#iantjacksonavery

You had been in Toronto General Hospital for about 2 and half years. You loved it in Canada. Everything was just how you imagined it. you had cases after cases and everyone was friendly and welcoming. there weren't any drama in the hospital, which was confusing at first but you slowly got used to it.

You haven't heard from anyone but Alex. he kept you updated in everything, and even asked you if you wanted to come back to seattle a year after you left but you declined knowing you weren't ready but would you ever be?

you didn't ask about how Jackson was doing. You couldn’t bare to hear the words "he's happy" from alex if you asked. You blocked him and everyone else on social media because you were afraid that if you saw his face you'd break and come back to seattle. you needed to let go of your life back in seattle. you had to let go of him

~

Alex looked at the scans of a 9 year old boy and shook his head. he had never seen anything like it. he quickly did some research if it had ever been cured and to his surprise it could. He smiled when he saw the name of the lead surgeon on the case.

"De Luca! get me (y/n) (y/l/n) on the phone! and tell her we need her here ASAP!" Alex yells at Andrew before running towards Baileys office.

he barged into her office standing in front of his then Resident now chief of surgery. " I called Dr. (y/n) (y/n/l) for a consult and possibly for a surgery. Get the chopper ready to go to Toronto General. we need her here as soon as possible" alex tells bailey before running out of her office not waiting for her to say anything

Bailey quickly Dialled the numbers needed and booked the chopper telling them to go. She knew that when alex needed someone else to consult it was serious.

~

After you received the call from alex and discussing possible treatment options you boarded the chopper that had "Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital" printed on it. You were still in your Maroon scrubs having forgotten to change into normal clothes.

Once you had landed, you quickly unbuckle and head out of the chopper. You see Alex and an Intern waiting for you. You run to alex who gave you a big tight hug which you returned.

once you pull away, the three of you head to the elevator to see the patient.

"good to see you Alex" you tell him with a big smile on your face. you turn to the Intern beside Alex, stretching your hand out for a handshake "Dr. (y/n) (y/l/n), Peds and Plastic surgeon and now Certified ENT From Toronto General" you introduced.

" Dr. Andrew De Luca, intern" he says before grabbing your hand to shake. " How do you guys know each other?I've read your articles and it was just amazing" Andrew says

" (y/n) and i go way back to our intern year." alex says " He called Mer and I a nurse" you say smirking at him "and now i call you family" alex says smiling before the elevator dinged and the three of you exit.

everything looked the same. some doctors and nurses looked at you because they either didn't know you or because you were wearing different colored scrubs that stood out like a sore thumb. you smiled at them, even waved at some who waved at you first obviously recognizing you.

The Three of you get into the consultation room. Alex hands you the scans of the 9 year old boy. "what do you think? ". you held the scans up to the light before telling him " i've only seen this twice in my whole career Karev."

"and it's only been cured twice by you (y/l/n/).that's why i called you so that you can take this case"

“I'll assist you on the surgery Karev."

"you don't wanna be lead surgeon on this case?" He asked "How are we gonna cure this if i’m the only one who can do the surgery hmm?" you tell him.

"just like old times" alex says "tell them to prep OR 2 De Luca. (Y/n ) and i are gonna kick ass" he says smirking

~

after scrubbing in and getting gowned, You waited for alex to finish scrubbing in and get gowned before asking  Bohkee for the scalpel so you could open up the patient.

"Hows Canada (y/n)?" alex asked after around two hours of working on the patient.

"Canada is Great. i got promoted to Head of plastics 4 months ago. i run the whole thing and stuff." you tell him

" how are they treating you? are they nice?"

you laugh at Alex " they doubted me at first but they welcomed me with open arms"

" Have you seen him yet?"

Alex didn’t need to mention any name cause you knew who he was talking about.

" I’ve been with you all day alex. i haven’t seen anyone aside from you and the people we pass by" you tell him "Do you wanna see him (y/n)?" alex asked

"I don’t but i will for sure bump into him. i’m not ready to see him" you tell him " suction De luca"

" we have an audience up in the gallery" Andrew says. You look behind you to see interns with a notepad and residents watching closely. You see Meredith and jo standing near the door so you give them a small wave before facing alex and continuing the surgery

"i received you wedding invitation in the mail" you tell him " i was supposed to catch a flight like 6 hours after you called, but you had other plans" you laughed

" you were really planning on going?" alex asked. " i promised you and Jo i would go, i mean i did forget my dress that i spent hours finding so id have to look for another dress not to mention i only have my phone, wallet, and stethoscope with me."

" you must really love me then" alex says laughing

" i was thinking of the patient alex. Dont get your hopes up" you tell him

~

Jackson had been busy with all his post-op patients and with his charts all day. He dropped off his charts at the nurses station and put his head down exhausted.

" Did you hear that Dr. karev is doing a complected surgery with Dr . (Y/l/n)" an intern said. Jacksons ears perked up when he heard your name and decided to listen

" Yeah. i went into the gallery earlier to watch but got paged so i had to leave. i heard Karev flew her down this morning for the case" his fellow intern said

" she an amazing surgeon in Toronto Gen. heard she worked her till they offered her a Job. I would have loved to learn from her. shes double board certified in Peds and Plastics and rumour has it she’s single"

Jackson had heard enough so he slammed his hands on the counter then heading to the OR board to see if it was true and it was.Your name was there on the board alongside karev's name. He ran to the gallery in OR 2 to see it was full of interns and Resident.

he asked how long the surgery had been going on and the Interns said about 9 hours.

