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Hooked - Dr. Brendon âThe Sharkâ Park x Reader
Summary: After transferring to the Pitt in the middle of your fellowship, you manage to impress PTMC's meanest surgeon with your bubbly confidence, leading to you both catching feelings.
Tags/Notes: fluffy fluff, silly trope time, idiots in love, grumpy/sunshine, misunderstanding trope, kiss cam trope, getting together, cutesy feminine reader, kind of an airhead outside of medicine, also described as short sorry tall baddies, praise kink, oral (m), fingering (f), size kink, piv, riding/cowgirl, mini hitachi, doggy style, headlock during sex uwu, biting, dacryphilia, multiple orgasms, creampie, D/s if you squint, aftercare
Content: medical (and hockey) inaccuracies out the wazoo, canon-typical
A/N: Â that mean doctor has bewitched me and i actually had so much fucking fun writing this fic
Word Count: 14.2k
While you finish preparing your patient presentation for the incoming orthopedic surgeon consult on the case youâve been working all day, Dennis Whitaker, whoâs been assisting you, groans under his breath as he catches an imposing figure approaching. âFuck, our consultâs the Shark.â
âOf course it is.â Shen, whoâs been in the corner half-supervising you since he completely trusts your work as a fellow, tells Whitaker, âThis kind of damage? He eats up cases like this. The Sharkâs never gonna let someone else-â
You turn to both of them, hold up a hand to shut them up, and ask, âWho?â
âDr. Brendon Park,â Shen explains like heâs telling you about an upcoming horror movie. âHeâs the head orthopedic surgeon.â
âHavenât met him yet,â you reply. Drawbacks of circumstances forcing you to change hospitals in the middle of your fellowship; you donât know the whole team like you did back in your residency. With a final few glances through your dayâs meticulous work, you wrinkle your brows and check, âI thought Torres was head of orthopedic surgery.â
âNo, sheâs the nice orthopedic surgeon. The Shark only deigns to come to what he calls âthe butcher shopâ for juicy cases.â Shen shakes his head and says, âIâm gonna dip before he gets down here. Iâll grab Robby to supervise.â
âYouâre leaving? Why?â
âPark can actually stand Robby.â Shen shrugs and tosses his gloves in the trash. âI made the mistake of suggesting an amputation when it was possible to salvage a limb and the Sharkâs always down my throat when we work together now.â
âHow long ago was that?â
âThree years.â Shen pushes the door open and says before heading over to the hub to grab Robby, âThat thing youâve heard about sharks having three-second memories? Not accurate. PTMCâs Shark never forgets. Donât fuck up your first impression.â
Your wide eyes turn to Whitaker. âWell, that was comforting.â
Jesse, whoâs been supporting you on and off when you needed more hands than just Whitakerâs, tries to offer, âParkâs not so bad.â
âYeah, because youâre a nurse,â Whitaker replies. âHe likes nurses. Respects them. Itâs other doctors he thinks are stupid.â
You screw up your face with confidence and nod sharply. âThen I wonât be stupid.â
âGood luck with that,â a deep, clear voice says behind you. You turn and nearly bump into the center of a very broad chest. Very broad. With matching biceps and traps threatening at the fabric of his blue scrubs. Heâs easily a whole head taller than you. And his face. Oh. Good face. Lots of masculine, rugged angles. Itâs not that the ED is lacking in arm candy, but most of the doctors down here arenât soâŚbiteable. Youâre fighting not to ogle as his voice draws your eyes back up to his mouth. Which is a nice mouth. Under a nice nose. And a heavy brow with pretty blue eyes so sharp you feel a little light-headed under their intensity. âYouâre new.â
Robby slips into the room behind him and hugs the wall, posture much straighter than youâve seen. He doesnât look scared the way Whitaker does, but thereâs a clear expectation about what the interactionâs going to be: Efficient, intense, clear. Robby says bluntly, âNew fellow. Recent relocation.â
Parkâs eyes narrow, taking in your pink shoelaces, perfectly applied makeup (including shimmery gloss) despite being elbows deep in the shift, and the pastel-heart-patterned long sleeve beneath your scrubs. âWe havenât met.â
You take one quick, deep breath and remind yourself thereâs no reason to be scared. You donât play hospital politics like the residents. Youâre a fellow, a real goddamn doctor. This is your case. Your save. Youâve got it. So you introduce yourself with a friendly smile and explain, âI started here last month. Just havenât had a big sexy skeletal trauma to dangle in front of you until today.â
Park cracks what almost appears to be a smirk. Committing your name and your pretty face to memory, he says, âWelcome to the team, pipsqueak. Try not to butcher any bones and weâll get along fine.â
âNo problem.â You bounce slightly on your feet. âShall we get started here?â
His chin cocks slightly to one side. Youâre not shrinking. Not bashful. Youâre smiling. Thatâs rare. He doesnât mind. Arms crossed over that massive chest, he orders, eyes sweeping the room, âTell me what weâve got.â
Whitaker looks to Robby. Robby looks to you. You nod and list off, âMr. Jacob Westman, thirty-seven-year-old green energy tower technician, brought in by ambulance after falling from an electrical tower. Freak accident. Alert and responsive on arrival but no sensation in lower extremities. Lead doctor on the case â thatâs me; Iâve been point for Mr. Westman all day â chose to sedate for pain management and stabilization once significant spinal injuries were identified. The most severe salvageable damage is in the cervical and thoracic, but I donât necessarily agree with the interpretation from the ortho radiologist that-â Robby clears his throat to stop you there. Sheepishly, you finish, âVitals are within safe range for operation to correct cervical and thoracic fractures and dislocations."
Robby offers, âSo essentially, the approach is-â
âHold on.â Park looks up from the chart and focuses squarely on you. âWhat did the radiologist say? Why did you stop there?â
You glance over at Robby, whoâs shaking his head with pleading eyes. But itâs your case. Youâre the one who gave up your lunch break to pore over the imaging. So you let your eyes rove back to Dr. Parkâs and tell him firmly, âYour radiologist feels that the lumbar injuries causing Mr. Westmanâs paralysis are completely inoperable through traditional methods. I was advised to defer to his opinion.â
Brows furrowed, he eyes you seriously. AlmostâŚamused. Like heâs watching a puppy try a new trick. âWhatâs your opinion, doctor?â
Behind Park, you see Whitaker shake his head and grimace like youâve just signed your own death certificate. Even Jesse is gripping his clipboard a little more tightly.
âI suggested that, even though it may be riskier, a series of nerve grafts and transfers could return the patientâs ability to walk.â Your voice lowers a bit and you try not to let your wobbly âbleeding heart baby doctorâ voice come out. âMr. Westman is a highly-trained, highly-educated specialist in a type of engineering only a handful of people in the country can do. Work thatâs absolutely critical for the development of renewable energy sources. When I was going over everything with his wife, Jenna, she told me that he loves his job more than life itself. That he would risk everything to regain use of his legs.â You swallow hard and pinch back tears. Itâs something that always annoys you; whenever you really, really care about something, you start to cry. Eyes averted, you wrap up, âI know that the kind of procedure Iâm suggesting would be much longer and much riskier on several levels and that itâs not at all my place to-â
Park shakes his head and cuts you off, âShow me the scans.â
You quickly brush past him to the nearby screen and blow up the images.
Dr. Park lets out a low whistle as he flips through the X-Rays, head tilted slightly as he gives the scans his full attention. He asks you a handful of questions and you answer them as best you can, all the eyes in the room burning the back of your head. You watch the wheels turning behind Parkâs eyes; this is his passion, his favorite thing, his reason to wake up. You love seeing people in that state where all theyâre thinking about is what they do best.
Finally, he turns to you and says, âI donât care what your title at this hospital is. If a goddamn janitor can propose a valid surgical approach for an âinoperableâ injury, I want to hear it. Complex spinal reconstruction with multiple fusions, laminectomy, discectomyâŚfuck, âjust-about-everything-ectomy.â Plus nerve transfer. Now thatâs sexy. I like it.â Before Robby can thank him for taking over, Park looks you up and down â just a little slow to be completely professional â and asks, âPipsqueak, you wanna assist?â
You stand up straighter and turn your attention to Robby with wide, hopeful eyes. Looking nothing short of shocked, he nods and does a âsure, why not?â type of gesture. You give a big, adorable grin and say, âYeah, that would be awesome. Iâve always wanted to see autograft harvesting and transfer firsthand.â
Whitaker shakes his head and mutters, âFreak.â
âGo to the bathroom, eat a snack, and scrub for OR three,â Park tells you, ignoring everyone else. As you nod eagerly and excuse yourself, he slaps Robby on the back hard enough to make him stagger and mutters, âCongrats, Mike, you finally matched a competent fellow.â
Dumbfounded, Robby just says, âAh, thanks.â
Coming out of the surgery thirteen hours later, youâre glowing like you havenât been awake for thirty-four hours in a row. Following tight on his heels, youâre practically skipping as you beam, âDr. Park, that was so amazing. I canât thank you enough for the opportunity.â
âYouâre good,â he says simply, walking through the halls of the surgical wing like he owns the place. âGreat calls like that deserve great rewards. Wouldâve given you a gold star sticker, but Iâm not as soft as Robinavitch.â
âI wish Robby gave out stickers,â you reply wistfully. âThat might actually convince me to stay here after my fellowship is up.â
Youâre about to say something else when Park turns around and puts one baseball-glove-sized hand on your shoulder. âUnless you want to see my dick on our first day working together, you should probably stay on that side of this particular door.â
You startle backwards as you realize heâs pushing into the menâs room. âOh my god. Iâm so sorry; I sometimes kinda space out when Iâm excited.â
Park lets out a laugh. An honest-to-god laugh.
He has a handsome smile.
Even though your face is now about a thousand degrees, you still nibble your lower lip, grin, and call through the door, âBy the way, itâs technically our second day working together since that was an overnight surgery.â
Parkâs amused, loud voice hollers back, âGo home and get some sleep, pipsqueak.â
When you clock in for your next shift two days later, Dana waves you over right after youâre done putting your things away. She says, âThereâs something in your mailbox, if youâd believe it.â
âReally?â You worry a hangnail on your thumb. âDonât tell me Iâm getting served or something.â
âYou? Come on, youâre Miss Bedside Manner USA.â She nods over to the doctorâs lounge and explains, âItâs from ortho. Something about that surgery you sat in on last week.â
âHuh, okay. Thanks for letting me know.â
You scurry off to your mailbox, which youâve only even looked at once, the day you started. Theyâre a relic from the days of fax machines and printers. Inside your cubby is a blank, hospital-issue envelope. Upper left corner: Brendon Park, MD, FAAOS. In the middle, in his scratchy handwriting: Pipsqueak. With your lips pursed in curiosity, you rip the top of the envelope and remove the contents.
Inside a folded piece of notebook paper, thereâs a card-sized sticker sheet with eight big, cutesy stickers on it. A happy sun, baby ducks, a strawberry, a stuffed bunny. All things sweet and girly. The theme is white, baby pink, sky blue, and light yellow, the same colors as the heart-patterned shirt youâd been wearing under your scrubs. In between the big stickers, a few pastel stars serve as filler.
With a little squeal, you unfold the note and read. Couldnât find one with a gold star. Close enough. Good job. Happy youâre here.
Underneath, heâs drawn a tiny shark in lieu of a signature.
You melt â just a little.
Riding the elevator up after your lunch break, itâs kind of embarrassing how much your heart is pounding. Youâre really not supposed to be doing this. Itâs a total violation of protocol â not the sort that would get you in real HR trouble, but definitely the kind that could permanently piss someone off.
But you do it anyway. You gently knock on Dr. Parkâs door after checking with the ortho receptionist that heâs in. He makes a sort of grunting sound that you interpret as âyes, what?â Pushing the door open just enough to slip into the opening, you say, âHi, Dr. Park. Robby asked me to page ortho down for a follow-up on the Westman case, but I thought it would be nice to ask you directly so that they could have consistency of-â When Park doesnât even look at you, eyes staring intently at the file on his computer, you shrink into the doorway and shake your head. âSorry; thatâs silly. Iâll get back downstairs and send a page like I shouldâve to stop annoying you.â
His eyes flick to yours for half a second. His eyebrows go together almost imperceptibly. âYouâre not annoying me.â
âOh. Thanks.â You bite your lower lip and stare at your shoes for a moment. Purple sneakers today, Park notices. Matching the lavender polka dots on your long sleeves. âSo, yeah, if you have time today to come down and check his repeat images with me, that would be really amazing. Iâm working until six, so no rush. No pressure. I know youâre really busy. And I can definitely just ask Torres if you-â
âIâll do it,â he interrupts urgently. âDonât ask Torres. Or anyone else. Iâve got it.â Then he adds, hasty, âPatient outcomes improve when they have a consistent care team. Youâre right about that. You can come get me about Mr. Westman whenever you need to.â
At that, you absolutely beam. His eyes go to your lips. Your cupidâs bow and the way it stretches when you smile. A pretty smile, he thinks. Really pretty. You glow, âOkay, perfect, I will. Thank you.â
You linger for a second, one hand on the doorknob as you debate whether or not to say something. He hasnât returned to his computer screen, eyes just roaming around the room and occasionally spending a second on you, so you take it as an invitation.
