnât surprise herâSpencer tended to bottle things up until they reached a breaking point, and then he'd unload it all at once, just like he was doing now.
"Sheâs always staring at me, too. Every time I glance up, there she isâstaring and chewing on the end of her pen. It gives me the creeps," Spencer grumbled, a shiver running down his spine as he recalled it.
"Wait wait wait," Y/N stopped his rant with furrowed brows. "What did you say this girl's name was?"
"Her nameâs Wren Davidson. You might know herâor at least know of her. I'm pretty sure she's in a few of the same classes as you," Spencer said, pausing to snack on some popcorn, though by now, their movie was all but forgotten as the starting menu looped on the screen. "Sheâs about 5'6", has dark brown hair with some highlights, and green eyes."
Y/N pressed her tongue to her cheek, thinking for a moment. The name sounded strangely familiarâŚ
"Oh! I know who you meanâshe's in my 8:00 AM lecture with Professor James on Tuesdays and Thursdays," Y/N said, snapping her fingers as she remembered. She popped a piece of popcorn into her mouth, then tilted her head. "So, just to recapâshe's asking you questions instead of the professor, touching you whenever you hand out papers, staring at you⌠and what else?"
Spencer adjusted his glasses and leaned forward, clearly frustrated.
"Sheâs been bringing me coffee lately, even though Iâve told her a million times I donât want it because you always make it just the way I like before I leave and I don't need more. And when she doesnât bring coffee, itâs some kind of baked good. I donât get it! If sheâs looking for favoritism, why not try to suck up to the professor? Iâm just the TA."
A sudden tightness gripped Y/Nâs chest as she processed his words. It was clear nowâWren was flirting with him. But why did that thought send an unexpected wave of discomfort through her? Jealousy, maybe? No, that didnât make sense... Why would she be jealous?
âSheâs not looking for favoritism, Spence. Sheâs looking for a way to get into your pants,â Y/N snickered, ignoring yet another wave of unease that crashed into her at the mental image of Spencer actually having sex with Wren. Anyone would be uncomfortable thinking about their roommate having sex⌠right? That was a perfectly normal reaction.
Spencer suddenly choked on the popcorn heâd just popped into his mouth, coughing violently and startling Y/N. Without thinking, she leaned over, gently patting his back as concern flooded her expression. When the coughing finally subsided into a weak wheeze, she reached for his glass of water on the coffee table and handed it to him with a worried glance.
"Jesus, Spencer! Are you okay?"
"Why would you say that?"
Spencer's voice was unnervingly high, his face flushed from both the coughing fit and his growing embarrassment. He took a slow sip of water, trying to steady his racing heart. Setting the glass down with trembling hands, he adjusted his crooked glasses, his gaze avoiding hers. "For the record," he muttered, his voice tinged with insecurity, "I highly doubt sheâs trying to⌠get in my pants."
Y/N's expression softened from concern to sympathy as her hand moved to rub his knee in comfort.
She remembered the first (and only) time sheâd gotten Spencer to drink with her, how, in his tipsy state, heâd opened up about his painful past. In a rare moment of vulnerability, heâd shared how brutally heâd been bullied as a child prodigy, and how those experiences had led him to avoid romantic relationships for fear of humiliation and rejection. That night marked the turning point in their relationship, transforming them from roommates who got along to actual friendsâa change she would forever be grateful for.
"Youâre too hard on yourself," Y/N said gently. "Trust me on this one. As a woman, I can tell you with absolute certaintyâshe's flirting with you." She added, her tone matter-of-fact.
Spencer gave her a doubtful look, but after a moment, his shoulders slumped in reluctant acceptance as he began to entertain the possibility. "Weâll see," he muttered, grabbing the remote and finally starting their movie night.
It turned out Y/N had been right.
Three weeks had passed without a word from Spencer about it, and Y/N figured Wren had gotten the message and moved on. But then she began to notice Wren walking into class with a little extra bounce in her step, a shy, almost giddy smile lighting up her face as she sat down. Y/N shrugged it off⌠until she noticed Spencer doing the exact same thing.
Spencer began coming home later and later after class, a goofy grin on his face as he wandered through the apartment or headed to his room. Y/N didnât ask any questions, knowing heâd share whatever was making him so happy when he was readyâthough she had a pretty strong hunch about who it was. By the fourth week, he finally felt comfortable enough to confide in her.
"You wonât believe this, but I finally just asked Wren straight up if she was flirting with me⌠and she said yes!" Spencer said, his excitement clear as he leaned against the kitchen counter, watching Y/N cook. "Weâve been spending time together after class, and, uh⌠I asked her out on a date for this Friday!"
