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Nobody knows that Nurse Jesse is the love of your life or that you're married because your badge at work lists your maiden name. At work, you and Jesse are very professional, but at home, he's all over you. He's perfect but there's definitely days when you question why he's with you in the first place because he's fit and you're considered plump. Plus he's in his 40s and you're in your late 20s. But fuck he's perfect, your silver fox.
Your shift today has been going alright, but you're so ready to go home and cuddle in bed with your husband. He looks so fucking good today that it's taken everything in you to not jump his bones here at work.
The only physical affection Jesse has given you today is your hands brushing against each other in passing, a hand on your shoulder with a couple squeezes to calm your nerves when dealing with some tough patients, and one time standing next to you at the central hub he let his hand graze your ass as your sides were flush against each other. However he's not been short on calling you pet names that stroke a fire in your belly every time you hear them. If he calls you sweetheart one more time, you will not be held responsible for your actions especially since there's only about an hour left of your shift.
There's a drunk patient you've been assigned who's been asleep since he got to the ED. You were hoping he'd stay asleep until he could become night shift's problem, but he is now awake. You can't avoid helping him even if you really really want to because Dana has already given you her strict mom look and told you to go check on him. You briefly glance towards Jesse and he mouthed it'll be okay at you.
You take a deep breath and head towards south 19 to check on this man. You open the door and the patient immediately starts screaming at you. You check his chart so you can catch his name before turning to look at him.
“Look Mr. Jones, I'm just here to get your vitals and see if there's anything I can get you before your doctor comes to check on you. There's no need to yell at me.”
“Who sent the fat pig in here? Don't come near me. I don't want to catch anything you may have.”
“Mr. Jones, I need to check your vitals now that you're awake. I promise I'll be super quick about it and then I'll be out of your hair.”
“No you dumb bitch. What part of I don't want your fatass near me didn't you understand?”
“Look sir, the faster you let me check your vitals, the faster I can get out of here and the faster you can be seen by your doctor and released.”
He can keep hurling insults at you, but you've said worse things to yourself so the insults don't even faze you anymore. You walk around to the left of his bedside, and apparently Mr. Jones absolutely meant to not come near him because he put you in a headlock before you could ever start properly taking his vitals. You kicked your medical tray over hoping that would be loud enough for someone to hear. It wasn't.
Mr. Jones's arms started squeezing you harder and no matter how many times you tried to swing at him, it was like he was the hulk and resistant to it. His insults are still flowing out of his mouth. Every other word is either bitch or some fatphobic comment. With one last ditch effort, you reach for your watch because if you tap the screen 3 times it'll send an alert to Jesse's phone. You manage to tap the screen and just hope Jesse comes running.
You were successful because Jesse and Dana came running. Dana injected Mr. Jones with some kind of sedative and shoved him back since his grasp was nonexistent now and you could slip out of his arms. Jesse yelled code hula hoop out into the hallway, and you could hear everyone running. Ahmad showed up first and stuck cuffs on Mr. Jones so there's no way for him to get up from the bed.
Dana and Jesse helped you up off the floor and got you out of south 19. Jesse steered you towards the central hub and Dana was right on your heels. Princess and Perlah saw you coming and immediately got a chair for you and some water. Robby came running over to see what was going on.
You sat down in the chair and Jesse refused to let go of your hand. He was rubbing circles into your palm. You don't know if was to calm you down, calm him down, or both.
Your neck is bruised up pretty good but you gratefully take the water from Princess and take small sips. You try to shoo everyone away from you because you just need a minute, but nobody was leaving you alone.
“Hey sweetheart, can you tell us what happened?”
“Isn't it clear what happened, she was fucking put in a headlock.”
“Jess it's okay. To answer the question you all so very clearly want from me right now, I walked into the room and was immediately yelled at by the patient. He didn't want a fatass Miss Piggy coming anywhere near him. I remained calm and went to go check his vitals anyway and he put me in a headlock. I kicked over the med tray and tried hitting him, but he just squeezed my neck harder. The whole time he kept calling me derogatory names and told me I should appreciate the fact that he was even touching me. I hit my watch's screen 3 times and it sent an alert to Jesse who came running with Dana. Dana gave Mr. Jones some kind of sedative and I was able to slip out of his grasp. Now I'm here. We good now?”
“I'm going to kill Mr. Jones.”
“I'll help you.”
“Jesse and Dana, I need you both to think rationally.”
“I can't do that Robby. He attacked my wife.”
“Whoa hold on a second. Your wife?”
“You think the alert would've gone to Jesse for no reason Robinavitch? They've been married for the past like 3 years.”
“Damn Dana how'd you know?”
“Mother's intuition. Now sweetheart, you'll have to give the cops a statement when they get here, but you should go lay down in one of the on-call rooms.”