âI also wanted to, um, to say thanks for the stickers, by the way.â You lift your water bottle and show him the doodle-style pink star youâd picked out to grace it among your collection. âI really like them.â
âGood.â Heâs tempted to lie, say it was someone elseâs idea, act like he found them somewhere in the hospital, but he canât when heâs looking at your delighted schoolgirl smile. âSaw them at Target and thought of you. It was nice to work with someone soâŚcompetent.â You swear thereâs a slight blush in his cheeks, but it must be a trick of the light. It must be. Then he clears his throat and adds, âIâll come down to see you- for Mr. Westmanâs follow-up in an hour, alright? I have to finish this report and my dyslexiaâs fucking killing me today.â
Physically unable to stop yourself from being helpful, you offer, âI could type it up for you, if you want.â
âI didnât mean to tell you that,â he sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. âYou have this disarming thing about you. Itâs jarring.â
âUm, thanks?â You tilt your head like a puppy. âAre you not supposed to talk about it or something?â
He shrugs, definitely blushing now and pretending not to be, and replies, âPeople hear their doctor has a learning disability and get a little antsy. So if you donât mind, keep that to yourself.â
âNo problem, Dr. Park, Iâm the picture of discretion,â you assure him seriously. But then you keep spilling out, âBut, yâknow, I actually read this study from the Royal College of Surgeons that showed people with dyslexia make better surgeons than their peers because of their well-developed spatial reasoning skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving ability â not to mention the resilience and creativity that inherently come from- Aaaand Iâm word vomiting. Shoot. Sorry. Itâs- itâs chronic, my word vomit. I see a specialist.â
He raises an eyebrow in amusement. âDo you now?â
âYup. My likelihood of remission is incredibly low. Lifelong struggle, really.â You swallow hard and tell him gently, âUm, I had this undergrad student I tutored. He was in biology â pre-med â but he didnât think he could do it because he was dyslexic. So I did a bunch of research and presented it to him. Iâm not, like, one of those cool photographic memory people who remember every study on earth or something.â
âPeople with photographic memories freak me out,â he says with a chuckle. You wonder if youâre the only person in the ED whoâs heard him laugh. More than once, even. Then he says something that actually does manage to shock you: âIâd love the help, if you have time.â
âYay!â You do this little bouncing thing that makes his head spin. âIâm still on my lunch, so I have a few minutes.â
Voice sounding almost protective, he checks, âDid you eat?â
âYeah, of course. But I get bored if I donât have anything to do after my leftovers.â You scooch around his desk and slide between him and the computer, your perky ass directly in his face. With your fingers hovering over his keyboard, you lilt, âAlright, big man, what are we writing?â
It takes Park fifteen seconds to recalibrate, ten of those seconds spent memorizing the way he can see the outline of your tiny thong when you lean forward slightly, the fabric of your scrubs taut over your ass. Then he hastily stands up and puts himself behind the chair, his nosy dick safe from being seen, and says, âWhy donât you take my spot? Youâll be more comfortable.â
You shrug and sit down, throwing your head way back to look up at him with perfect, sweet blowjob eyes. âWhatever you say, Shark.â
The next time Parkâs in the ED, his crush on you is completely and totally solidified. Itâs horrifying, the way the feeling swirls around his stomach and makes his cheeks hot. Itâs not a feeling thatâs ever dared encounter him in the workplace and, honestly, not in a hell of a long time outside of it, either.
Itâs because youâve got Ogilvie backed up against a wall, your pointed finger in the center of his chest. Heâs a head taller than you, even slouching, but youâre dwarfing him with your energy. Parkâs never seen you so brutally animated, eyebrows knitted together and posture perfectly straight. He lingers a bit too close, hugging the corner so he can listen and watch.
Ogilvieâs hands are up in the air, waving, frustrated. âI didnât do anything wrong! All I did was-â
âOh my god, how many times do I have to tell you to shut up and listen to me?â With your feet planted firmly in your white sneakers with red laces and your arms crossed in your cherry-printed sleeves, you go on, âI get that Iâm a woman. I get that Iâm short and cute and girly. I get that you think youâre godâs gift to medicine.â
âI donât think Iâm-â
âI wasnât done. I get that you struggle to respect me. Idiotic men often do. But let me make one thing abundantly clear: You are a slug of a man-child, James. You leave a trail of slime behind yourself in the form of problems everyone else needs to clean up, you hide whenever things get hard, and you need to blot the oil from your T-zone so youâre less shiny. And invest in a frizz-control shampoo.â While Park stifles a snorting laugh, you go on with the most pointed, cruel voice heâs ever heard from a woman so painfully adorable, âIf you ever speak to me like that again, you will envy the corpses you practice on. All you will do clinically is change infected necrotic dressings and disimpact bowels and every other moment of your day will be dedicated to administrative scut so monotonous it makes your vision blurry. I will ask to have you on my service every day just so I can torture you until you question your entire career path. Do we have an understanding?â
Ogilvie is too stunned to speak for thirty seconds straight. Then he swallows and stammers out, âYes, doctor. I- I understand.â
You nod tightly and add, âIâd like an apology now.â
âIâm sorry,â he says right away. It sounds more afraid than earnest, but thatâll get the job done. âI shouldnât have spoken to you the way I did.â
âGood. I forgive you.â Then you give him a warm, friendly smile and a pat on the head that you have to rock up onto your toes to execute fully. âNow letâs get back to Mrs. Andrews so you can get another lumbar puncture under your belt before your next evaluation, alright?â
Ogilvie manages to get out, âThanks,â before you turn around and lead him back to the ED. He looks like a scolded toddler, lip pouted and cheeks red, while you have that familiar unshakeable pep in your step.
And Brendon Park is smitten.
The next week, as youâre sending off a list of prescriptions, you hear Langdonâs voice from the other side of the ED. âSharkbait, get over here!â
You turn toward Langdon and point at yourself. âMe?â
His eyes are big and begging. âYeah, câmon, I need you.â
âI have work to do, Frank.â
âPlease?â He clasps his hands in front of his chest like a prayer. âParkâs going to kill me when he sees the state of these ribs.â
Exasperated, you cut back, âWhat the hell does that have to do with me?â
âYouâre Sharkbait,â he replies, mimicking your expression. âWhen youâre in the room, heâs less of a dick.â
Several craving any time with Brendon, you roll your eyes and stomp over, telling him, âIâll give you five minutes. Get me up to speed.â
He runs through the patient history with you while you gently palpate the chest.
âJesus Christ,â you breathe as you feel the myriad of fractures all over the ribcage and sternum. âLUCAS?â
âOn an elderly osteoporosis patient. Dumbass firefighter meatheads.â He shakes his head and mutters, âItâs basically a bag of bone soup in there.â
âSounds promising,â Park announces, always knowing when to cut into a conversation. When he sees you, he sighs in relief, âPipsqueak, thank god youâre on this, too. I donât have the patience for dealing with Ken on my own today.â
As Langdon talks to Park with you just sort of standing there as an emotion diffuser, Santos and Whitaker watch in wonder from the hub.
Trinity, whose last interaction with the Shark ended with him saying she should switch to a career with no skeletons involved, scoffs and murmurs, âWhy hasnât he ripped her head off? Sheâs brand new; she doesnât know how to placate him.â
âHer aura powers are unknown to us,â Whitaker mutters back. âShe has some kind of sorcery ability incomprehensible to the masses.â
âI mean, she has nice tits,â Trinity reasons. âSheâs smart. Made some good calls in front of him.â
Whitaker argues, âBaranâs brilliant and has great tits. He called her an imbecile last week.â
Amused, Trinity raises her eyebrows. âYou think Dr. Al-Hashimi has great tits?â
âNot the point.â A minute later, Park leaves the room with a smile in your direction. You swish over to the hub to grab a new chart and Dennis asks, âWhatâs the deal with you and the Shark?â
Humming gently, you ask him absently, âWhat do you mean?â
Trinity cuts in to reply for them both, âWell, I mean, he likes you. Are you two fucking?â
Your eyes startle wide at the idea â tantalizing but impossibly far away. Park is so wildly out of your league you can barely entertain the thought. âWhat? No! Of course not. Brendonâs not as bad as you guys think. You just have to get to know him.â
Trinity mouths to Whitaker, Brendon?
Whitaker shrugs, baffled, and then muses as the three of you watch Park head toward the OR, âI didnât realize that was a possibility.â
You chuckle and tease, âMaybe try being a better doctor next time?â
âBrutal, Sharkbait. Brutal.â
That weekend, the Pittsburgh Penguins hosts its annual Medical Worker Appreciation Night. Because Danaâs been nominated as a spotlighted nurse, the hospital sprung for discounted tickets in the name of staff morale.
Robby shepherds you and the other newer ED staff whoâd gotten their hands on a ticket down to the PTMC section. When he checks seats, pointing everyone in the right direction, he frowns at yours. âKid, do you wanna trade spots with me?â
Your brows furrow. âWhat? Why?â
âLook.â
Your eyes follow Robbyâs pointing chin. At the end of the long row, Parkâs perched on the edge of his seat, staring down the players doing warmups. Heâs wearing a black Penguins hoodie, a black Penguins hat, and a pair of jeans that his meaty thighs battle for dominance with. Youâve never seen him outside of scrubs and itâs becoming a problem very quickly. You shrug and tell Robby, âI donât mind.â
âYou sure?â
âWe get along great, actually.â
âThat explains the new nickname,â he chuckles under his breath. âI figured it was because youâre a sacrificial lamb.â
Park catches your eyes and waves you over, his lips flirting with the concept of a smile. He canât bear to say it out loud, can barely even tolerate the thought in his own head, but heâd looked over the seating chart on the HR receptionistâs computer and basically threatened Ogilvieâs life to switch with him (and then swore him to secrecy on similar conditions).
You plop down next to him and nudge him in the bicep. âHi, Bren, I didnât think you came to things like this.â
Bren. Nobodyâs used a nickname besides âSharkâ for him in decades. He shrugs like his heart rate isnât picking up at the way your arm has to touch his because of how broad he is. âItâs hockey.â
âItâs team bonding,â you tease. âYou hate bonding. And teams that arenât sports.â
âBut I like free Pens tickets,â he replies simply. Then he notices your outfit. Youâre wearing pants, at least â leggings, because fuck him, he figures â but your arms are agonizingly bare from the elbows down, your yellow tee not doing much to protect your skin. He frowns and asks, âDid you bring a jacket or something? Youâre gonna freeze to death in here.â
You shake your head. âItâs not that cold; Iâll be okay.â
âGive it a period.â
âIâm not on my- Oh. Theyâre called periods in hockey?â
Biting back a mean joke because of your sweet, innocent eyes, he says, âYeah. Periods. Three twenty-minute periods with intermissions between.
âYouâre gonna have to explain everything to me,â you say as you stare at the different parts of the stadium. âIâm not from a hockey town.â
âI donât mind,â he admits after a second. He adds carefully, âI never get to talk hockey outside of work.â
âNo gym buddies to gab with?â
âNo gym buddies,â he confirms.
âThatâs shocking, considering the biceps of it all.â And the pecs you would honestly motorboat. And the big veiny hands. And the thick thighs you could bounce on for hours. You swallow hard, thankful you donât have a dick to give away your thoughts. âAre you one of those douchey guys who puts in his AirPods and focuses on his form in the mirror? Oh my god, do you film yourself so you can make sure you-â
âOkay, okay, thatâs enough,â he laughs, raising his hands in defeat. âYouâve got me pegged, sweetheart. I have to be strong because I crack femurs all day. And you have to focus on form if you want to get strong and donât want to get hurt.â
âSo no time for gym buddies.â You lilt, sweet and easy, âMaybe you can show me some time. I could use a little more muscle and a little less-â
âNo, you definitely donât need âlessâ anything,â he protests way too quickly as his mouth goes dry. He can barely tolerate the sight of you in leggings this close to him; heâd burst a blood vessel if you were in bike shorts and a sports bra like his brain immediately supplies. With his neck going splotchy pink, he course corrects, âLifting isnât about losing weight or visible muscle. Itâs about building practical strength.â
And your body is fucking perfect. If you wanted to change it out of insecurity, heâd drop to his knees and kiss your feet until you realized you shouldnât change a thing. Your thighs are just the right thickness, your ass downright juicy, your stomach spectacularly soft, your breasts-
Park sucks in a sharp, deep breath and shakes out the thoughts. âIâm gonna grab something to eat before the game starts. Can I get you anything?â
After a second of thinking, you ask sweetly, âDo they have cheese fries?â
âThey have every disgusting, greasy sports food you could ever want,â he confirms. âIâll be right back with some goodies.â
You occupy yourself by playing social butterfly, introducing yourself to everyone you havenât had a chance to meet yet. When Park returns, he takes a second to admire you running around spreading your sunshine. Then you return to his side and squeal when you see a mountain of loaded cheese fries that make your mouth water in the best way.
Before sitting down to share them with you, Park shoves a folded garment into your arms. âPut this on. I wonât be able to focus on the game if youâre shivering next to me the whole time.â
âAw, Bren, thank you.â Your voice borders on a whimper as you unfold the classic lacer pullover, black with yellow and tan bars around the lower hem and arms, the iconic penguin himself at the center of the chest. âJust let me know how much I owe you for it â at least for half.â
He rolls his eyes. âShut up; itâs a gift.â
âOkay, thank you so much, thatâs so sweet, but the suggestion to shut up is incredibly offensive given I disclosed my word vomit diagnosis to you,â you reply seriously, glaring at him.
Park clutches his chest and tells you, âI apologize for making light of your vulnerability with me.â
âI forgive you because of the cheese fries.â You examine the back of the thick, cozy hoodie and observe, âCrosby. Is he your favorite? Or just the cheapest sweater?â
Park smirks (itâs the most expensive sweater) and replies, âSid the Kid. Best player Pittsburghâs ever had. Best player in the league, if you ask anyone with a brain. Rumor has it heâs retiring soon; I think thatâll be my first true heartbreak.â
You balk at the idea. âYouâve never had your heart broken? I get my heart broken ten times a month.â
He raises his eyebrows. âYou go on that many dates?â
âNo, no, no, no dates,â you quickly reply. Too quickly. A little desperately. âBut it breaks my heart when I see sad puppy commercials or old people eating alone at restaurants or trailers for romantic dramas at the movies. One time I cried because I could only find one of my favorite socks. I tried and I tried but the second one was justâŚgone. I couldnât look at the single one without getting so sad it was hard to-â
âTeam introductionâs starting, then the national anthem,â he interrupts gently. Reluctantly. Like heâs actually invested in your rambling. âPut a lid on the word vomit for ten minutes and Iâm all yours for a full sock eulogy.â
You giggle and salute as the whole stadium stands. âYes, sir.â
He rolls his shoulders and pretends that doesnât go straight to his dick. When you cheer extra loud for Sidney Crosby as he skates to center, jumping a tiny bit like your smile is too big to hold in your body, Park damn near swoons. He wants to sling his arm around your waist and pull you into him, to kiss the top of your head, to, fuck, put you on his shoulders and parade you around or something. He canât even name everything he wants to do with and to and for you. Itâs agony.
Once the game starts, Park takes care to make sure you understand whatâs going on. âThatâs Ovechkin. Youâre gonna see one hell of a game. Heâs Crosbyâs biggest rival.â
âSo we hate him,â you reply obediently. âGot it.â
He smiles at you and confirms, âYeah, we hate him. Mostly because heâs really fucking good.â
You nudge him with your shoulder and tease, âThatâs why people hate you, so itâs good company.â
He barks out a laugh. âIs that why?â
âThat or because you never show off that handsome smile.â
With a pout, he counters, âI smile plenty.â
âHe said, frowning.â
âIâll smile when the Pens win,â he promises.
But, despite his best efforts, he does, actually, get caught smiling before the end of the game. In a big, obnoxious way. After the end of the second period, with the game tied 1-1, you watch the kiss cam flying around the arena with dopey heart eyes so precious Brendon canât rip his eyes away from you. Itâs too cute of an expression not to memorize.