Y/N froze mid-stir, caught off guard by the sudden pang of sadness that hit her. Why did she feel this way? She should be happy for himâhe was her closest friend, after all. She cleared her throat, forcing herself to keep stirring as she pushed the unsettling thoughts aside for the moment.
"Thatâs great, Spence!" Y/N said, though her voice came out a bit tighter than usual. "So⌠what do you have planned for your date?"
Spencer began to ramble excitedly about what he had planned for Friday, his hands moving animatedly as he spoke. All it did was seem to make the feeling of dread and hurt creeping up on her worse, though she couldn't for the life of her understand why Spencer talking about his date had her so bothered. Maybe it was because she hadn't been on a date in over a year, having avoided the dating scene after her last breakup. That had to be it.
Y/N nodded absentmindedly, her mind fixated on the uneasy feeling growing inside her rather than his words. It had been so long since sheâd felt anything like this, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make sense of why it was happening.
She wasnât blind. She knew Spencer was ridiculously attractive (even if his wardrobe seemed to be straight out of an elderly manâs fashion catalog). And he was kind, thoughtful, and attentiveâanyone would be lucky to date him. Yet, despite all that, sheâd always seen him as nothing more than a friend. Or at least, thatâs what she kept telling herself.
Fortunately, the timer went off, cutting Spencer off mid-sentence. He quickly shifted gears, helping her dish out their food. They moved to the living room, ready to enjoy their meal and unwind with TV, as they always did.
Spencer couldnât help but notice that Y/N was quieter than usual. She didnât join in with her usual banter during the show, instead taking absent-minded bites, taking bites between distant, unfocused stares at the screen. His brow furrowed as he put his fork down, observing her slowly push her food around without really eating.
"Y/N⌠are you alright?" Spencer asked, lowering the volume on the TV. "Youâve barely touched your food."
"Hm?" Y/N looked up, offering a faint smile as she shrugged. "Yeah⌠Iâm fine, Spence. Just a little tired, I guess."
He didnât fully buy it, but he decided not to push further. "How about a nap in my lap while I grade papers, then? After dinner, of course. I donât want your head in my food," Spencer joked, pleased with himself. His lame humor had her rolling her eyes and grinning, stifling a laugh.
That had become normal for them: napping or cuddling, quick pecks on the cheek or top of the head when one of them left, cooking and eating together⌠the list went on. But the more Y/N thought about it, the more she realized it didnât exactly align with typical roommate behavior. Or maybe it did, and she was just overanalyzing, letting the strange feeling she couldnât shake make her paranoid.
"That sounds perfect," Y/N agreed, silently hoping the nap would help clear her mind.
They finished dinner, chatting between bites about their day. Spencer, ever the gentleman, told her to stay on the couch while he cleared their plates and rinsed them. After grabbing the stack of papers he needed to grade for Professor Hartman from his room, he returned, settling back onto the couch with a grin as he patted his lap.
Y/N eased into his lap, stretching her legs out across the couch as she nestled her head into the crook of his neck with a contented sigh. Spencer ran a hand down her back as she settled in, giving her hip a gentle pat before picking up the first paper to grade.
It didn't take long for Y/N to drift off in his arms, her breath warm against his skin as he graded papers. The room was quiet except for the soft rhythm of her breathing, the rustling of the papers as he flipped through them, and the occasional hum of a car passing outside. Spencer paused his grading, his gaze drifting down to Y/N as she slept peacefully in his arms. A fond expression softened his features as he watched her, her calmness soothing him. Slowly, he reached up and caressed her cheek with his knuckles, then resumed his work, his gaze lingering for just a moment longer.
Spencerâs eyelids drooped as he made his way through the last few papers, small yawns escaping him between each one. When he finished, he quietly set the stack on the coffee table, taking care not to disturb Y/N. With a gentle shift, he settled back into the cushions, bringing one hand to cradle her head as he adjusted their position on the couch. He carefully maneuvered so he could stretch out before pulling her closer, tucking her into his side.
It was late enough that Spencer didnât see the need to wake her; he knew if he did, sheâd be up for hours. Reaching behind him, he turned off the lamp, letting the room fall into darkness. The soft rhythm of her breathing eased him, and soon, he drifted off, her warmth grounding him. In minutes, they were both asleep, entwined in the quiet comfort of each otherâs arms.
