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The bruises were so purple they rivaled the deep eggplant of his scrubs. They were thick and harsh against her baby soft skin and they didn’t belong there. Nothing bad belonged on her skin.
“I’m really fine. It wasn’t intentional and I’m perfectly capable of finishing my shift. I appreciate the concern, really I do, but I’m okay.” That voice, that perfectly soft, sugary sweet voice.
He wanted to put his fingers through the fuckers bones.
“You need to rest. We have to keep you here for observation. Honey, you passed out.” Dana pressed two fingers to her temple.
“I lost oxygen! I’m breathing fine now.” She whispered, hoarse from the pressure. Her legs swung over the side of the bed and Robby moved to help her stand.
He didn’t like that, didn’t like seeing the doctors hands on her body. The smile he was giving her too familiar, too curious.
“Why don’t I take you to get something to drink? Something cool, get you walking a little bit and we’ll see how you do. I have all of four minutes before the next major catastrophe happens and I’m happy to help.”Robinavitch squeezed her hip and that was it. That was all.
“I’ll do it. I’m done for the day I was heading out. You go deal with the water slide nightmare. I’ll take her.” He was big but fast, sliding beside her and tugging her gently under his arm. The look he cast wasn’t hard to misinterpret and almost immediately Robby backed off, hands up in mock surrender.
“I don’t need a babysitter Dr.Park.” Emma looked up at him with Bambi eyes. “I can get myself a glass of water.”
She was so warm under his touch, perfectly hot and pliable as she seemed to melt into him. An involuntary reaction that nearly made a groan slip from his lips.
“I didn’t ask.” The words were sharp and unrelenting, shifting her through side doors and away from prying nurses eyes. Everyone looked so sad for the poor tiny little newbie who was just assaulted on her first day. He didn’t like that. Didn’t want her underestimated. The vending machine was the closest option and when she pointed at the Diet Coke he pulled his wallet out faster than she could reach into her pocket. “Let’s go drink this in my car. Away from the pitying stares of your fellow nurses.”
His Range Rover has just been vacuumed and it took his breath away at how small she looked in the passenger seat.
“I really am fine.” She started speaking first, twisting to look at him over the console “I know it’s a risk that I take working in the ER. I prepared myself for it and it could have been a lot worse. I’m 25, I’m not a child. I hate that everyone’s treating me with kid gloves because some Brick of a man was confused and scared and lashed out.”
“What are you doing in the ER? It doesn’t suit you.” He was blunt, that’s who he was. Mean and tactless. A shark.
Her eyes flashed before she seemed to fall back in surrender
“Rude. But I’m aware. I’m going to be a peds nurse but I want to be HEAD peds nurse one day so I need to do my rotations. it’s just part of the gig. Fortunately I don’t think any babies will be putting me in headlocks.” She twirled the end of her braid and his eyes tracked her movements.
“That fits. You’re all sunshine and rainbows and puppies.” He scoffed, not cruelly. Just in a way he would never understand.
“Ah yes, because you know me so well. I’m Emma Nolan by the way thanks for lettting me borrow your very expensive car for soda and an internal pep talk.” She giggled.
“Brendan park.” He grunted.
“I know who you are. They all talk about you at the nurses station. How mean you are, rude. That you’re hot but you don’t care about anyone but the bones.” Her nose scrunched “which is why you can imagine I’m very confused why I’m here with you right now. Not that I’m complaining. The air feels so nice.”Emma leaned forward into the vent and the smell of her vanilla peach shampoo filled the car.
Her scent felt like a punch to the face. So fresh and clean and perfect. He could play it off, be the dick she heard about and tell her he felt sorry for her. That she was his good deed for the month and he was looking to cash in on good karma.
“You’re exactly what I like.”
Okay well that worked too.
She perked up, her smile confused and her eyebrows raised
“Sorry?”
He was already in it, no backing out now.
“Exactly what I said. You are the type of woman I like. I knew it from the moment I saw you. I was going to talk to you no matter what but then you had to go and get halfway fucking killed to make me do it.” He rolled his eyes.
“What are you talking about? You think I’m a good nurse? Are you trying to poach me for your OR? Dana won’t like that.” Emma played with the buckle of the seatbelt, chuckling.
“You’re a good nurse. But I’m not talking about this hospital, I’m talking about who you are as a person. You’re exactly what I want. You’re perfect.” If he could just touch her, pull her in and drop her directly on his lap.
It clicked together in the span of 30 seconds. Before a soft rose petal pink blush spread across her cheeks “you think I’m pretty?” She whispered.
“I think you’re gorgeous.” His thumb brushed her stained cheeks “I think you’re kind, and smart and empathetic, the complete opposite of me. And that’s just what I’ve seen in 11 hours.”
“And..” she cleared her bruised throat “and you like that?”
His thumb found her bottom lip and he pressed into it
“More than you can imagine.”
There was bravery there now, a hard set determination.
“You want to sleep with me?”
Oh fuck, a lump formed in his throat. “Eventually. A lot. Several times. Daily possibly.” He was so close, the gear shift digging into his hip.
“I should tell you then.” She pressed her hands into his chest “for sex.”
Halflidded eyes, her toothpaste scent across his face
“Yeah?”
“I’m a submissive.”