You donât notice heâs staring, too wrapped up in loving to see people in love, until his face lights up the big screen. Youâre so shocked that you donât process just how bright and intent his eyes are, his lips soft and slightly upturned, everything about his expression and posture screaming âgod, sheâs beautiful, isnât she?â Itâs the kind of expression kiss cam operators gravitate toward; only men who adore their girls look like that.
Before he can even truly realize that itâs you and him on screen, his eyes widening, you grab him and plant a big fat shimmery lip gloss kiss on his cheek. Then you grin, following it up by blowing a kiss and winking to the camera.
And Brendon Park smiles wide enough to power the whole arena, the apples of his cheek glowing neon pink and he drops his eyes and shakes his head in delight.
The video is immediately saved and sent to the ED group chat by none other than Trinity Santos, naturally. One of the nurses proceeds to forward it to the nurses chat, where it makes its way to the ortho chat. By the time the camera even pans away, the moment has been forever cemented in PTMC history as the first time Park the Shark has smiled earnestly â innocently, even â in front of his coworkers.
Only the whoops, cheers, and laughs from your nearby ED coworkers drops him back onto earth from cloud nine. Park frowns as he rubs his cheek with a napkin, pouting, âYou got lipgloss on my face.â
âWhat was I supposed to do?â You gesture to Trinity and Whitaker, who are pumping their fists in their air victoriously. âLeave my adoring fans hanging?â
With a sheepish wave in their direction to get them to fuck off, he mutters, âI think youâve permanently damaged my tough guy reputation.â
But you just reply in a sing-sony voice, âYou didnât have to blush.â
âInvoluntary response to relevant stimulus.â
âWhatever you say, big guy.â
If heâs honest with himself, his smile isnât half as bright when the Penguins win an hour later. It only warms back up to critical heat when you wrap him in a hug, gleefully jumping up and down as the puck hits the net right as the buzzer goes off. Heâd kiss you for real if you werenât surrounded by the PTMC staff.
Still, with your arms around the back of his neck, he canât resist doing something. So he keeps it simple and asks, âItâs been a while since those cheese fries; want to grab dinner with me?â
When you say yes, his heart sings.
After the hockey game, thereâs a definite shift in your friendship with Brendon. Itâs more playful. Less guarded. The two of you grab dinner together after your shifts whenever Park doesnât have a late surgery and, if you miss out on dinner, he insists on coffee in the morning. He tells you about his personal life and you do the same, not that itâs hard on your end. Gradually, you start to notice the differences that everyone else in the ED picked up on months and months ago. The way his face goes from hardened to soft when he sees you entering a room. The way his texts have emojis instead of periods. The way he accepts your hugs instead of turning them into handshakes.
Right when youâve gotten up your confidence to actually ask him out, you overhear him and Robby talking in hushed tones inside Parkâs office. The doorâs cracked and youâd come up specifically to ask him to go out with you in a few days on Saturday because you both actually have a weekend off.
With an X-Ray in hand, Robby pushes, âAre you sure you canât do the revision yourself on Sunday? I know youâre not scheduled to be here, but the family trusts you now, and it might be-â
âI told you, man, Iâm surprising my girlfriend on Sunday. Iâve been sitting on these ballet tickets for weeks already and I donât do shit like that,â Park tells him sternly. No room for argument. âYouâre in good hands with Torres; sheâs as good as me any day â maybe better since people actually like her.â
You donât wait for Robbyâs response. Losing your ability to breathe, you scamper to the nearby staircase and start stamping your way down to the ED. Your heart shatters into a thousand pieces. No, a million. They fall down the stairs like glass, so heavy youâre surprised you canât hear them echoing.
Stopping just shy of the ED entrance, you tuck yourself away underneath the staircase to catch your breath, trying not to let yourself cry. Parkâs just one of those guys, you figure. Guys with ultra-secure girlfriends who donât care if they have female friends who drool all over their biceps. Guys who donât mention their ultra-secure girlfriends because they know what they have at home and they probably donât even realize youâre flirting because theyâre so enamored with their great, successful, probably gorgeous girlfriend who knows exactly what sheâs doing in bed and always satisfies him and-
There are the tears.
Feelings of inadequacy and sadness well up and spill over. Itâs hard to keep your sniffles and sobs quiet enough not to draw attention when all you want is to ugly sob over a tub of ice cream and your favorite movie. Only one more hour in your shift. You can make it. Right?
Upstairs, you hear the door squeak open and heavy footsteps traipse down toward you. Familiar footsteps. Of course. He probably saw you running away from his office and is coming to find you because you have the luck of a worm after a rainstorm.
When Park comes closer, he spots your elbow sticking out from behind the staircase. Hiding. Youâre still crying, unable to stop yourself until you get it all out. Silently, yes, but with puffy eyes and tiny whimpers and sniffles that escape every once in a while. Tucked up underneath the staircase, you blot at your cheeks with the sleeve of your daisy-patterned turtleneck.
Rage devours Brendonâs insides. He beelines for you and demands with a level of anger in his eyes youâve never seen before, âWhatâs wrong? Did someone make you cry?â
âNo, no, Iâm fine.â You try a shaky smile and wipe your face again even though more tears just fall in their wake. âJust, um, Iâm on my period and Iâm emotional.â
Which isnât not true. Itâs the last day or two and you are emotional. Itâs definitely not helping the situation. Parkâs a little taken aback you admitted that so freely, but heâs a doctor, dammit, so he doesnât let it faze him. Instead he offers, âOkay, well, um, do you, ah, do you need anything? I have some ibuprofen in my office if-â
You start crying harder, ugly sobs now at how nice heâs being when he just unintentionally and unknowingly turned you into a 12-year-old girl having her first heartbreak.
Park stammers, unsure how to deal with this situation. âOkay, ah, maybe just a hug, then?â
You nod ardently and he pulls you close with his strong arms. You nestle your face in his chest and breathe deep. If this is the closest youâre gonna get to having him, youâre gonna milk it for all itâs worth. With your nose pressed to his muscles as you start to calm down, you whimper, âYou smell really good.â
Still tentative, Brendon murmurs, âItâs Dior. My mom bought it for me.â
Then you start crying even more.
That night, after making some lazy excuse to Brendon for why you canât get dinner like usual, you curl up on your couch and vow to set some darn boundaries with the guy. Youâre only going to get yourself hurt if you indulge in dinners and coffees and stolen gazes and elevator conversations. So you put his messages on silent, only returning them when you actually have a second instead of carving out time. You make a point of ducking into other rooms when you know heâs coming down for a consult, ignoring the desperate calls for Sharkbait from your hapless coworkers.
And by the time youâre clocked out on Friday night, you almost feel better about the situation. Well, thatâs a lie. You actually donât feel better at all. If anything, you feel much, much worse because you donât have your best friend to hang out with anymore. Youâre going to have to resort to drinks with the Pittlings if you donât find another attending soon.
But at least you have the weekend to wallow.
Walking to your bus stop with Celine Dion blasting in your ears, you try to focus on the pretty sunset and the wins of the shift instead of letting your brain drift to-
Fuck.
Brendonâs standing at your bus stop with his stance wide and his arms crossed like a bodyguard, forearms looking extra delectable in the sunset. Heâs not a hallucination from your lovesick mind nor a hologram designed to trip you up on the way home.
You scurry up to him with averted eyes and ask, âWhat are you doing here? You drive a Rolls-Royce.â
âYeah, and that Spectre is my damn baby, but you take the bus when youâre ignoring my offer for rides. So here I am.â His eyes drill through your forehead and your resolve. âCan we talk now?â
Weakly, you mutter back, âMy bus is in five minutes.â
âYouâre not taking the bus. Iâm driving you.â The firmness of his voice makes your knees wobble. He nods over his shoulder toward the small park next to the hospital. âWeâre talking. Come on.â
Then he takes your hand â you want to throw up â and leads you through the park entrance to a shaded spot under a tree where the light makes his chiseled features agonizingly beautiful. Like a fucking Roman marble sculpture. He doesnât wait for you to say anything, instead taking charge and launching in, âWhatâs going on with you? Why have you been ignoring me the last few days? If I did something to hurt you, tell me and Iâll fix it. I know Iâm a dumbass about the feelings stuff sometimes, a lot of the time, but Iâm not going to mess shit up with you, so you have to let me know what I need to do better.â
âYou havenât done anything wrong,â you whimper. You hate how pathetic you sound. How downtrodden and heartbroken. But Brendon looks hurt, too, which makes you feel ten times as bad. So you rush out a hasty version of the truth, âI came up to your office on Wednesday to ask you on a date this weekend, but then- then I heard you telling Robby about your girlfriend who youâre surprising on Sunday and it just, like, crushed me so bad even though I know it was so silly for me to think Iâd ever have a chance with someone like you in the first place since youâre this sexy strong surgeon and Iâm so not but I thought maybe in the last couple months-â
âWoah, pipsqueak, hey.â Brendon cups your cheek in his hand to cut you off once the shock of your words wears off. âWhat the hell are you talking about?â
Unable to meet his eyes, you start to feel the tears coming. Dammit. You stare at your pink sneakers â the same ones you were wearing when the two of you met, you realize â and let them fall to the ground. After a minute, you manage to admit, âI just- I donât think I can be this close to you if you have a girlfriend. Itâs great that sheâs so cool about you having female friends, but Iâm just so sensitive and I know thatâs not your fault but-â
âHold on.â Brendon places both hands on your shoulders, staring at you like youâre an alien making first contact. Baffled beyond his wildest dreams, he explains slowly, âYouâre my girlfriend.â
Between sniffles and shaky breaths, you whimper out, unable to process anything, âHuh?â
âMy girlfriend. Who Iâm surprising on Sunday. That would be you.â
Now itâs your turn to go catatonic, eyes wide and shimmery. âWhat are you talking about?â
âI asked you out to dinner after the hockey game,â he tells you, exasperated in the cutest way youâve ever seen. Like youâre dumb but like maybe heâs also dumb. âI paid for your dinner. I insisted you get dessert. The whole thing. And we- Sweetheart, what do you think all the dinners we eat together are? Why else would I always be inviting you for coffee? Why would I always pay? I donât just dump a couple hundred bucks a week on casual coworkers.â
Starting to feel silly instead of sad, you cover your laugh and protest, âI donât know; I thought you were being friendly! You make $500,000 a year; you should be paying for all your friendsâ coffees!â
â$650,000, actually, I have a sub-specialty in pediatric surgery,â he replies as though you wouldnât drop your panties right here in the park. âMore importantly, I am the least friendly person in the entire hospital. Maybe the entire city.â He runs a hand through his hair and replies a bit bashfully, âI kind of figured you like that about me or we wouldnât be dating.â
The last two months recontextualize in your head in rapid succession. Little moments appear lit up by neon lights that blare, HEY DUMBASS! Brendon tied your shoes last week instead of telling you they were loose, dropping down on his knees right outside the ED where anyone could see just to make sure you wouldnât trip. He always takes your backpack from your shoulders before walking you to the parking garage and opening the door of his gorgeous navy blue sedan for you. Even the way he looked at you at the hockey game.
God, youâre an idiot.
With your lips parted and your eyes rapidly blinking, you come up with a new protest: âYouâve never even tried to kiss me, Brendon. What the fuck? You should be kissing me all the time! You couldâve been jumping my bones ever since the hockey game; that wouldâve made things pretty clear to me!â
âJumping your bones?â He suppresses a laugh since youâre still flustered. He just kind of scoffs and explains with a shrug, âI guess Iâm still old-school about that. A gentleman. I wasnât picking up signals that you wanted me to, yâknow, make a big move. Figured we should take it slow. I mean, youâre new to Pittsburgh, youâve had some big life changes. And I have a history of being too, ah, too intense for some women. I didnât want to mess that up with you.â
âThatâs actually really sweet, Bren,â you reply, sniffling back tears. Waving a hand in front of your face to cool down your burning cheeks, you pinch your eyebrows together and point out, âOkay, well, then we never did, like, a âwhat are we?â talk.â
âThatâs because Iâm 38 years old,â he replies bluntly. âWhen Iâm with my woman, she has my full attention. My devotion. Everything. I donât need to have that talk.â
My woman. The phrase makes you feel kinda bubbly like soda. You smack him on the chest and poke him, âClearly you do, dummy!â
After you nudge him, Park catches your hand in his, fingers enveloping yours. Fuck, his hands are so big and sturdy. Then his eyes soften and he kisses your fingers. He leans down slightly to make better eye contact. âOkay, Iâll have that talk if you want it.â Crystal clear, blue eyes positively sparkling with amusement and adoration, he asks, âWould you like to be my very, very official girlfriend?â
You let out an absolute squeal. Itâs delighted and silly and so cute his stomach turns. God, how did a girl like you get your claws in him? When you throw your arms around his neck and he spins you around, he doesnât care why or how. He just cares that the first words out of your mouth are, âYes, of course, obviously.â You nuzzle into the crook of his shoulder, feet barely touching the ground, and murmur against his ear, âThis is my favorite night ever.â
âYouâve got me wrapped around your finger, princess,â he assures as he sets you down on your own balance. Then he holds your face in his palm and finally bends down to kiss you properly.
But you stop him with your pointer finger in his lips, his eyes widening. âNo, no, no, I canât have our first kiss be when Iâm all puffy and snotty from crying.â
He gives a pretend growl but concedes, âFair enough. Whatever you want. Câmon, letâs get you home.â
Before he turns away, though, you step on your very tippy toes (and then some) and kiss his forehead before asking so sweetly, âHow about you come over tomorrow? I know we already have plans Sunday â by the way, I really love the ballet, so good job â but maybe we should have a first date that I know is a first date beforehand?â
âYeah, of course,â he replies wistfully, still feeling your lips on his skin. On his thick fucking skull. âIâll go anywhere you ask me.â
Like you asked, Brendon knocks on your door at 3PM sharp. You promised to entertain him and make him dinner and he could absolutely care less about any of the details beyond getting to be with you like he craves. Heâd agonized over what to wear to an embarrassing extent, nearly caving and texting his mother for her approval. But that would be a fate worse than death, so he settles on dark jeans rolled at the ankle and a black tee because a little old lady told him he looked hunky when he wore them to the pharmacy a few weeks ago.
You answer the door wearing nothing but the oversized Penguins sweater he bought you, a pair of panties he can barely see under it, and knee-high socks.
Parkâs pupils dilate.