As the week passed, Y/N found it increasingly difficult to cope with the thought of Spencer going on his date with Wren. Every time he brought it up, she quickly steered the conversation elsewhere or found an excuse to slip away, guilt gnawing at her with every evasive move. She hated herself for itâhe was genuinely excited, and she didnât want to ruin that. But every mention of the date made her stomach twist, and she couldnât bring herself to face it without feeling like she was being torn apart.
Y/N finally understood why the idea of him going on a date was so devastating to her nervous system.
Late Tuesday night, as Y/N lay awake in bed, a sudden, jarring realization hit her: she had fallen in love with Spencer. Somewhere over the past seven months, amid shared laughs, quiet moments, and unexpected tenderness, she had fallen hopelessly for the brilliant, quirky man she had sworn she'd never fall for.
And now, because she was a spineless coward who was too afraid to risk their friendship by speaking up, she found herself helping Spencer get ready for his date.
"Spencer, seriouslyâhold still! I'm almost done," Y/N grumbled, her tongue poking from the corner of her mouth as she fixed his hair.
Spencer let out an exasperated sigh but stopped shifting, almost going cross-eyed as he tried to focus on her. She was so close now that he could almost taste the minty freshness of her gum, her breath brushing his face making him more flustered than he expected. He nervously twiddled his fingers in his lap, his curiosity piqued as he waited to see how she had tamed his unruly strands.
"There you go. What do you think?" Y/N grinned proudly, stepping back to give him space as he stood from where he was sitting on the toilet lid, turning to face the bathroom mirror.
Spencer turned his head from side to side, eyes lingering on his reflection. A faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips as he examined himself. For the first time, he felt itâhe felt good. Like he could finally see what Y/N saw when she insisted he was handsome. Instead of his typical gelled, slicked-down look, she'd arranged his hair to accentuate his face, giving his features a more defined, natural appeal.
"I... Y/N, I love it. Thank you," Spencer breathed earnestly, turning to pull her into a warm hug.
Y/N smiled gently, wrapping her arms around him. The newfound confidence in his eyes was enough to ease the ache in her chest about his date. At least, she thought, he was finally seeing himself the way she always hadâworthy and deserving of feeling this good.
âOf course, Spence. Anything for you,â she murmured, the words feeling heavier than she intended. She meant it, though. She would do anything for himâeven if it meant shattering her own heart along the way.
As soon as the door clicked shut behind him, Y/N released a long, shaky breath, pressing her forehead against the cool wood for a moment before slowly making her way to Spencer's room. He had told her not to wait up, mentioning he planned on going to Wrenâs afterward. So, she curled up in his blanket, clutching his pillow to her chest, trying to let the comfort of his familiar scent quiet her restless mind.
Less than five minutes passed before the tears began to fall, each one soaking into the fabric of his pillow as a sob broke free from her chest. She felt pathetic. There she was, crumpled in his bed while he was out on a date, all because she couldnât find the courage to tell him how she feltâtoo afraid to admit the truth, convinced that he could never feel the same way about her.
The hours slipped by in a blur, her tears long gone as exhaustion weighed heavily on her. Too weary to move to her own bed, she simply tossed her pants to his floor, closed her eyes, and let sleep take over in the comfort of his sheets. She'd remake his bed in the morning before he got home, hoping he'd never know about the quiet, tearful night she'd spent there.
Spencer ran a hand through his hair, his fingers grazing his scalp as he quietly unlocked the door and stepped into the dark apartment. The date had gone fine, nothing awful⌠but there was a difference between nice and right. Wren was nice, but she wasnât the one his heart had been quietly waiting for. That person was the other half of this apartment, likely fast asleep in her room, just as heâd told her to beâand he couldnât shake the feeling she shouldâve been the one heâd been out with tonight.
Spencer hung his jacket on the coat rack and slipped off his shoes, setting them neatly by the door. He headed toward his room, eager to leave the awkwardness of the evening behind and looking forward to starting the next day with the one person who truly made his world feel right. Though Y/N wasnât his, there was a quiet comfort in knowing she was always the first face heâd see each morning. Maybe one day, he'd find the courage to tell her how he felt. But for now, he was content cherishing their friendship.
He couldn't shake the slight guilt he felt for Wren, a cringe running through him as he replayed the moment she'd tried to kiss him when he dropped her off. When she leaned in, he'd jerked back instinctively, his eyes wide in shock, leaving her face flushed with embarrassment. Heâd apologized immediately, of course, and sheâd been kind enough to accept it before hurriedly retreating into her house. Still, he couldn't help but feel the discomfort linger, knowing their interactions in class would be uncomfortable from here on out.
