Chicago Med,
All the staff of Chicago Medical Center were waiting for the mayor to inaugurate the new emergency department of the hospital. Just then their pagers start going one by one.
"Listen everybody, train derailed, mass casulty get ready" Maggie shouted
Sarah Reese, a fourth year med student had no idea what to do….all she could see was chaos around her. This is not how today was supposed to go.
Then she realized something and started calling someone, "Come on, pick up the phone dammit"
"Hey Reese, need a hand here" Dr. Choi called her out
She kept her phone aside and ran towards the treatment room.
While helping , she saw Dr. Halstead shouting at someone, "Well I am the senior resident in this ER."
"Yeah? I am your new trauma fellow."
Will left the trauma room and she could't stop herself from glancing at the new doctor in trauma room.
She saw standing in front of the room and looking at him.
"And he's back. Get all the test and send him to the OR" saying this he left the trauma room.
Sarah by then was also done helping Ethan and left the room.
" , welcome I am Sharon Goodwin" greeted him
"Hello Mam.." he started greeting when he saw Sarah
She ran towards him and hugged him tight,
"Thank God, you are alright. Do you know how worried I was? Where is your phone, you idiot?" she couldn't control her emotions at bay was about to cry when she realized where she was.
She saw the shocked looks on Goodwin and Maggie's faces.
"Uhmm"
"Hey! I am all good and I am sorry for not answering your calls" Connor said while smiling at her "But you know I was kinda busy and also maybe have broken my phone" and showing her the broken phone.
"Yeaah! Its just that I didn't know where you were and..."
"I know I know"
" , we have a patient in treatment 2 and all our doctors are busy...can you just take a look?" interuppted them
"Yeah,sure" Connor answered and then looked at her smilingly and left.
"Well that was not at all expected" Maggie said
Sarah looked at her and gave a shy smile trying to escape when Maggie blocked her way looking at her teasingly "What was that hug all about"
"Nothing"
"Nothing? You wait girl I'll make sure you spill all the beans" and she left to trauma room.
"Who's the young rambo in there, stitching himself up?" asked looking at Connor stitching himself up
"Oh that's Connor Rhodes, the new trauma fellow" Goodwin answered
"Hmm, well he's gonna light up some estrogen receptors around here"
"Well, he lit mine" Maggie said joining in the conversation "but those women around here are going to be very disappointed"
"Why's that?" asked
"Reese, the med student and Rhodes they have something going on" Maggie answered
"Do they now?" saying this left
Sarah entered the room where Connor was stitching himself up
Looking at her April said, "Hey Sarah..you want something?" confused as she did not witness the hug earlier
"Hey April...uhmm no nothing"
"So...how did you get the scratch?" Sarah asked looking at Connor and for some reason feeling a bit uneasy
"Must have snagged it at the wreckage" Connor answered looking at her comfortingly
"You know what...I'll check on you later" Sarah said while leaving the room
"Sarah.." Connor called out as she was leaving the room and she turned to look at him
"Not now Connor" Sarah left the room as fast as she could.
"Practicing Central line? Can't tell you how many times I've missed it" Connor comments and then continues "It takes a lot of practice...and on humans not on him to get it right"
"And now you are ignoring me" Connor says with a sigh
"I am not...just focusing on what I'm practicing"
"You are Sarah...look I am sorry for not answering the phone.."
"This has nothing to do with you not answering the phone..." Sarah bangs the equipments she has on the table and tries to control her breathing "Can you just leave me alone?"
"Sarah...talk to me" Connor takes a deep breath and continues softly "What's going on?"
"I just broke a little girl's ribs"
"The guy that I worked on this morning...brain dead"
"I am sorry"
Connor looks at her and then pulls her in a hug. Sarah breaks down as soon as he embraces her
"I heard about the accident and I knew you were on that train and I had all these bad thoughts" She tries to continue but all that comes out are here cries
"Its okay...I am here" He tries to sooth her "Listen to me..."
He cups her face gently making her look at him "I am here with you and I am fine...I am not going anywhere honey"
After Sarah stops crying he says, "Come on lets get out of this room and get something to eat"
"Yeah, sure"
Hey guys hope you enjoy the story!
Clarifications in ages- Connor is around 32 and Sarah 26
So yeah, there's a 6 year agegap.
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