In that one look, you can finally see why they call him Shark. Heâs a predator latching onto you, ready to devour you alive. You take a step back and he steps forward like youâre pulling him by a string attached to his gut. He doesnât even notice himself closing and locking the door, too fixated on the expanse of your legs and the Pittsburgh Penguins logo on your chest. He tentatively puts one hand on your waist and sighs reverently, âYup, this is the singular sexiest thing Iâve ever seen.â
You look away from him, bashful under his praise: âWell, yâknow, I wanted to surprise my boyfriend since heâs planning on surprising me tomorrow.â Then your attempt at a sultry voice goes away and is replaced by your usual glittery one when you see that heâs carrying a bouquet of pastel pink, soft orange, and angel white gerberas in the hand not touching you. âBrenny, did you get me flowers?â
âBrennyâ might be too far, but he canât bear to tell you that. You could call him anything and heâd accept it. He lifts the flowers up and offers them to you. âUm, yes. Is that still romantic or is it really, really lame now?â
âStill romantic,â you assure him with misty eyes, taking the bouquet and skipping away toward the kitchen.
Brendon toes off his shoes and follows you into the house, not surprised to find the place decked out in pastel colors and soft fabrics and dreamy artwork. You dig through your cabinets to find a porcelain vase you thrifted years ago and arrange the flowers inside of it.
As you place them on the windowsill, you give him a soft gaze, softer than any heâs been on the receiving side of. âThis is the sweetest thing any manâs ever done for me.â
Brendon pulls you into a warm embrace, holding your chin with his thumb and forefinger, and says, âBaby, youâre about to have your bar raised, because flowers are the least you deserve.â When your lips part into a shy smile, he asks, âCan I kiss you now?â
You nod eagerly and rock up onto your toes, tilting your chin to get as close to him as possible. Brendonâs gentle, boyish smile makes your heart pound in your throat in the moments before he closes the gap. He takes a second to admire the slopes of your face when youâre gazing up at him like he means something.
And then he kisses you.
Itâs eager and bright, the way you kiss after prom night. You have to fight not to smile when he holds your face between both hands, so much desire in his touch that you can feel his resolve to take it slow with you melting away.
Suddenly, at the sound of you giggling for only a second, Brendonâs arms loop around your back. Before you know it, heâs lifting you off your feet and spinning you around. You hop up, knowing heâll catch you, and lock your legs around his hips. When you feel his smooth, cold belt buckle against your panties, you gasp out a moan at the contact.
Brendon chuckles and buries his forehead in the crook of your neck. He groans quietly, âBaby, you canât make all those little sounds or youâre gonna kill me.â
Breathless, you tease back, âThen you definitely canât call me baby.â
He smirks, kisses you again, and asks in a lower and more pointed voice, âWhereâs your bedroom, baby?â
âItâs right upstairs; if you wanna put me down, I can-â
He shakes his head and keeps you balanced firmly in his arms, walking back toward the staircase. âNo point in having these muscles if my girl ever has to touch the ground again.â
As he carries you up the stairs so easily that youâre turning into a person made more of giggles than anything else, you ask him, âAre you gonna carry me around from patient to patient forever?â
âIf thatâs what you want,â he replies with a laugh as he pushes through your bedroom door. Guiding you down onto the bed, which youâve meticulously made, Brendon murmurs against the pulse point just beneath your ear, âIâll give you everything you want, kitten.â
At the tender pet name, you canât help but moan, encouraging him to touch you as he pins you to the bed just by virtue of how big his body is. He pulls back and gazes down at you so gently. Your heartbeat is slow again, comfortable, safe, but the heat between your legs is undeniable.
Brendon lowers himself down to kiss you once more. The energy between you shifts in that kiss, like heâs become painfully aware of being in your bedroom, your body pliant beneath him, your eyes full of trust and adoration he hasnât experienced in years. His kiss is slow and sweet and simple. He shifts onto his side so one of his hands can cradle your cheek while the other gingerly takes your waist. You can tell heâs being painfully careful with you, his gentle touch revealing a certain level of fear â that heâll hurt you or break you or scare you off.
So you reach forward and twine your fingers in the short hair at the base of his neck, gently scratching his scalp, and press your body against his. One leg thrown over his hip so that he can feel the heat of your barely clothed cunt. You arch your back and wiggle a tiny bit so that his hand almost has to move to your ass. He chuckles into the kiss and that makes you whimper. But he doesnât do more, doesnât grab or push or demand.
You pull back an inch, stare at him seriously, and murmur, âYouâre not gonna break me, Bren.â
Mischief flickers in his blue eyes. He knows perfectly well what youâre asking, even if heâs tentative to give it to you. âWhat are you trying to say, sweetheart? Use your words.â
Mimicking his own voice, you bat your lashes and offer, âWhatâs the point in having those muscles if you donât throw your girl around a little? Câmon, Shark, I know youâre not a shy lover.â You sit up just enough to reach down and lift the hockey sweater up and over your head. Underneath, youâve got a black lace unlined bra, filled out only by the weight of your breasts, and itâs absolutely sinful. âTouch me like you mean it.â
âJesus fucking Christ, this is one hell of a surprise,â he rasps as he grabs your tits through the fabric, a rough sting buzzing through your body. The sight of his hands against the lace flips the switch in his mind and heâs hunting for blood in the water. âI didnât know you owned anything black.â
As he pinches your nipples, mean and certain, the fabric of the lace adding a scratchy friction, you gasp, âItâs a special occasion.â
âYeah?â His hands run down toward your thighs, kneading the thickness of your waist and hips with a greed that approaches true obsession. You lose the ability to think when he bends down and bites the side of your waist, his teeth quickly becoming less and less gentle as your moans get louder and louder. âWhatâs so special?â
You can only whimper as he roughly manhandles you upwards so that he can unhook your bra, using only one hand. Fucking surgeons. All you can think about is what else those hands of his can do. Youâve noticed how thick his fingers are a million times and now you might actually get to feel them the way you want.
Brendon can see the lust laid bare over you, chest rising and falling faster, eyes wide and waiting, skin prickled with goosebumps. Hooking his fingers beneath the edges of your panties and pulling them down, he teases, âOut of words now, pretty girl?â
You take five seconds to breathe, swallow hard, and order, âTake your clothes off.â
He throws his head back and grins. âGood choice of words.â
While you prop yourself on your elbows for a better view, Brendon steps off the bed and tugs his shirt off first. He even does that thing buff guys do where he pulls it off by the back, his arm muscles offensively large as he reveals his abs. His muscles are less defined than they are sturdy, built not like an Abercrombie model but more like a lumberjack or, yâknow, a fridge. The way his obliques cut down into his hips is downright pornographic.
You let out a long breath. âJesus fucking Christ.â
Perfectly and completely aware, he gives you a hunky grin. âWhat? Something wrong?â
You bite your lower lip and physically try to stop yourself from staring, but you just keep failing. Because heâs your boyfriend. Sitting on the edge of the bed now, gradually drawing closer to him like a magnet, you attempt to tease, âAre you always this much of a cocky bastard about your hot bod?â
âMy hot bod?â His hands go to his belt and he slowly removes it. Then, once heâs stepped out of his jeans and youâre blinded by the outline of his, yes, proportionally long and thick cock against his black boxer briefs, he says, âYeah, I always am.â
Eyes greedily drinking down every inch of his body and imagining all the ways you could play with it, you manage to mumble out, âYou should be.â
God, he even makes taking off his underwear hot. It must be those damn thighs. Or the everything else. With your eyes trained squarely on his fat cock, mouth actually watering, Brendon steps toward and lifts your chin. âLike what you see, princess?â
With that same confident smirk on his lips, he takes your small hand and wraps it around his shaft. Suddenly you get the whole âbeer-can-sized-dickâ thing youâve read in way too much erotica because you canât close your hand around his girth. âOh.â
âWhat? Bigger than you thought? You intimidated?â
âHoney, I think everyone youâve ever met knows you have a big dick.â Your eyes flick up to his playfully. âAnd Iâm definitely not intimidated.â
âReally?â
âYouâve never intimidated me. Not like you do everyone else.â
âYeah, thatâs why Iâm so into you.â As you smile coyly, Brendon thrusts between your fingers, watching every miniscule change in your expression â which is rapidly growing less patient. He cups your cheek with his hand and asks, âWant a taste?â
You open your mouth. Obedient, immediate. When his tip touches your tongue, you eagerly lap up a sticky drop of precum and then take him between your lips. Brendon has to grip your headboard hard to tolerate the sight of you sucking him with such a precious, adoring, sweet look in your eyes. It feels like youâre thanking him with your mouth, making the prettiest damn noises for him to memorize and play on repeat.
When you lift your hand to gently tug and roll his balls, Brendon hangs his head and groans, loud and low, gravelly in a way that tickles the back of your mind. âFuck, baby, thatâs- thatâs perfect.â Your happy hum in reply makes his toes curl into the carpet. âJesus, you drive me crazy, you know that? Iâve never been this obsessed with someone.â
You pull off him and beam, lips shiny and slightly swollen now. âReally?â
Brendon pushes you back on the bed and crawls on top of you, easily maneuvering you so that your headâs back on the pillows and his hands are on either side of your face. He kisses you hard, claiming, and says, âItâs actually become a huge problem for me. Youâre all I can think about.â
You giggle breathlessly and ask, âIs that a complaint?â
âMmm. Thereâs that little laugh of yours. Thatâs how you got me,â he groans before kissing you again. âI made some stupid goddamn joke during surgery and the whole team was exhausted but you laughed. Just like that. And I was done for.â
You cover your face, embarrassed and delighted all at once, and remember, âThen I said you have a cutting-edge sense of humor.â
âAnd I thought that was funny,â he goes on with a fond chuckle. His hands have never stopped roaming over your body, playing with your breasts or digging into your hips. âYouâre so gorgeous and perfect I thought that was funny. You donât even realize how deep youâve got your hooks in me, baby.â
Biting your lip, you try to come up with something to say to match his sudden deep sweetness, but he stops you from being able to think at all. His lips drag down your neck, biting and kissing in equal measure until youâre squirming and bucking under him. Then, just beneath your ear, he growls, âCan I leave marks?â
The sound you make is nothing short of pathetic. You clutch the back of his head, tugging his hair a bit to push his teeth against your neck, and whine, âPlease.â
âYeah?â Heâs grinning, now, but he canât bear to let you see. âWant the whole world to know youâre mine now?â You whimper and nod, tilting your head to the side to give him better access. He murmurs, âGood girl.â
Fuck, youâre soaked.
As Brendon sucks hard over your pulse, branding you with the dark shape of his kiss, his right hand goes between your legs, pushing them apart. Two of his thick fingers dip between your folds to collect your wetness before smearing it over your clit. âAll this for me? Youâre easy to work up.â
You laugh and tuck your forehead into his bicep. âAre you surprised?â
âNot even a little,â he chuckles. Making sure to kiss you and hold you as his fingers work firm circles around your clit, Brendon purrs, âIâve thought about all the sounds you must make a thousand times. How you must be so enthusiastic to be a good girl. Youâre so easy for me to read; I knew I could get you off better than anyone else.â
You nod against his arm and moan when he finds just the right tempo on your clit, his fingers ridiculously skilled. âJust like that.â
âWhatever you need, sweet girl,â he assures, listening to you and keeping his fingers exactly the way they are. Methodical.
âBrendon,â you gasp as your pussy pulses wantingly around nothing, âI really need you to fuck me.â
âI love the enthusiasm, kitten, but Iâm not gonna hurt you,â he replies simply. Reluctantly. Thereâs a tenderness to his voice that shouldnât fit with his harsh attitude and masculine features, but it does. Itâs him, beneath everything he shows the rest of the world. He drops down between your legs and nuzzles loving kisses over your sensitive inner thighs, worshipping into your skin, âIf Iâm gonna fuck you to sleep tonight, then I canât leave you sore from the first time. Let me make you cum before Iâm inside you, kitten. Can you be good and do that?â
With your eyebrows knitted together and sweat on your brow, you nod and whine, âIâll try.â
âThatâs all I ask,â he tells you. Itâs insane that a man being offensively cocky with all those smirks and chuckles is so hot. He leans back, sitting between your legs, and begins to plunge his fingers inside of you. Just his two middle fingers have to be as thick as any dildo youâve used before. He bends at the waist so he can keep biting and sucking on your body, the most brutal on your nipples but sure to get ample coverage over your waist and stomach and hips. When he feels you clamping down tight around him, the pleasure so much you canât come up with any response besides your bodyâs natural reactions, he teases lightly, âCareful, baby, my hands are my livelihood.â
Eyes large and glassy, you breathe, âSorry about that.â
Brendonâs thumb goes to your clit and your walls tighten again. This time, he doesnât tease you. He works your clit intently, trying to find what heâd found before, and doesnât rest until heâs right there. Your delicious gasp gives him all the cue he needs. With his thumb flat and firm, he rubs your clit in time with his fingers curling back toward himself. His eyes focus on your expression, each detail, and heâs addicted to your every sound and twitch.
âThere you go,â he praises while your pussy tightens up slowly, threatening to snap into sparkles. âThatâs right. Just trust me. All I want is to make you feel good.
Your orgasm bursts like waves against a hull, building and building until it crashes over you, rocking your gravity and stealing your breath. Brendonâs there with you through it, his blue eyes a lighthouse, his stupid smirk your shore. His free hand holds you down by the hip as he lets you enjoy the fluttery aftershocks, not quite forcing you into overstimulation but not letting up until youâve had as much as you can take.
When youâre finally completely breathless and satiated, Brendon slowly withdraws his fingers and then licks them clean. He leans down for a moment and laps at your inner thighs, tasting your tart juices and salty skin. Your hips buck instinctively when he presses one tiny kiss to your clit and then laughs at your reaction, breath ghosting down your hot cunt. With his slick-wet hand, he fists his cock and asks, âHow do you want me, sweetheart?â
You take a few seconds to think and admire the view before asking, âCan I ride you? Whenever Iâve fantasized about us having sex, thatâs what Iâm doing.â
âYou can do literally whatever you want to me, baby,â he reminds you as he reclines on the bed next to you. He steals one more kiss from you before you start moving to your knees, collecting your balance. âWhat exactly do you fantasize about?â
âWell, I donât know if youâve noticed,â you reply as you climb into his lap, hands going straight to grabbing his pecs with your nails digging deliciously into the flesh, âbut you have these giant fucking tits Iâd like to fondle.â Then, as he laughs, you rub your sloppy cunt up and down his shaft, watching his eyes close and hearing his breath go shaky with lust. âI wanna see your arms when you hold onto my hips and thrust up into me. Wanna feel how strong your thighs are underneath me.â
Brendon shakes his head and snickers, âWow, I had no idea how much you were going to objectify my muscles.â
âShut up; yes, you did.â
You roll your eyes and sink down on him, nice and slow, savoring the way he has to resist slamming up to meet you.
