Shakedown Street

Brendon always jokes it's easy to get you to smile. No one believed him of course. You only really smiled at patients when they came in for their surgeries. Very rarely did your co-workers earn such a gift.

Then again Brendon got to see you outside of work. Mainly in his clothes.

The first time he realizes how easy it is to get you to smile is the first morning you spend the night at his place.

He had cooked breakfast and was setting the table when you walked in. "Good morning, Rose." Brendon says walking over to you.

You hum as he kisses your head. He watches as you look over the table as a smile slowly climbs on your lips. "You made me breakfast?"

"I have to keep my girl fed." He whispers nuzzling your neck, holding you close.

"You girl, huh?" You ask relaxing into him.

"Yea, he says nipping at your skin. "My girl."

The next time Brendon makes you smile, it's after a patient disparages you for your size.

He ushers you into his office as he sees you fighting off tears. You sit on his couch and cover your face with your hands.

Brendon watches as your body shakes, broken breathes coming from you.

"Rose," he says finally sitting next to you.

"I'm fine." Your voice cracks.

He carefully takes your hands from your face to see your eyes red rimmed. "He's an idiot."

You give a dry laugh and shake your head. "You're only saying that cause I'm sleeping with you."

You yelp as Brendon pulls you to straddle him. You look at him to see his lips pressed into a firm line.

"Your weight and build have nothing to do with your skill as a nurse."

"But-"

"No, he's an idiot and he's lucky I'm not his doctor." He watches you try to fight a smile.

"He would be lucky." You say.

"Not after he insults my girl. I'd give him a fucking student to work on him."

You can't help smiling, forcing you to nuzzle his neck to hide it. "You're horrible, Dr. Park."

He kisses your head and strokes your hair back. "Only when needed nurse Callaghan."

You trudge into your apartment, the double shift weighing on you. You offered to cover your night shift colleague, needing the extra pay with Brendon planning a vacation for your one year anniversary. Even though he wasn't very happy when you told him about the double.

As you pull your shoes off, you notice Brendon's work bag on the couch.

"Brendon?" You yell.

"Bathroom." You hear before following his voice.

You let your hair fall from its ponytail and run your fingers through your hair.

You stop in the door way into the bathroom. The tub is filled with petals, steam coming off the water. There's gentle music playing with a mood light to look like live water.

And standing in the middle is Brendon.

"What..?" You ask feeling your throat tighten up.

"I know you are tired after work. I figured," he walks over and wraps his arms around your waist. "You could use some relaxation after a double."

You smile up at him. "You really are pulling a Roy Kent now."

"I… don't know who that is." He says as you start to laugh.

"I really need to have you watch more TV." You say smiling as he starts to strip you of your clothes.

Once you're stripped Brendon helps you into the water. "Now, I'm going to check on your breakfast then head to work."

You nod then pull him into a kiss. He grunts and grips the back of your head.

You pull back pecking his lips a few more times. "Thank you," you whisper.

"Anything for my girl." He whispers back standing up.

Brendon is in a department head meeting, bored out of his mind. He taps his phone to check the time, your smiling face greeting him.

"When did you take that?" Robby asks sipping from his travel mug.

Brendon knew you got along with Robby outside the hospital. You never explained why, but it worked.

"We went apple picking last week." He thinks about how he got you to smile in the first place.

You had spotted a bright red apple too high for you to reach. Brendon jumped grabbing a branch close by and pulled himself up plucking the apple. He drops back in front of you holding the apple up.

"You didn't have to do that." You smile taking the apple from him.

"If it means seeing you smile, it's worth it."

You didn't stop smiling, so Brendon decided he needed a new lock screen.

"She's lucky to have someone like you, Park." Robby says.

"I feel like the lucky one." Brendon says as a notification comes through letting him know his order was ready for pick up.

Brendon tangles his fingers in your hair, tilting your head back to kiss along your neck.

You moan as he nips at your pulse point. "Bren." You whine as he moves back.

"I'll give you what you want in a minute, baby." He takes a few steps back and kneels behind you. "Turn around."

You turn around and cover your mouth at the sight. "What are you doing?"

He holds the ring box out to you. "Will you, Rose Callaghan, be my girl forever?"

When Brendon opens the box inside is a rose-gold ring with a dark pink spinel in the center with branches holding it in place.

You can't fight the smile taking over your face and Brendon has never felt as enchanted by it before as he does in that moment.

You nod, smile still wide. "Yes. Yes, Brendon Park, I'll marry you."

He slips the ring on to your finger before standing and pulling you into a deep kiss, plunging his tongue into your mouth. He's rewarded with a moan and you gripping at his shirt.

The day you get Brendon to smile in a way you know no one had ever seen will live forever in your mind.

"Rose," Brendon yells through the house. He was concerned because while he was in a surgery, you went home sick.

"Living room." You say.

Bran quickly walks over to you and kneels in front of you. Your curled up in basketball shorts and one of Brendon's hoodies.

"Are you okay? Garcia said you left early." He takes your hands in his.

You squeeze his hands. "I'm fine Bren."

His brows knit together, "then why…"

You smile at him and set his hands over your belly. He blinks at you, his eyes going between his hands over your belly and your smiling face.

"You're pregnant?" He asks.

You nod. "It's why I came home; morning sickness."