Spencer pushed open his door, too exhausted to bother with the light as he shrugged off his clothes, blindly stumbling toward the bed. He let out a sigh of relief as he collapsed onto the mattressâonly to freeze when something beneath him let out a loud, panicked yelp. He scrambled back in shock, crashing to the floor in a clumsy heap, cursing loudly.
"What the fuck?" Spencer gasped, reaching for his lamp from the ground as he quickly sat up.
Y/N blinked at him in startled surprise, her brow furrowed and mouth slightly agape as she took in the sight of him sprawled on the floor. Spencer felt a wave of relief wash over him, his body sagging as he realized she wasnât some weird, perverted burglar waiting for him. Still, as the shock wore off, confusion crept in. Why was she in his bed?
âAre you alright?â Y/N squeaked, instinctively reaching down to help Spencer back onto the bed. Her mind was still foggy with sleep, and her heart was racing from the jarring wake-up call.
Spencer quickly slid under the covers, suddenly self-conscious of his state of undress, his face flushing as he glanced at her. He cleared his throat and gave a small nod. "I'm good, just⌠uh, why are you in my bed?"
Y/N hesitated, her teeth gently catching her lower lip as she searched for an excuse that wouldn't sound ridiculous. But nothing came to mind. With a deep breath, she finally decided to just tell him the truth.
"I⌠I wasn't handling your date with Wren very well," Y/N confessed, her voice low. "I came in here hoping to get some peace because being near you usually makes me feel better. But instead, I just ended up crying myself to sleep in your bed. I'm really sorry," she added, her brows knitting together as she looked at him. "Waitâwhy are you here? I thought you were going to stay at Wren's."
Spencerâs expression softened as he took in her words. âI chose to come home,â he said quietly. âWrenâs nice, but tonight made me realize thereâs really only one person I want across from me, or kissing me, or⌠anything else.â He paused, a thoughtful expression crossing his face. âBut what do you mean you werenât handling my date well? Why did you cry yourself to sleep, sweetheart?â
Y/Nâs heart clenched at his words, a wave of worry washing over her as her fatigue made it harder to hold back what she was feeling. Who could he possibly be talking about? She took a deep breath, trying to steady herself before she finally spoke.
âIâve been trying to figure this out for a while,â she began, her voice soft but steady. âAnd, Spence⌠I think Iâm in love with you. Iâve probably been in love with you for a long time, but I was too afraid to admit it to myself. Every time I thought about you with her, I felt so⌠sick. So jealous. Because I wanted to be the one you were with. I wanted to be the one you fell in love with.â
The words hung in the air between them, raw and unguarded. It was out in the open now. There was nothing left to hide.
To her surprise, Spencer let out a soft chuckle. Before she had a chance to take offense, he reached for her hands, holding them gently as he spoke.
"Y/N⌠you're already the one I've fallen in love with," Spencer confessed, his voice steady as his eyes held hers. "You're the reason I came back. As I sat across from her, it hit meâthereâs no one else in this world that Iâd rather be with than you."
Y/N blinked hard, ensuring that she wasnât asleep and that this wasnât a dream. It wasnât. He was still there when she opened her eyes, sitting cross legged and vulnerable (and enticingly bare under the covers) before her as he waited for her to respond. He tilted his head at that, laughing softly as his face scrunched in confusion.
âWhat are you doing, silly girl? I confess my love to you and your response is to blink at me like an owl?â Spencer teased, his nose twitching as he grinned.
Y/N huffed out a laugh of her own, gently squeezing his hands as she shook her head. âIâm sorry! I justâ I wanted to make sure this was real,â she murmured, her eyes falling to their hands in her lap.
âWould⌠would a kiss help to solidify that itâs real?â Spencer offered, a shy smile on his face.
Y/Nâs eyes widened at that, baffled but pleased with his newfound confidence. Maybe she should do his hair more often. Without a word, she nodded eagerly, leaning forward to gently capture his lips with her own.
The press of his lips against hers sent her spinning, as though reality itself was slipping away and all that remained was the grounding warmth of his hands cradling her face. Spencerâs kiss was all-encompassingâlike she was the very breath he needed to live. She craved more, desperate to fan the flames between them until the heat ignited, consuming them both from within.
Spencerâs lips never left hers as he gently tilted his head, deepening the kiss with a slow, deliberate movement. He carefully lowered her to the bed, his hands supporting her as he pulled back just enough to rest his forehead against hers. "Feel real enough for you, yet?" he whispered, his breath warm against her skin, the faintest brush of his lips lingering as if he couldnât bear to pull away for even a second.