He groans, hands finding purchase on the curve of your waist, âYeah, youâre right.â
Youâre completely forgotten how to talk. The stretch of him is divine. Everything youâd imagined and then some. You have to be careful not to get too eager too fast because his length is definitely enough to bruise your cervix if you arenât gentle with yourself while your pussy adjusts to him. Which is sad, considering the only thing youâve ever wanted in life all of a sudden is to bounce on Park the Sharkâs huge cock until you pass out.
Instead, you slowly rock back and forth, your hands flush on his pecs, with your eyes pinched shut and your mouth falling open. Brendon reaches up to hold your chin, forcing you to open your eyes, and checks softly, âToo much? We can slow down and-â
âShut up,â you order breathily. He smiles, puts his hands behind his head a moment, and enjoys the view of you being a tiny bit bossy. âFeels so fucking good, I promise. Not too much. Just- just- Jesus.â
âWell, they do say he was hung.â
Your laugh is addictively adorable, sounding almost sleepy from the enormous effort of acclimating to him. âYouâre so awful.â
Dragging his hands down and resting them on your ass, he coos back, âAnd youâre sooooo into it.â
When he gives you a quick upward thrust, your response turns into a squeak, âYeah.â
From there, Brendon helps you out. He knows heâs not exactly an easy man to take in this position â beyond the size of his cock, his thighs and glutes are so well-developed that your knees donât even reach the mattress on either side of his hips â so he holds you in place and rolls his hips up into yours, slow and precise.
Once he can tell youâre getting comfortable, breaths easy and moans tumbling out again, he murmurs, âHow about you touch yourself?â
Eyebrows knitted together, you sigh, âAlready so much, Bren.â
Purposefully missing the point, he sighs back, âI guess I can do it for you, princess.â
When his thumb goes to your clit, your nails dig into his chest. Mean pink half moons rise in their wake, but you canât stop yourself â and he doesnât mind. So stretched out, your pussy pulses more than it clamps down, each contraction a fluttery thing thatâs somehow more intense than the last. Heâs grinning to himself as he feels your orgasm approaching fast. Youâre so relaxed with him that he can control your pleasure with the ease of a decades-long lover. Heâs going to have to teach you to be less trusting, maybe teach you to fight, but right now all he wants is for you to yield to him completely.
You cum with a long, drawn-out whine, sweat shiny on your hairline, and Brendon has to take over completely as your thighs twitch and falter. Itâs impossible to hold yourself up through the roiling pleasure that overtakes you in a deluge. Your wetness drips down his balls and onto your bed and youâre not sure youâve ever been this soaked from how much a partnerâs turned you on and worked you up.
âAw, my sweet baby,â he purrs as you fight to stay upright, your thighs burning for relief in the wake of your second orgasm, âtrying so hard to keep up.â
While you let out tiny, cute whimpers, Brendon pulls out slowly and stands up, ignoring your complaining whine at the lack of contact. He goes to your bedside table and muses, âLetâs see what we have here.â Your cheeks burn as he thumbs through your admittedly maybe-too-ample sex toy collection. Taking out your baby blue silicone mini wand, Brendon grins. âHot, young, single doctor â knew Iâd find some goodies in here.â
Youâre totally gone by now, anything but your desire to be with him gone out the window, and he can tell. Itâs his favorite thing in the world. When he says, âget on your knees for me,â your brain is so mush for him that you do it without a single thought or word, presenting your ass beautifully with a placid smile on your lips.
Brendon yanks your hips back so that he can stand at the foot of your bed â which means he can use all his strength to handle you. Lining up the thick, angry red tip, he tenderly rubs your ass and says, âTell me if you want more.â
All you can do is nod. Usually heâd press you for words just to hear you beg, but the eye contact you make is full of so much pleading that thereâs no need for further clarity. You really are so sensitive; there are tears of pleasure and need brimming at your waterline.
âDonât worry that sweet little head of yours,â he practically growls as his cock slowly fills you deeper than heâd been able to get without being in total control, âIâm gonna take care of you, princess. Gonna keep this pretty pussy stuffed. Gonna make sure you get everything you need. I promise.â
Gripping your pillow tight as you once again adjust to his thickness, you nod and sniffle, âThank you, Bren.â
âThere she is,â he teases as he starts to slam into you. Each time he bottoms out, it comes with a weak, needy cry. âThatâs my sensitive girl. Love that about you.â
âThat Iâm a crybaby?â
He picks up speed at the word and all it means to him. Youâre never prettier than with tears running down your cheeks, making your eyes shiny and your lips wobbly. âYou know how much of a confidence boost it is making you cry because of how good you feel?â
âReally?â
âYeah, princess, I fucking love it.â Brendon flicks the vibrating wand onto its lowest setting and reaching one huge arm around your body to press it to your clit. Your corresponding moan turns into a screaming sob, loud and messy and violently sexy. Itâs completely overwhelming and consuming. The way your face contorts from the intensity sends Brendonâs thrusts into overdrive, almost putting all his force into it now. As sweat falls from his forehead onto your back, he urges, âLet it out. Let it all out for me. I wanna hear how good Iâm making you feel.â
And you weep.
The catharsis of his cock christening you takes over. Youâve cried during sex before, yeah (of course), but this is different. It feels like pure relief and connection. Your mind is totally present in your body, feeling every single place of contact where Brendonâs sweating skin slides against yours. The vibrator between your legs is making you shake in his arms, but you trust him to hold you up, to give you what you need, to take you through exactly what he wants to give you.
âCâmon, honey, focus, you can do one more, I promise,â Brendon grunts when he starts to feel your pussy weakly squeezing him again. He didnât think he could get you to this point your first time together, but, if he can, heâs not going to stop.
He leans over your body, mounting you now, primal and animalistic, and wraps his elbow around your neck. The gesture pulls your cunt tight to him and snaps your head back, forcing you to take a deep breath that lights your brain up. Tears slip constantly out of your eyes and Brendonâs drunk on the sniffles and whimpers and moans that choke out of your thickened throat. You drunkenly kiss his arm as it muffles over your mouth.
Then you bite him.
Brendonâs hips stutter and his balls tighten up. You bite him again and again. And youâre not screwing around with it. Your teeth are ravenous on his flush, cutting in nearly enough to draw blood. Youâre so thoughtless that youâre just going for whateverâs been put in front of your mouth; itâs irrelevant that itâs your boyfriendâs flesh.
âThere it is,â Brendon groans, the pain of your bites sending him spiraling out into a new height of pleasure. âI can feel it coming on. Donât you dare hold back, baby. Show me how much you can take. Give me another one and Iâll fill you up. I know whatâs what you want, isnât it?â
You nod without releasing his arm from your mouth. Drool spills from the sides of your lips, mixing with your tears, and youâre hurtling into the orgasm more than itâs welling up within you. The thought that really does it, though, isnât Brendonâs encouragement or the vibrator unrelentingly stimulating your clit. No. Itâs the idea that Brendonâs going to cum inside of you. Even on birth control, itâs a sign that heâs claiming you completely, making you his, being totally naked with you in every sense.
Bliss blows your brains out like a volcano finally giving into the pressure. Brendon holds you tight against him with his free hand, so tight that his thrusts are short and deep. The final few, he grinds into you, totally enveloped in your cunt, letting himself feel each millimeter as it grabs down on him and milks it out. When his cum coats your walls, both of you collapse onto the bed into gasping breaths.
Brendon kisses and kisses your shoulders while he goes soft inside of your pussy, gently pulling your chew toy away and shaking it out because it fucking kills in the most satisfying way possible. He makes a mental note to buy himself a long-sleeve to wear to work as he admires the egregious display of total horny thoughtlessness from the cutesy, angelic doctor.
He sits up and then murmurs, rubbing your back softly, âIâm gonna carry you to the bathroom to get you cleaned up, okay?â
You nod lazily, eyes half-lidded. You make no effort to help him, which only makes him smile to himself and shake his head. Heâd do anything for you already. Cradling you like a baby, he pushes open the bathroom door with his foot and hits the light with his elbow. Heâs absolutely done for. Setting you down on the toilet, he orders, âGo pee, baby. No UTIs allowed.â
Under normal circumstances, you definitely wouldnât be able to pee in front of your boyfriend and you would definitely be mortified by the mere thought. But youâre so relaxed. Your whole brain is like a nice cozy hot tub, warm and bubbly and nothing to worry about. So you do as he instructs without question, some part of your brain acknowledging that heâs correct.
Brendon leans down on his knees, a posture that would be condescending in most situations but is nothing but adoring right now, and suggests, âNow, you said you were gonna cook, but how does delivery on my tab sound? We can get pizza.â
You give a hazy smile and nod. âThatâs so nice, Brenny.â
âWeâre gonna have to talk about that nickname,â he chuckles, booping the tip of your nose.
You pout out your lower lip. âIâm gonna call you whatever I want.â
âYeah, alright, tough guy.â
âMmm.â You lean up to kiss him. âGood boy.â
Brendon laughs and then stands up to fiddle with the handles of your shower until heâs happy with the temperature. Then he guides you to your feet and brings you under the water, not too hot or too cold on your over-sensitive skin. Youâre glad you went for the house with the rain shower when you moved, both of you fitting comfortably beneath the stream at the same time. For a while, he just holds you, hands roaming up and down your back, as he kisses the top of your head.
âYouâre so beautiful,â he murmurs quietly, barely audible above the running water. âYouâre gonna turn me into such a softie.â
You giggle, âOr youâre gonna make me a big mean gym bro.â
Brendon shakes his head and reaches for your shampoo. âMaybe we stick to our current roles.â
âI think they suit us,â you agree as he squirts some into his palm and orders you to turn around. With his fingers working devotion into your scalp, you hum gently under your breath and trust him to hold you up. During the course of the shower, you gradually come back to life. Once youâre sudsing his abs with your lufah, maybe being a touch too thorough by going over every spot with your hands, you lilt, âYou fucked my brains out. I didnât know that was actually a thing.â
âI did set a high bar for myself,â he concedes with a self-satisfied laugh, âbut Iâm guessing itâs only gonna get better from here.â
You stand on your toes and kiss him. âDoes this mean weâre doing paperwork when we go back to the hospital?â
âI love paperwork,â he tells you, mock serious. He chuckles and whistles, âMy first time to HR for something besides another doctor filing a complaint because I hurt their precious feelings by ensuring my patients get the highest quality care possible.â
âBig bad scary Park the Shark,â you agree as you turn off the water. You gently brush his cheek and coo, âMy softie.â
Brendon rolls his eyes affectionately, shakes out his hair, and steps out, grabbing a towel and wrapping you up in it before taking one for himself. With a towel hanging low on his hips, heâs scrumptious enough to have your mind wandering toward round two even though your body wouldnât even consider cooperating for a few more hours.
You head over to the mirror for your moisturizer and catch a glimpse of yourself with clear eyes for the first time since your sex brain turned off. Looking at the myriad of bite marks littered over your body, the flesh swollen and indented, you laugh, âJesus, now I know why they call you Shark.â
âYeah?â Park bares his left forearm to you, the one that had been in your face while he destroyed your cunt, to show off an absolute minefield of neon pink bites, some deep enough that theyâre bruising already. Your eyes widen with guilt, but he quickly yanks you close and kisses you hard, nothing but lust and gratitude on his lips. He nips your neck and teases, âTheyâre gonna have to start calling you Sharkette.â
take a break pt. 2 â michael "robby" robinavitch x fem!reader
Months after Bali, you're finally back in the US, staying with your sister in Pittsburgh. You just have no idea who lives there, too.
take a break pt. 1
warnings: cursing, inaccuracies of how the ER works, angst, misunderstanding trope, reader has a sister named Jennaâwho gets mildly hurt, not proofread, mentions of miscarriage (not the reader), minors go away, 5.2K words
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I am overwhelmed with joy at how the first part of this got so much love, thank you all, I'm so glad you liked it â¤ď¸
"Youâre telling me," your sister says, blinking like sheâs trying to process it while trying not to get angry, "you spent an entire week with a complete stranger??"
You sigh. Of course sheâs going to lose her mind.
"Jennaâ"
"What were you thinking???" Sheâs pacing now.
You roll your eyes. "Look, I know how it sounds, okay? But it wasnât like that."
She stops, arms crossed, and gives you a pointed look.
"Iâm serious. What happened in Bali⌠it was different. Iâve never met anyone like him."
Jenna takes a deep breath a few times and sits beside you. The sharp voice softens. "I just donât want you to get hurt again."
"Too late," you murmur with a bitter smile.
She sighs and pulls you into a hug. "Of course it is."
For a moment, neither of you say anything. Your phone sits on the table, still open from showing her a photo of you and Robby, sun-kissed and smiling. Jenna squints at it.
"Well," she says, "he is stupid handsome. Those sad-boy eyes? Come on."
You let out a laugh, some of the tension slipping from your shoulders.
"And heâs a doctor?" she adds, scoffing. "Girl."
You roll your eyes, but your smile betrays you. Sheâs trying.
After months of traveling, your lease ended, so you're staying at her place in Pittsburgh for now, just until you find a new apartment. Your sister's been your rock since you were kids. If anyone bullied you, or if you needed any help with friends, math, you name it, and she'll be there for you. She's the most reliable big sister you could ever have, so you don't blame her for trying to protect you.
She's also trying to balance being the protective sister, and the fun one. It doesn't always work.
"So whatâs stopping you from looking him up?" Jenna asks suddenly.
You hesitate.
"Heâs one Google search away," she nudges. "Donât even lie."
You suck in a breath. "I know. I just⌠what if I find out heâs moved on? What if it really was just a vacation fling for him? And what if he lives in New York or something? I mean, we didn't reveal our hometowns for a reason. We could've easily shared our phone numbers, but we didn't."
Jenna frowns. "Okay, first of all? If everything you told me is trueâand judging by those photos and the way you talk about himâit wasnât just a fling. And second, so what if heâs in New York? Thatâs like a 90-minute flight. You work remotely. Things could actually work out."
You donât say anything right away. You just look down at your hands and bite your cheek, the way you do when youâre unsure. Jenna bumps your shoulder gently.
She adds, "Look, Iâm not saying go camp outside his hospital with huge cards, Love Actually style. But you should at least give yourself the chance to find out. What if heâs been thinking the same thing all this time?"
You barely say anything before Jenna snatches your phone off the coffee table.
"WaitâJenna, no!"
She's already typing.
"Just a little digging," she says, her fingers working fast on your phone.
