"My name is Valerie Blaylock. I'm glad to meet and work with you, Dr. Vaughn, and I can't wait to get to know you better," Valerie said, sticking out her hand for Markus to shake.

"It's nice to meet you as well, Dr. Blaylock," Markus said, shaking her hand.

"Oh, don't be so formal! Just call me Val, Dr. Vaughn. Everybody does."

"In that case, you can call me Markus, Val."

"Alright then, Markus. Do you have anything I can help with right now?" Valerie asked.

"Just follow me, Val," Markus said, heading to his office, Valerie tagging along.

"Let's start with some paperwork, shall we?" Markus said.

"As long as I can be productive, I'm fine with it," Valerie laughed.

That was the beginning of a great partnership.

Hello, everyone! Well, since I've been wanting to write some Trauma Center stories, and some MarkusxValerie stories, I decided to do a 100 Themes with those two. I...may be getting things wrong on my stories, since I'm new to the fandom, so just be aware of that! Most of the chapters for this (except for this one, and the 100th chapter) will be about double this size. So, y'all should expect relatively short chapters. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and if you did, please review! - Element