Whitaker's Cross

shawn and supriya both saying they're on board with the ship and that they played it as a flirtation in s1

shawn, a 2 decade collaborator with john wells, read the first script and saw the potential straight away

a deleted scene in which abbot defends samira in a room she isn't even in and declaring her the smartest one in the er

abbot having a ridiculous samira radar and his eyes finding her in some way whenever they're in the same room

both being lonely workaholics pushed forward by their grief

the literal showrunner saying they would be good for each other

jack letting samira be the second person in the world to conduct a risky medical procedure and body blocking walsh to tell her she can do it

him peacocking practically everytime she's near and getting shy when she acknowledges him

samira being the ONLY person he cannot make his notorious eye contact with and the person he cannot flirt with smoothly

her being visibly attracted to his actions (donating blood while working and paying for her patient)

the fact that he can soothe her anxiety enough to the point that she can focus on something else

she is also comfortable enough in his presence to sit down and talk while he is trying to clean his wound

shawn also saying that samira is jacks favourite

What if the only person she knows that has been widowed is Jack Abbot? What if she asks him if he’d ever remarry and he’s taken aback? What if he says something along the lines of “for the right person” while maintaining eye contact? What if he offers sound advice and tells Mohan she should go to the wedding and support her mother? What if she needs a date?? WHAT IF? HMM???