Y/N rolled her eyes at his teasing, lacing her fingers into his hair to tug gently in retaliation. The whine he let out sent a sharp pang of desire up her spine, and she tugged harder just to hear it again.
âMm, not yet. I think youâll have to do it again to really convince me.â
The words barely filled the space between them before his lips were back on hers. She let out a soft exhale as his hips settled against hers, unable to help the giggles that slipped free when she felt his hard cock pressing against her through his boxers. She wasnât laughing at him, not at all. She was just lost in pure, blissful joy, reveling in the realization that he was finally hers.
âStop giggling and kiss me back,â Spencer muttered, his voice laced with playful frustration, but her laughter was contagious, and soon he was laughing too. Their lips remained pressed together, but it was more of a chaotic, shared moment than an actual kiss. As they pulled away, both of them breathless, the last of his nerves melted away, and they simply stared at each other, the connection now clearer than ever.
Spencer had imagined plenty of times what it would look like to have her splayed underneath him in his bed (thoughts that were shamefully fueled by her soft sounds of pleasure through their shared wall whenever she thought he was asleep). Nothing his imagination had dreamed up could ever compare to the sight before him. She looked utterly captivating, her cheeks flushed, lips slightly swollen from their kisses, eyes looking up at him with that familiar warmth. He always thought she was beautiful, without a doubt. But in this moment? She was a living, breathing work of art. A stunning, half-dressed masterpiece who was wrapping her legs around his waist with a shit-eating grin andâ
âOhâ!â
Spencer squeaked as Y/N arched her hips into his again, grinding against him in a way that provided delicious friction against his aching cock. Spencer had never been more turned on than he was in this moment, the need thrumming through his veins driving him to rock gently against her in return.
Y/Nâs grin faltered as her breath hitched, her brows pinching together as he began to thrust shakily against her through their underwear. Her mouth dropped open into a silent gasp as the head of his arousal brushed against her clit through the thin fabric, a helpless whine leaving her lips shortly after as he repeated the movement.
They were both too tired and too in love to rush their first time together (and Spencerâs first time in general), so they settled for this: the steady push and pull of their hips grinding together as their lips began to devour each otherâs once more. The room quickly filled with their muffled noises of pleasure; soft moans and whimpers between passionate kisses and the rustling of his covers as they moved against each other creating an explicit symphony.
Spencerâs movements became more fervent as Y/N licked into his mouth, her nails dragging across his shoulder blades encouraging him to keep going. His body trembled as he felt her arousal dampening the front of his boxers, a guttural moan wrenching its way from his throat. She was soaked. All because of him.
Y/Nâs head tipped back against his pillows, her eyes squeezed shut as she felt the pleasure coiling tightly in her lower stomach. His lips immediately moved to the crook of her neck, nipping and sucking gently at the skin there between whimpers of her name. It felt erotic, the both of them so turned on despite their exhaustion that they couldnât help their movements, desperate to experience the other falling apart.
Sheâd make it up to him later, when she could actually take her time with him and make his first time something special, something memorable. But for now, she was perfectly content with this.
âSpence Iâmââ Y/N gasped, tangling her fingers into his hair as she began to writhe underneath him. âIâm about toââ
Her orgasm washed over her like a cold bucket of water, yanking the air from her lungs and making her body tense up as she cried out his name and clung to him. Spencer groaned alongside her, pulling his head from the crook of her neck so that he could watch her in awe. The sight alone almost had him cumming, his movements growing frantic as he chased his pleasure.
Her soft whines urged him closer and closer to the finish line as he rutted against her, and all he could manage was a soft shout of her name before his climax took hold of him, his cock throbbing against her as he spilled into his boxers. He collapsed against her, thrusting weakly with small whimpers to ride out both of their highs before his hips finally stilled.
Their chests heaved as they laid together, catching their breath. Y/Nâs hands raked through Spencerâs hair, fighting to stay awake long enough so that they could clean up. When Spencer could finally move, he lifted up onto his forearms, pressing small, gentle kisses to her lips with murmured thank youâs before he climbed out of his bed to grab a towel from the bathroom. Once they were cleaned and stripped out of their cum-soaked clothes (to which Y/N and Spencer both giggled excessively about as they wriggled out of them), Spencer reached over to turn off his lamp.
Drained but happy, they collapsed into each otherâs embrace, winding together in Spencerâs bed and surrendering to the pull of sleep. Just before sleep claimed him, Spencer pressed a gentle, lingering kiss to Y/Nâs forehead, whispering, "I love you, my sweet girl."
A soft smile tugged at his lips when he heard her whisper back, "I love you too, my sweet boy."
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