~

you and alex had been in surgey for atleast 10 hours when you felt his stare. You gently stepped off your stool to stretch, not daring to look at the gallery. once you were all good you went back to your position.

"He’s up there (y/n). staring at you" alex said. " i know" you reply

" how? you haven’t looked back up in hours"

" when you’ve been in love with someone for years, as crazy as i sound, you know the difference between their stare and everybody elses" you reply

~

after almost another 5 hours of surgery, you and alex finally were finished. you let De luca close but of course Alex being alex had to keep an eye on him just to make sure he didn’t mess anything up.

"you know he doesn’t need you to babysit him closing up right?" you tell alex " i know he doesn’t but i just did this once in a lifetime surgery and i cant have him mess up" he replies.

" i’m gonna go and scrub out Evil spawn. i still need to buy some clothes and a new dress" you wave goodbye to alex before you scrub out.

drying your hands with the towel you exit the scrub room not before seeing alex give Andrew a lecture which you laugh at.

you didn’t have any trouble finding your way around the hospital because you knew it like the back of your hand. You turned right only to bump into the person you wanted to avoid as much as possible.

"(Y/n)"

you looked at him and noticed how nothing’s changed.

" Jackson, Hi"

" Long time no see. Long time no talk " he says. " I’ve been... been busy. "you reply to him.

all of a sudden the feelings that you had tried push aside all came back. all the progress of moving on was erased just like you thought it would. you two just stared into each other like one of you would disappear.

you took in his appearance, his eyes, his eyebrows, his freckles, his lips, and his stubble. you wanted to touch him. you wanted to hug him tight but you didn’t. that's when you realized his stethoscope. it was the same pink stethoscope you left on top of his bag when you left. you were shocked that he kept it, hell you were shocked he was using it.

you were about to speak when Maggie Pierce came running in grabbing Jacksons attention.

"Jackson,I've been looking for you everywhere." she says. "(Y/n)! it’s good to see you. how are things with you?" she asked once she noticed you

"Everything's good. i’m head of plastics at toronto gen. its not chief but it’s a start" you tell her. " are you back? like are you staying for good?"maggie's asked you

" i’m just here for Alex and Jo's wedding then im off back to Canada." you say " i actually need to go. i don’t have much on me since i left everything at home. i’ll see you guys later" you tell them before running to the elevator.

Hes with maggie you thought

~

you were at the ferry with all of Alex and Jo's Guests. you were sat at the back beside someone you didn’t really know but knew they worked at the hospital. you were wearing a V-neck short sleeved dress that went just a couple of inches above your knees with a small black bag and black heels.

it wasn’t the best dress to wear in the cold seattle weather but it was the only thing you could find on such short notice.

you clapped when Jo and Alex shared their First kiss as husband and wife. everyone went to congratulate them and so did you. you walked to jo and alex pulling both of them into a very tight hug.

"Congratulations Evil Spawn spawn and now mrs Evil spawn" you joked. they both laughed at your silly joke " i better be Godmother to your bean when you decide to have one "

" one at a time (Y/n)" Jo says " so are you staying a while?" she asked " i actually leave tomorrow around 4pm. i mean im head of a department now, they need me there" you reply

" how about lunch so we can catch up? at mers"

" i’ll see if i can make it." you reply " go and have fun, i won’t leave. that i can promise" you shoo them away. you walked to the rainings of the ferry. looking out of the sea. you rub your hand up and down your arms, mentally cursing at yourself for not bring a jacket.

you missed seattle. you missed working with everyone. you slightly jumped when you felt something being draped over shoulder only to realise it was a suit jacket. Jacksons suit jacket.

" you looked cold" he says standing beside you. "Thanks" you replied. you felt his stare so you decided to look at him.

"im sorry" he tells you " i was a jerk for avoiding you that week, when i could’ve convinced you to stay."

" you know it was better that you did avoid me, Jay" you confessed using the nickname you used to call him. " cause if you told me to stay, i would have stayed." you took a deep breath before continuing " you have hooks inside me that are way too far to get. i was miles and miles away from you yet there wasn’t a day i didn't think about you"

"(y/n) the day you left, was the day realised why my relationships didn’t work out. they didn’t work out because you were my meant to be." he pulls you closer to him putting his hand on your cheek

" it all made sense to me. how when i was in need of anything or if i had i problem, id come to you not My current girlfriend at the time. how i defended you when they were jealous of our relationship and how i was jealous when you got close to other men that wasn’t me." he said staring into your eyes

" Lexie, April, and Stephanie they were all my soulmates and so are you. the only difference is that you and I were meant to be" he adds

you were shocked at his words. you couldn’t believe what he was saying. "w-what? jackson what are you saying" you tell him

"im saying dont leave me, dont go to canada. im saying run the plastics department with me. im saying let me fight for you." he took a deep breath