You lunge for the phone, but she twists away, standing up. "Give it back!"
"Nope, you had your chance and you blew it. Plus, you know you won't actually do this. I'm doing you a favor."
"Jenna, Iâm seriousâ"
"Aha!" She exclaims, stopping in her tracks. "Michael Robinavitch, MD. Trauma Attending atâ"
Your eyes are wide as you stare at Jenna. Her face shifts. Something unreadableâthen disbelief. She scoffs and meets your eyes. "You're not gonna believe me."
Robby sighs as he slides through the ER doors once again. Like yesterday, like the day before, like how it will be for the rest of his life, probably. Dana's already at the nurse's station, looking at the board, phone in hand.
"You know, every day you walk in here, and you look even more like shit." Dana frowns. "I thought you just had a vacation, youâre supposed to look refreshed, not like you got dumped in the ocean and left for dead."
Robby huffs. "Well, good morning to you, too, Dana."
And then something in Dana clicks. "Oh my God. You got dumped in Bali."
He lets out a dry laugh. "I didn't get dumped in Bali. I justâŚ"
"Wait, did you dump someone in Bali?"
"Can we not do this here?"
"I mean⌠I just expected you to come back tanned and smug, not pining like some sad indie drama lead." Dana lets out a little laugh at her own joke.
Robby exhales slowly, a tight smile on his lips. "It was a vacation. Nothing more."
Oh but it was so so much more. He hasnât stopped thinking about you. Letâs just get that out of the way. Your laugh, your perfume, the way you fell asleep on his chest like you were meant to be there. He swears he still smells you sometimes, and itâs driving him insane. Heâs off his game at work, canât sleep at home, canât eat without thinking of the dinners you shared by candlelight and crashing waves. So yeahâhe looks like shit. Forgive the middle-aged man for wearing his heartbreak on his face.
"What's her full name?"
Robby pauses. "What?"
Jack shrugs like itâs the most casual thing in the world. "I know you keep checking the board for any new incoming traumas to see if it could be her." Jack continues, "You feel guilty for it, but you're still doing it. So tell me her nameâIâll keep an eye out on nights."
Jack knows it's a way to ease Robby, even just for a little bit.
Robby presses his palms to his eyes, just for a second. Long enough to see your face behind his lids, then mutters your name. He doesnât want to see you on a stretcher. God, no. He doesnât want to see you bleeding, unconscious, coding. He hopes you never have a reason to come through those ER injured, ever.
But the truth is, the ER is where estranged people meet. And though he hates himself for it, a small part of him still hopes one day youâll walk through that door againâalive, healthy, maybe even smiling.
"Okay." Jack nods, then smirks. "How about a picture?"
"Jack." Robby warns.
"Backing down, backing down," Jack raises his hands in surrender, "Just testing the waters."
"She must've been something, huh?" He adds, "You haven't stopped thinking about her, and it's been months. You might be really screwed, brother."
Robby doesn't say anything. He knows.
[flashback]
You're both soaked.
It started with a walk along the beach. Then a splash. Then a challenge. Now you're standing in the shallows, dripping wet, and Robby is grinning like an idiot because he 'won'.
"You cheated! You said you wouldnât grab me!"
He shrugs. "I said I wouldnât splash you. Technically, dragging you into the water doesnât count."
"Youâre impossible."
"You're slow."
You gasp and lunge toward him, but he takes off running down the beach like a damn teenager. You chase after him, heart pounding, laughing so hard it burns. Eventually, he slows just enough for you to catch him, and you both tumble into the sand.
"I shouldâve let the jellyfish have you," You pant.
"I think you'd miss me too much."
You roll your eyes. "Youâre so full of yourself."
His voice drops just enough to make your pulse skip. "Am I wrong?"
Then he leans in and kisses you, slow and smiling, like he knows heâs already won. When you finally pull away, you rest your forehead against his.
"You're the worst."
"Then you've got terrible taste."
[present day]
You linger outside the sliding glass doors for longer than youâd like to admit.
You'd gotten the same rosĂŠ you both shared in Bali, with a nice bow wrapped around the neck, and a letter you'd hand-written. It's very clichĂŠ, but it felt necessary. And now you feel stupid.
Fuck it.
Part of you is excited to see him, see his reaction, would he run to you? Hold you in his arms? Kiss you right there in front of everyone?
You're smiling nervously now as you walk past the doors. The emergency room at PTMC is busier than you expected, the front desk doesnât pay you much attention, which is good, they're probably thinking you're visiting with what you have in hand. Youâre not sure what you wouldâve said anyway.
You ask quietly where to find him. They point you toward the consult rooms, and you murmur a quick thank-you, the gift bag tucked at your side.
You spot him almost immediately through the narrow strip of glass in the door to Consult Room A.
Your heart stops.
Robby is inside. Heâs really here. Still tall, still impossibly handsome, and especially in his scrubs, exhaustion clinging to the curve of his shoulders. You almost burst through the doorâwhen you realize he's not alone.
Another doctor is sitting on the exam bed, bent slightly forward, elbows on her knees, one hand cradling her stomach. Her eyes are red. Robby kneels beside her, not quite touching her at firstâthen gently, cautiously, he places his hand on her knee. She covers it with her own.
He says something you canât hear. She nods. And then, quietly, she leans forward and presses her forehead to his, smiling, tears in her eyes.
You freeze.
All the warmth in your limbs rushes away. You feel like someone's just completely taken your lungs away and you can't breathe.
You recognize herâDr. Collins. Youâve seen her on the PTMC staff page, probably one of the first names you found when you searched for Robby.
You take a step back, slowly, like you might disturb the moment if you're not careful. Then another.
It seems like Robby has moved on.
You're not sure what to do. You feel fucking stupid. Of course, he has moved on. It was just a fling, nothing more. Tears blur your vision as you take short breaths, the rosÊ now clutched tightly to your chest, and you hurrily walk back down the hall. You don't want him to see you. Not now. Maybe not ever.
Collins exhales shakily, then squeezes his hand one last time before standing.
"I'll be fine." she says, voice hoarse but steady.
"You sure?"
She gives him a small smile. "Yeah. Go save someone whoâs actually dying."
He watches her walk out, her back straight even though her world just cracked in half. Theyâve been through a lot, he and Collins. It was never romanticânot reallyâbut there were late nights and shared griefs. A handful of near-misses. People who endure together sometimes blur lines. But whatever they were, that partâs long behind them.
A nurse knocks gently on the doorframe. "Dr. Robby?"
"Yeah?"
"There was someone here asking for you," she says, "I told her you'd be out in a minute but I think she left. She didn't leave a name, she had a gift bag with her though."
Robby blinks. "Okay, thanks."
People drop off things sometimes. A patientâs family, a resident trying to get on his good side, a pharmaceutical rep hoping to buy his time. He doesnât think too hard about it. He heads back out into the chaos of the ER, unaware of the gift that nearly reached himâor the woman who had.
[flashback]
"So what happens after you leave?"
Robby doesn't answer right away. He drags a finger through the sand. "Get on a plane, go home, back to work."
"You know that's not what I mean."
He sighs. "I know."
You wait and Robby finally meets your eyes. "I don't want to ruin this."
"This." You repeat. "This⌠fantasy? Or us?"
His jaw shifts slightly, heâs trying to choose his words carefully. "I mean the part where I donât have to think about how complicated this would get if we tried to keep it going."
You nod, lips tight. "Right." Complicated.
"I'm not saying I don't want this. Us." He says quickly, "I just... I donât know how."
You know he's right. It just hurts to hear it. "Yeah⌠me neither."
You glance up, and thereâs a long, quiet look between you. "So, letâs not make promises we canât keep?"
Robby nods, but his hand finds yours in the sand. And he doesn't let go.
[present day]
You've been sitting in your parked car for ten minutes after leaving the entrance.
Your hands still tremble a little.
Youâd come here with hope burning in your chest, you ignored all of the doubts because you wanted to believe what you had with Robby was real. Because maybe despite not sharing phone numbers, there was something there. You hoped he also regretted not continuing what you had. But seeing Robby with her, the way he touched her, the softness in his expression⌠it had knocked the wind out of you.
Still, you canât bring yourself to throw the gift awayâor bring it home. Or the letter. So you decide to rewrite the letter. As a goodbye. You slip it inside the gift bag and get out of the car.
This time, you donât go to the front entrance. You spot a woman smoking near the ambulance bay, leaning against the wall like sheâs on break.
You approach her quietly.
"Hi. Sorry to bother youâdo you work in the ER?"
She squints through the smoke, "Yeah, why?"
"I, uh, could you give this to Dr. Robby? IâŚhave an errand to run, so, I can't give it to him myself." You offer her the gift bag.
She eyes the gift bag warily. "You trying to sell him something?"
"No, no, nothing like that. I just want to thank him. For everything he's done for me." You hesitate. "You can tell him it's from Ove."
She hesitates, then shrugs, taking the gift bag. "Yeah, sure."
You just offer a small, grateful smile. "Thanks."
Robby's sitting on his desk, busy charting, when Dana drops a gift bag in front of him.
"And this is�"
"RosĂŠ delivery, apparently." Dana chuckles. "Someone wanted to thank you, so she told me to give you this. Said it's from 'Ove'."
His heart stops. He snatches the bag like it might vanish, scanning the pink-gold bottle, the smooth ribbon, the familiar handwriting he could recognize anywhere.
You were here.
He bolts.
"Waitâ" Dana calls behind him, "There'sâ!"
But Robbyâs already sprinting down the hallway, dodging a gurney, ignoring the startled nurse who calls his name.
He jogs a little down the street, scanning every face. A couple arguing near the bus stop. A woman in scrubs checking her phone. But not you. His breath fogs in the cold air, and something in his chest twists painfully.
He missed you.
"Fuck." He keeps repeating, "FUCK!"
"Robby!"
He turns at Danaâs voice.
Sheâs outside now, waving something in her hand. "She left a letter."
Hi Robby,
I'm sorry I didn't give you this letter and gift myself. I know it probably seems cowardly to leave a letter like this instead of talking to you face to face, but honestly⌠I donât think I couldâve done that without crying. Or jumping into your arms. Or kissing you⌠Or all of it.
Thereâs so much I wanted to say, but maybe this will have to be enough.
Iâm happy youâve found someone who makes you happy. I really am.
I hope sheâs good to you. I hope she sees what I see in youâyour terrible jokes, your gentleness, the way you care too much and try to hide it.
I hope she knows how lucky she is.
Take care of yourself, doc. And thank you for all the memories.
You deserve someone who makes coming home feel like peace.
â Ove
Robby reads the letter once. Then again.
Heâs standing in the hallway outside the break room, half-shielded by the open door, fingers curling around the page like it might explain itself differently on the third read.
You were here.
At the hospital.
He missed you.
His eyes skim the line againâthe one about how you couldnât face him without crying, or kissing him. Jumping into his arms. His heart clenches. Itâs so you. Honest. Brave and terrified at once.
Then he hits the sentence that makes him stop cold.
Iâm happy that youâve found someone who can make you happy.
His brow furrows. Found someone?
He glances up like the hallway might have an answer. What are you talking about? Thereâs no one. There hasnât been anyone. Not really. Just that moment with Collinsâbut even that... that wasnât what you think.
His chest tightens. You thought he was with someone. That he moved on.
You thought he was happy.
He leans back against the wall, one hand dragging down his face. A deep exhale pushes from his lungs, but it doesnât take the ache with it.
"Ove," he says aloud, the name barely a breath.
He lets out a quiet laugh, one that almost breaks halfway through. Of course you'd sign it like that.
Now you're leaving him rosĂŠ and a goodbye that read like a love letter sealed in regret.
His chest tightens. There's a stinging behind his eyes he doesn't want to name.
Dana watches him from the nursesâ station, saying nothing. She doesnât need to. Robby just shakes his head, pressing his lips together.
"She was here," he says again, like he still doesnât believe it.
"Yeah," Dana replies softly, looking at him sympathetically. "She was."
The letter is still in his hand. He folds it carefully, like it's something sacred. Then he tucks it into his jacket pocket and takes a breath.
He should have been faster.
He should have found you.
But now⌠now all he can do is stand here, holding the words you couldn't say out loud.
A few days after that, you're back to apartment hunting. Somewhere outside of Pittsburgh. You haven't told your sister, but you have a feeling she knows. She's been quiet in that careful way, watching you drift through nights of old movies and whiskey. Not rosĂŠânever rosĂŠ. That would taste too much like him.
You're on the couch, laptop warming your thighs, when you suddenly hear a scream from the kitchen.
"Jenna!" You scramble.
Jenna had bought one of those aesthetic looking pots made of glass, and of course it shattered. Another soundâglass crunching, followed by a strangled yelp. You race in to find her on the floor, clutching her arm, shards of her new glass pot glittering across the tile. She mustâve slipped. Her forearm is red, swelling fast.
"I'm okayâ" She groans and winces, "Okay, OW OW OWâNo, I'm not okay."
You turn off the stove, moving quickly to help her up, careful not to step on the glass. "Let's get you to the hospital. I'll get a cab."
Sheâs quiet in the ride over, cradling her arm, the towel now damp from melted ice.
"I'm so stupid." She hisses. "It's not even that bad, it just hurts."
"You're not stupid," You say, "But it looks pretty bad. The glass shattered everywhere. You're lucky it didn't cut you anywhere else."
She lets out a breath that sounds more like a groan, then presses her head back against the seat.
"Are you sure you want to come?" She asks after a beat, always worrying about you first. "We're going to that ER. After everything that happenedâŚ"
You glance out the window, swallowing down the familiar ache that tightens in your chest at just the mention of it.
"Jenna." You cut her off gently. "None of that matters right now. Youâre hurt. Weâre going."
She bites her cheek, clearly reading more in your silence than you want her to. But she just nods. "Okay."
It's not that late yet, and the ER is still as busy as ever. Due to the level of Jenna's injury, you get in fast. You push through the double doors with Jenna leaning on your side, her towel-wrapped arm clutched to her chest. You follow the nurse down the familiar hall, heart tightening with every step, and help Jenna settle into a curtained bay. She gives you a strained smile, trying to act tough, but she looks worried.
"I'll go get a doctor for you, it'll be quick." the nurse says.
You sit on the edge of the plastic chair, elbows on your knees, trying not to breathe too deep.
Then the curtain rustles. "Okay, let's see who we have here."
You look up and freezeâjust for a secondâuntil you realize itâs not Robby. You exhale quietly, chest unclenching. "You're Jenna?" the doctor asks, flipping through the chart.
Your sister nods.
The doctor nods back, "I'm Dr. Abbot, and this isâŚ" He motions to you.