“Thanks Dana for everything.”
“Of course honey. Now Robby come with me, we gotta talk about what we're going to do with Mr. Jones because I'm not sending another one of my little birdies into that room with him.”
Princess and Perlah were speaking in tagalog, but smiling at you and Jesse. You don't even want to know what they're saying at this point because you've never seen your husband so angry and protective. It's honestly kind of hot, but you can't think about that right now.
Jesse looked at you with an expression that could only convey tenderness. You can still see tiny sparks of anger in his eyes but you know it's not directed at you. You look away from him because if you stare too long, you'll cry.
“My love, you should go lay down.”
“Yeah I know, I'll go in a minute. I just want to sit here and breathe for a second.”
You sit there for that minute and take a few deep breaths before getting up from the chair and walking towards the on call room. Once in the room, you lay on the bed. Jesse comes and lays down next to you. You're still avoiding his gaze.
“Can you look at me baby?”
You shake your head no.
“Please?”
You look up at him and your eyes start watering. Jesse pulls you into his chest and lets you cry against him. He rubs his hands down your back and kisses the top of your head.
Eventually you stop crying and look back up at Jesse. He wipes the tears off your face and kisses your forehead.
“I'm sorry for crying on you.”
“I signed up for that and more sunshine. It was part of our vows. Now be honest with me, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I'm okay. It freaked me out when it was happening but I was more worried about how you would be.”
“I still want to kill him.”
“I know you do handsome, but I like having you here with me instead of sitting in a jail cell.”
“I'd rather be here with you too. Also I'm sorry for outing us like that.”
“Don't be. It was time for them to know and according to Dana some already knew.”
“Yeah I can't say that we've been all that secretive about it. I mean we both wear wedding rings around our necks and you have a J tattooed behind your ear.”
“Well yeah when your lips usually kiss me there and bite me, I'm gonna mark it as your spot.”
“I know you're not going to want to talk about this, but we need to. The comments Mr. Jones made at you were disgusting and so completely false. You're fucking gorgeous my love.”
“They weren't false though Jess.”
“You fit perfectly in my hands, in my arms, up against me. Everybody's bodies are different. You are healthy even if you're not a size 6.”
“Yeah try size 22.”
“Baby, you are a goddess and I'm so attracted to you. I love every single part of you.”
“But babe, you're super fit and I'm just well me. I've seen the looks we get from people in public, we don't look like we should be together.”
“Sunshine, do you think we shouldn't be together?”
“Fuck no.”
“Then that's what matters. Nobody's opinion about our relationship matters except ours. I'm so in love with you.”
“I love you so much Jesse.”
“You're my wife. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.”
“Thank you for responding so quickly earlier.”
“I never should've let you go in there alone.”
“We both thought it'd be okay. It's not your fault. I'll be fine. Besides our shifts are basically over and you can take me home and cuddle with me after I give the cops my statement.”
“They need to fucking hurry up and get here because I'm ready to take you home and get you nice and comfy in our bed. Plus I want to show you just how much I love you.”
“Jesse Van Horn, you can't just say things like that when we're at work. And don't think I forgot about you feeling me up earlier.”
“That was meant to be a preview of what we'd get into at home after shift, and it still will be, but I'm going to take my time and thoroughly kiss and love on every inch of your body.”
“Promises promises.”
“Oh it's a promise, I'm going to keep. You're going to get so tired of me by the end of it.”
“That won't happen. I can never be tired of you.”
“I'm glad to hear it. Now you just relax and we'll go home soon. Close your eyes, focus on my breathing and try to match it. If you want me to sing you something I will and I'll rub your back.”
“Mmm that sounds nice. I'll just take a small nap right here. I'm sure Dana will come get me when the cops arrive.”
“Oh you know she will. You're her favorite little duckling. Now sleep my love.”
“Yes sir handsome. Will you play with my hair too while you rub my back?”
“Of course I will gorgeous. Now shhh and let me take care of you.”
“You take the best care of me. I'm so spoiled.”
“Not spoiled. It's the bare minimum. You deserve to be treated with love and respect. I only want good things to happen for you and if I can help make it happen I will absolutely do that.”
“Gimme a kiss.”
“With pleasure.”
Jesse leaned down and kissed you. He wrapped his arms around your middle and pulled you even closer into his space. Your chests were touching, your breathing was in sync. You pulled out of the kiss and laid your head against Jesse's chest. He started rubbing his hand up and down and your back and running his other hand through your hair. It was peaceful and exactly what you needed.
You're content to stay laying here because Jesse is very comfy but you're definitely ready to go home and let him properly take care of and love on you without the threat of being walked in on especially with how nosey your work family is.