"My sister," Jenna says, giving your name.Â
Thatâs when you see itâDr. Abbot's face changes. He repeats your full name under his breath, eyes narrowing like heâs connecting dots in real time.
Something clicks in his head. Then, without another word, he steps back. "I'll be right back." Heâs gone before either of you can ask anything.
"What the fuck was that?"
"Robby!"
Jack whisper-screams down the hall, catching Robby just as heâs about to exit through the staff doors. Robby slows, eyebrows raised in surprise as Jack jogs up to him.
"Jack, I really justâ"
"She's here."
Robby stops mid-step.
"She was," he corrects slowly, rubbing a hand over his jaw. "a few days ago. I couldn't catch herâ"
"No, Robby." Jack cuts in, breathless. "She's here now. With her sister. Bay 5."
Robby's eyes go wide. "âŚA-are you sure? Wait, is she okay??"
"Well I mean you wouldn't show me a picture of her soâ"
"Jackâ"
"Right." Jack says, "Sheâs fine, sheâs accompanying her sister. Just stay in the consult room. I'll bring her over, tell her she can wait there."
Robby feels like his world is spinning again. He doesn't want to get his hopes up. He still has your letter tucked in his jacket pocket.
He nods nervously. "Okay."
Youâre still staring at the curtain, blinking like maybe itâll open again and explain whatever just happened. But it stays closed. Jenna glances at you, then at her arm, and mutters, "Well, that was weird."
"Yeah." You frown.
Youâre still thinking about the way the doctor said your name like he recognized itâlike it meant something. Before you can say anything else, the curtain swishes again. Dr. Abbot reappears, breathless, like heâs jogged half the ER to get back. "Um, do you mind waiting in the consult room? There's⌠not a lot of space here, soâŚ"
It's an odd request, but Jenna says she's okay, so you reluctantly go with the nurse who'll show you where the consult room is.
As soon as youâre gone, Jenna raises an eyebrow at Dr. Abbot. Heâs still standing there, watching the curtain fall closed behind you like it just told him a secret.
"âŚDo you know something?" She asks. Vague, suggesting.
Dr. Abbot turns slowly and squints at her. "I don't know. Do you know something?"
Jenna tilts her head. "IÂ might."
He tilts his head back at her. "Then I might too."
The nurse doesnât say much. Just a polite smile and a gentle hand on your back as she guides you down the hallway.
You pass a few curtain bays, a trauma room, and then she stops at a door with Consult Room B printed in small white letters.
"Just wait in here," she says gently.
"Wait forâ"
"âOK."Â But the door closes before you can finish the question. You blink. Turn. And thatâs when you see him.
Robby.
Heâs standing at the far end of the room, one hand braced on the counter like he might be holding himself up. He's still in his scrubs, navy jacket with his sleeves rolled up, and he looks like heâs seen a ghost.
You freeze. He sees you.
For a second, neither of you speak. Neither of you even breathe.
Robby braves himself to step closer to you.
"Robby," you finally say, voice barely more than a whisper. You swallow, shifting your weight, arms folded like a shield. "I didn't knowâthe nurse just told me toâ"
You break eye contact and step back as he steps closer. You can't look in his eyes, because you know you'll break. You're already fighting the tears that are about to fall.
He watches you for a moment, trying to find his voice. "You okay?"
You nod. "Jennaâmy sisterâshe burned her arm. Slipped on glass. I just⌠went into autopilot."
He steps closer again, slower this time. "Is she alright?"
"Yeah. Sheâll be fine." You bite your lip, still not looking at him.
"You left me a bottle of rosĂŠ," he says, gently, still stepping closer. "And a name."
You try to smile. "I thought youâd figure it out."
"I did," he says, now only inches away from you, "and then I read the letter."
Your breath hitches, just slightly. Thereâs a pause as you nod, your hands tighten over your elbows, fingers pressing into your sleeves. "Right."
"Are you ever going to look at me?"
You try to hide the sob escaping you and back away a little, but Robby reaches out, placing both hands gently to cup your face, brushing away your tears. You finally meet his eyes, and the sight wrecks you.
Why is he crying?
He steps closer, trapping you within his frame, and leans in. His lips press gently to yours, carefulâas if asking permission, checking if you still want this, if you still want him. Your hands clutch his scrubs, holding on like a lifeline.
You pull away first. "This is wrong." You whisper.
Robbyâs brows knit together in confusion until he sees the guilt in your eyes. You think he's with Collins.
"YouâŚ" You sniff, "You're happy, Robby. YouâYou can't ruin it."
"Look at me,"Â His voice is firm, "Do I look happy to you?"
"Iâ"
"I'm not with Collins."
You look at him. "What?"
"The woman you saw with me a few days go," Robby says carefully, "she had a miscarriage. I was just⌠trying to be there for her."
You stare at him, breath caught. Your lips part, but nothing comes out. Then, quietly, "Oh."
You look down, heart thudding, face hot with shame. You want to disappear into the floor, you feel even more stupid now.
He asks, a little broken. "You really thought I'd move on that fast?"
You shake your head, blinking fast. "I didn't know what to think. I thought maybe it wasnât as real for you as it was for me."
"And what? Were you just going to leave?" He frowns. "You weren't even gonna let me say goodbye. Not even one last look at you."
You shake your head, eyes glossy. "I thought it would be easier on you," you whisper. "Like Bali."
Robby's expression shatters. "That was not easy on me."
"You left before I woke up."
"I thought you wanted me to." His voice catches. "You were quiet that whole last day. I figured you didnât want me to make it harder."
"Because I didn't want to say goodbye!" You cry out, "I didn't want it to end. But I got scared, because what if you don't like the version of me outside of Bali? Because Bali was good, so good, and back hereâ" you sob, "âback here I'm not as confident. I'm nobody. I'm a mess."
Robby's heart breaks a little. He sees you, truly sees you, and realizes the irony: thatâs exactly how he feels.
"You think I donât get that? You think Bali wasnât the first time in years I felt like myself again?" He swallows hard. "I was afraid, too. Afraid Iâd already messed it up. Afraid if I said goodbye, it would feel real. Final."
You close your eyes, a tear slipping down your cheek.
"Youâre not nobody," he says, softer now. "You're the person who saw me when I was at my lowest. Who laughed so hard on that motorbike I thought I'd crash us into a rice field. Who made me believe I could want more than just work and sleep and going through the motions. Whose letter I still keep in my pocket. You're the person who lent me your book."
You chuckle at that, still sniffing.
He cups your cheek again, thumb brushing away the tears youâve stopped trying to hide.
"And you donât have to be confident all the time," he murmurs. "You donât have to be the Bali version of you. I want you. All versions of you."
You try not to cry again, nodding your head. "âŚI want you, too."
He exhalesâlike heâs been holding his breath for daysâand his forehead presses to yours, gentle and grounding. "I'm no picnic, either. I overthink everything. I push people away when I should let them in. Iâve spent most of my life trying to act like nothing gets to me."
"But you do." His thumb brushes under your eye. "You got to me."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"The worst." He smiles a little.
"Then you've got horrible taste."
He chuckles. "I believe what I said was 'terrible' not 'horrible'."
You share a laugh and there's a long, quiet pause. Youâre both holding your breath, holding each other like the other person could disappear, like this might be a dream.
"RobbyâŚ" you murmur.
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to make promises this time?" You ask, hopeful once again. "Ones we'll try our best to keep?"
He smiles. "Yeah. I do."
He leans in again, brushing his lips over yours. Your fingers tangle in the navy fabric of his hoodie, like you're scared heâll vanish. But he doesnât. He just holds you tighter, steadier. And itâs everything youâve been aching for. No longer a memory of Bali. No longer a what-if. Just you and him.
You take Robbyâs hand gently and guide him towards where Jenna is to introduce them. You thought she'd be asleep, but you hear chatter from behind the curtain. When you swing it openâyou see her and Jack, gossiping like two teenagers, her wounds wrapped up long ago.
"Oh hey~ We were just talking about you two," Jenna smirks, "So, Dr. Abbot, how long did you say Dr. Robby here has been broody?"
"Well, I think since birth, really, but he became worse after leaving Bali."
You roll your eyes and glance at Robby, who's blushing like a tomato now. You try to soothe him, while Jack and Jenna share a subtle fist bump, quietly whispering to each other.
"We did that."
"Hell yeah we did."
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hope you guys like it! side note, lowkey loving Jack and Jenna's interaction
and thank you to all of you in the taglist for being so excited for this 𼰠ily, and im so sorry if i missed anyone, it is really not on purpose. I hope you enjoyed!
take a break â michael "robby" robinavitch x fem!reader
Robby is finally on vacation in Bali. He can't quite turn off the part of him that stays alert, but then he meets someone who somehow silences all the noise.
warnings: angst. smut 18+,  minors go away. this feels very romantic to me. i loved writing this. i never intended to include smut in this actually, i find it challenging, but it felt like a great addition to the story. pls be nice :") [p in v sex, no protectionâdon't do this kids, oral!fem receiving, fingering, swearing] not proofread. 4.4K words -- i think this is also the longest fic I've written so far
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It just finished raining, and the air feels sticky with heat and flowers. Robby's on his third day of vacation in Bali, and he's yet to do anything on this island they call paradise. No tours, no yoga by the beach, not even a swim.
It's beautiful hereâalmost painfullyâbut he keeps checking his phone like someone might page him. Old habits. No oneâs paging him. Time zones are a buffer, and besides, heâs on the other side of the world. What could he possibly do?
Heâs halfway through drinking from his coconut, perched on a wooden lounge chair by the beach, when he hears a voice beside him, amused and warm.
"You look like youâre trying to solve a math problem with your drink."
He looks up. Youâre barefoot, sun-kissed, wearing loose cotton pants and a tank top, your hair a little wild from the humidity.
Robby blinks. "Is it that obvious?"
You motion to the seemingly permanent frown on his face.
Robby's seen you around the resort before. Always by yourself, with two books in one hand and a drink in the other. He thought about saying something multiple times, but always chickened out. Something about you felt... unapproachable. Not in an intimidating way, more in a youâre living fully and Iâm not sure how to do that so I don't want to possibly ruin it for you way.
Now you both sit in silence, while Robby continues to check his phone again and sighs. That's when you hand him your book. "Here."
He blinks down at the cover. A Man Called Ove.
"One of my favorites. You should read it." You say, "Better than constantly checking your phone and regretting it a second later."
Robby snorts. You have a point.
"You lend books to strangers a lot?"
"If they look like they've been through some rough shit, yes."
That startles a laugh out of himâgenuine, low, a little rusty. "Iâm Michael. Robinavitch. You can call me Robby."
You offer your name in return, then nod toward the book. "Give it a chance. Let me know what you think."
"What makes you think I'll give your book back?"
You smile, stepping toward the path back to the resort. "I've seen you around the resort. And if you don't, I'll hunt you down."
You're feeling particularly exhausted today. One, because you just went out surfing for the entire day yesterday, but also because today, you were supposed to be walking down the aisle with the most beautiful dress, about to marry the love of your life. Instead, you're in a hotel room halfway across the world, alone, and feeling like shit.
Well, you suppose the day wasn't half bad. You finally managed to talk to the broody, quietly handsome guy who looks like heâs seen too much and somehow still comes off calm and steady. A smile tugs at your lips. Heâs more charming than you expected.
Bali was not a place you thought you'd visit alone. You always imagined you'd be here with your ex-fiancĂŠ, drinking and watching the sunset. So you decide it's time to take care of yourself, wear that sundress you've been saving for a special occasion, and head to the resort's bar.
You sit down at your table, putting your book down and picking up the menu, when someone clears his throat, standing next to you.
Robby.
"This seat taken?"
You try to hide your smile. "Be my guest."
He smiles and sits across from you, putting his your book down on the table. He looks goodâtoo good. Heâs traded his usual loose t-shirt for a navy polo that clings in the right places, and linen pants that make his long legs look impossibly relaxed.
"You clean up nice." You say.
"You look beautiful." Robby counters, "Can I ask what's the occasion?"
You chuckle nervously, not ready to share the sad part of your life yet. Thankfully, you're saved by the waiter coming to take your order.
"Do you drink RosĂŠ?" Robby asks after ordering your meals. And you nod, surprised. "Great, let's open a bottle of dry RosĂŠ." He says to the waiter.
You raise your brows once the waiter leaves. "Didn't take you for a wine guyâlet alone a RosĂŠ? You're full of surprises, Michael."
"You sound like my mother when you call me like that." He groans.
"'Michael'?"
"Yes, and she also mocks my drink choices."
You laugh. "So what's the story?"
"A friend gifted me a dry RosĂŠ one time as a joke. I didnât want to waste it, so I drank it. Turns out, I liked it more than I wanted to admit. But keep that between us."
You hum, "Ah, yes, can't have you ruin your naturally broody aura."
"Me? Broody?" He snorts like it's ridiculous. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You absolutely are."
With the food almost immediately devoured, you're left with wine and each other's company. The ocean hums in the distance, with the breeze prickling your skin. Robbyâs gone quiet, admiring the view, the half-full glass of rosĂŠ resting loosely in his fingers.
"So, how do you like the book so far?"
He exhales, tipping his head back. "I wasnât ready to love it. But it... got to me."
You grin. "Ove grows on you, doesnât he?"
"Yeah," Robby murmurs. "Grumpy bastard made me feel things I wasnât in the mood to feel."
You laugh. "That's the point. He's angry at life, but still shows up for people. Even when he doesnât want to."
Robby nods, quiet for a second. "I think I know what that feels like."
You glance at him, surprised by the honesty. His jaw is tense, but his eyes are soft. You wonder if you should askâbut something tells you this moment is already fragile, and curiosity might crack it too soon.
Instead, you wait.
"I'm an ER doc." Robby swirls the wine in his glass absentmindedly. "Lots of chaos. Long hours. Lots of traumas, deaths⌠I used to think I was built for this line of work. The pressure, the adrenaline... the fixing things. And sometimes I still do. But latelyâŚ"
You donât speak. You let him go on, because he needs to.
He takes a deep breath. "Lately Iâve been wondering if it's all catching up with me. LikeâI walk around carrying everyone else's worst days, and I donât even notice the weight until I sit still." He continues. "Iâve seen kids come in with gunshots. Mothers who collapse from exhaustion. People screaming for someone to save them, and you just have to keep moving like it doesnât get to you. Like youâre above it. But youâre not. Not really."
Robby then takes a sharp breath. "Sorry. I'm not usually this..."
You offer him a small smile. "Broody?"
That earns a faint smile, but it doesnât erase the weariness from his expression.
You figured it's only fair you share your story, too.
You put your wine glass down, your finger tracing the rim. "I was supposed to get married today."
That catches him off guard. His eyes widen, gently. "Oh. Today? As inâtoday today?"
"Yeah," You laugh under your breath, "Booked the venue and everything. Until 6 months ago, I found out he was cheating on me with one of my bridesmaids. Classic."
"Prick," Robby mutters.
"Right? So I pulled the plug on the wedding, and I've been traveling the world ever since. Running away, I guess. I was so caught up in the relationship that I think I lost part of myself." You sigh. "So now, I'm re-finding myself. Yay."
Robby chuckles. "And how's it going so far?"
You smile, "Let's just say I'm glad I'm not spending today alone."
He mirrors your smile, lifting his glass to cheer. "Me too."
"Walk with me?" you ask, gesturing toward the beach after you've finished your wine.
Robby doesnât hesitate. "Lead the way."
You both kick off your shoes by the beach entrance and walk slowly along the shore, the water brushing your feet gently. You can feel the wine in your system now. The salty air hits your skin and lets your hair flow freely. Robby has never seen anyone more beautiful. He's glad it's dark out now, or you would've seen him blush.
You glance at him, and heâs already looking at you. Half-lidded, faintly flushed from the wine and maybe something more.
"I donât usually let myself relax like this." He murmurs.
"And yet here you are, walking barefoot on a beach with a stranger, wine-drunk and poetic." You laugh lightly.
"Stranger?" He repeats, stepping in front of you gently, making you stop.
"No?"
"Feels like I've known you longer." He smiles lazily.
Your heart kicks up a notch, not sure what to say, so you just smile, turning to look towards the sea. The breeze has picked up, cooler now that the sun has long dipped below the horizon. You cross your arms, trying not to shiver, but the goosebumps along your arms give you away.
Without a word, Robby steps behind you. You feel his warmth before you feel the touchâhis hands gently brushing your arms, then slowly wrapping around your waist. His chest is solid and steady against your back, and you let yourself lean into it, just a little.
Heâs quiet, but you can hear the soft rhythm of his breathing, feel it where your shoulders meet his. The sea hums in the distance, but all you can think about is how your heart is racingâand how you can feel his breath on your skin.
"You're unlike anyone I've ever met." He says.
You chuckle and glance up at him, suddenly meeting his eyes. "That's the RosĂŠ talking."
"Maybe," he says, almost to himself. "Or maybe I just really want to kiss you."
Your breath catches. That weightless feeling flutters in your chest, and the world seems to narrow to just the space between your mouths. He waits for your permissionâdoesnât lean in right away, doesnât push. Just watches you, his fingers still resting lightly on your waist.
So you give in. You lean up and close the space between you. It's slow, exploring new ground, like you're testing the heat between you. Robbyâs lips are soft, warm, and his beard grazes your skin in the most deliciously distracting way. His hand slips around your waist, pulling you closer as he deepens the kiss, and you find your fingers brushing the edge of his jaw.
The kiss lingers on your lips even after it ends, like you don't want it to be over. Robby pulls back just enough to look at you, still hazy, still drunk on the moment. His hand is still snug at your waist, like heâs afraid to let go too quickly.
"I donât want to overstep," he whispers, "But if I asked you to come back with me⌠would that be okay?"
You hesitate for a second, because something about this feels different than just a vacation fling, but you can't talk about it yet. You don't want to.
"I was hoping youâd ask," you murmur against his lips.
That earns you a smile and another short make-out session that leaves you breathless.
"Are we leaving or what?" You ask in between kisses.
He chuckles, "So impatient."
He takes your hand, lacing his fingers with yours, and you walk together barefoot, tipsy, and a little giddy from everything thatâs happened tonight. The resort glows softly in the distance, lanterns swaying with the wind.
Once inside his room, you walk in slowly as if it doesn't look exactly like yours. The mood shifts. Robby closes the door behind you, and for a second, neither of you says anything. You just look at each other in the dim light, the tension from earlier about to snap.
Robby takes the first step closer to you, dragging his finger to lift your chin so he can kiss you again. And again. And again. And you sigh into his arms, hands on his broad chest.
"You can stop me any time."
"I won't."
He kisses you again, deeper this time. His hands slip around your waist, then your back, and up to where the straps of your dress rest. You can feel your heart flip when he hooks it on his finger, slowly peeling it off your shoulder, as if giving you time to push him away, but teasing at the same time.
You let the strap fall down your arm, and the other one soon follows. Robbyâs gaze follows the motion like heâs watching something sacred, like he's not sure if he's allowed to want this but can't help himself anyway.
His fingers trail over your now-bare shoulder, and you shiver, goosebumps forming on your skin.
You take his hand and slowly make your way towards the bed, sitting down and placing your hands on his waist. You tug at his shirt, hinting you want it off, and he obliges, the shirt gone in one swift motion.
"Youâre beautiful," He groans as he leans down to lie on top of you. "God."
You memorize the feel of him: warm skin, a strong chest under your palms, the steady rhythm of his breath stuttering slightly when your hands roam lower to reach his belt. He lets you undo it. Lets you unbutton his pants and pull them down as he peppers kisses throughout your body.
You let out a soft moan when his hand trails up your naked torso, hesitantly, ever so gently caressing your breast, teasing your nipple with his finger, while his mouth makes its way down to latch onto the other.
"Fuck, Robby." Your hand goes up to tug on his hair, earning you a lustful groan, while your other hand grabs onto his arm as an anchor.
Your head is spinning, and something is itching. You buck your hips up to meet his, and now his hand is pinning your waist down.
"You really need to work on your patience." He teases and stops kissing you.
"Can you really blame me?" You daringly take one of his hands, resting it on the slick heat between your thighs.
"Fuck." Robby closes his eyes, pressing his thumb to where he can feel your clitoris is, the sensitive bud poking out and pushing against your panties.
You throw your head back, hips bucking against his hand.
Robby slowly slips the little piece of clothing off, and you watch as his fingers smooth over your slit. He keeps his eyes on you as he lowers himself. You swallow as you anticipate what he's about to do.
"So fucking wet." He murmurs, leaving kitten licks on your clit.
You can only moan while he has his way with you. His hands are holding your thighs open for him, and you try your best to keep eye contact, but it's only making you falter faster. His eyes are dark, lustful, hungry, and you feel like you could cum just from watching him.
He gently sucks on your swollen bud, and you lose your mind when he inserts one finger. Then two. Your slick makes it easy for his fingers to move around and find your sensitive spot, he found it almost immediately, he can tell by the way your eyes roll back and how you clench around him every time.
"Robbyâ" You sigh with pleasureâa warning, bucking your hips again, and this time he lets you, feeling you're close to the edge. His fingers move expertly in and out of you, curling just at the right spot. Your breaths become erratic, following the pace of Robby's fingers. "Come, sweetheart." He says, almost as a command, and your body arches moments after, breath catching in your throat as waves of pleasure crash through you.
Robby doesn't immediately stop. He pumps his fingers a few more times until you're trembling away, and with a proud smirk, he pulls his fingers out, licks them to taste youâmaking sure you're watchingâbefore hovering on top of you to kiss you.
You can taste yourself in his mouth, and you whimper, feeling him pressing against your cunt. You're still sensitive, but it feels like you're desperately hungry for more. More of Robby.
Robby tries to pace himself, he doesn't want to rush. He wants to cherish this, drag this out, because he doesn't want this to end. He wants to keep feeling your plush lips against his, your soft touches, your hands in his hair, your body pressed firmly against his.
"Robby," you whisper, your voice barely more than air, "I want you. Please."
And he loses all of his resolve.
Robby bites his lip as he sees your disheveled state. Lips swollen, hair a mess, hooded and hungry eyes, how can he say no to you?
He takes his boxers off, freeing his cock and letting it spring back up to his stomach. You gasp at the sight. He's gonna kill you. First with his gentleness, second with his cock, because you don't think you can handle that.
"Fuck off." You unintentionally comment.
Robby lets out a laugh. "Relax."
"Are you kidding?"
He just shakes his head and hovers over you again, but this time you push him over so he's sitting and you're on top, your sopping wet cunt sitting on his aching cock.
"Sweetheart, you're killing me." He closes his eyes and groans as you drag your hips along his length.
You decide neither of you would last any more teasing, so you take him in your hands, covered in your wetness and his precum, and push him against your folds. Your walls squeeze him as he bottoms out inside you, and you have to hold still for a while.
Robby's hands grip your waist and you're sure it'll leave marks in the morning, but you don't really care. You lift your hips slowly, leaving just the tip before slamming yourself back down, eliciting a moan from both of you.
You're set on a pace, slow, steady, allowing you to have control, but it's not enough. You groan and bury your face in Robby's neck. "RobbyâŚ"
"Hm?" He teases, like he knows what you're about to ask for.
"Please," You whisper. "I needâŚ"
He pulls you from hiding your face, a confident smirk on his. But he decides to be merciful this time. Chuckling, he moves so you're now flat on your back again, legs tucked up and pressed onto your sides.
"Tell me if you want to stop, okay?"
You manage to let out a giggle. "Robby, don't worryâ" your words are immediately cut off when he reinserts himself, the position makes it feel completely different from before. "âHoly fuck."
Robby starts slow, letting you fully adjust before feeling you clench around him, and he picks up the speed. You feel like the air is knocked out of your lungs, only able to take short breaths as Robby brutally drives into you, making you feel all of him.
You can't even moan anymore, your mouth just hangs open as you put your arms around his neck, pulling him down for a kiss you can't properly do. Strings of fuckâRobbyâso deepâfuckâyou feel so good are the only things you can muster as you feel your high approaching again.
You couldn't even warn him when your orgasm hits you. Your nails just dig into his shoulder as your eyes roll back, back arching as far as it could go, and walls spasming around him. He grunts, nibbling on your neck as his hips stutter, not expecting you to get so tight.
"Fuck." He moans as he spills inside you, staying still for a minute to catch his breath and make sure you're okay.
You're still panting and twitching under him, eyes still closed, but your hands draw small circles on the back of his head.
"'M gonna pull out now." He warns and you hum, moaning again when he does.
He stands up to get a towel to clean you up, "Don't go anywhere." He jokes.
You chuckle. "Don't think I can."
The room is quiet now, only the sound of the AC and the steady rhythm of your breaths can be heard. You're both tangled in the sheets, your leg draped over his, skin still warm from everything that just passed between you. Robby lies on his side, one arm wrapped around your waist, fingertips gently grazing your back in slow, absent-minded strokes. Youâre tucked into his chest, your head resting in the curve of his shoulder, your fingers drawing lazy circles on his chest.
Eventually, he presses a kiss to your hair, his lips lingering there.
"You're kind of amazing," He mutters.
"Kind of?" You raise a brow.
He huffs a quiet laugh, "Iâm trying not to let it go to your head."
You shift, propping your chin on his chest so you can look at him. His hair is tousled, his eyes soft, still heavy-lidded. "Too late."
He smiles and presses another kiss to your lips.
"Do you always kiss like that on vacation?" You tease.
He chuckles, "Only when I meet someone who gives me their favorite book."
"Pretty exclusive club."
"You're the only member."
You nuzzle closer into him, smiling into his chest. "I'm not gonna lie," You start, "This all feels a little surreal. I never thought I'd meet someone like you. You make all of this feelâŚÂ right."
"I feel the same way." He admits, "I want to pause everything and just stay in our little bubble."
The silence stretches comfortably for a moment. And then, you get a gut-wrenching realization. "Oh. Right. You said you're only here for a week."
He nods, voice tighter, his hand still tracing along your side. "Yeah."
"So weâve got, what⌠four more?"
"Mm-hm." He pulls you close to him, perhaps it's a way so you can't see his sullen expression. "Four more days in the bubble."
And it's hardly enough time.
The next few days blur in sunlight and ocean breeze, you take Robby on winding motorbike rides, wild ATV tours through the jungle, surfing lessons where you both wipe out laughing, and quiet moments snorkeling with whale sharks. You try to make as many memories as you can, all the while masking the dread of his departure. And at night, itâs always the sameâhis touch like a promise, your body moving with his in the dark, like you're both pretending the end isn't coming.
You both made the silent decision not to say where youâre from. Maybe if you find out he lives just hours away, itâll make this too real. Too painful. Better to keep things suspended in this bubble, this almost-fairytale. Better to let it end on a hopeful note, instead of a practical-hurtful one.
Youâve told yourself this is just a fling. That some people come into your life for a reason, and maybe Robby was never meant to stay. Maybe heâs just a beautiful lesson in loving deeply and letting go.
You try not to cry in front of him. You want to make the goodbye easier than it feels, to shield him and yourself from the ache that's already blooming in your chest. You try to seem light, even when itâs breaking you.
Itâs not easy for Robby, either. If he could, heâd offer you his worldâjust to wake up beside you every morning and fall asleep with you tucked against his chest. But it wouldnât be fair. He could never ask you to upend your life for him, no matter how much he wants to.
And maybe thatâs the hardest part, he wants to do this right. He wants to believe this is more than just a vacation high. But what if his realityâgrueling shifts, emotional exhaustion, his work-life imbalanceâends up driving you away? Thereâs so much he wants to say, but maybe silence is the merciful choice.
It's the night before he leaves, and you can't say goodbye. But itâs there, hanging unspoken in the humid air between kisses, in the way you cling to each other just a little tighter. You talk quietly about nothing at all, and everything at onceâmovies you havenât seen, food you miss, a joke about whale sharks that makes you both laugh a little too hard at 1AM.
At one point, while tracing lazy circles on his chest, he asks, "Should I go before you wake up?"
You donât answer right away, but then nod. Robby can see your lips quivering slightly.
He pulls you closer to him, but neither of you falls asleep quickly. You make love again, slower this time, as if trying to memorize each otherâs skin. As if trying to stretch the hours. You fall asleep tangled together, heartbeats in sync.
By the time the soft blue of dawn creeps up, Robbyâs already awake. He moves quietly, getting dressed in the soft light, careful not to wake you. Before he leaves, he pauses by your bedside. Youâre still curled under the covers, looking peaceful and beautiful.
He looks at you like heâs trying to remember everything.
Then he pulls something from his bagâa folded piece of paperâand tucks it gently into the book you gave him. His fingers linger on the cover for a beat too long.
He leaves without a sound.
You wake hours later to an empty room, your chest already aching before your mind catches up. You sit up slowly, the sheets cold beside you. You scan everything in your room, maybe Robby had left something behind that you could keep as a memento.
Then you see the book. You open it to find the note inside:
"You changed something in me.
Thank you for letting me be yours, even just for a moment."
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