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emiliasmr‌:

“uh, yeah they do?” she corrected him, “cats don’t give a fuck if you tell them your guests don’t like them.” it was definitely obvious that charlie didn’t have much experience with cats, which… at least made sense in the context of this new information. “i think we need to have a bigger conversation about why you don’t trust me.”

charlie sat there cranky about his wrongness and his swollen face. he realized, on some level, that it was all his fault, but that had never stopped him before. “i didn’t realize that i had a reason to trust you. not the sort of thing that i hand out like pamphlets.”

#para: emilia

drsammybyrnes‌:

Sammy sighed, shrugging a little as she shook her head. “It’s probably better not to talk about it,” Sammy replied after a moment, leaning back in her seat and taking a sip of her drink. She grimaced a little as she looked over at him. “I’m just glad today is over and I’ll leave it at that,” Sammy said with a soft smile.

She focused then on Charlie, a little amused as he looked around the space before looking back at her. She frowned at his words. “Oh, that’s unfortunate. no warning?” She asked, knowing how tough it could be when a team member left suddenly. Her eyebrows rose at his words, amusement settling on her features. “You’ve never had a temp nurse before? They’re helpful on a short term basis. But can be annoying to use I suppose…” she chuckled.

“So, I know why I’m here getting a drink. But I wouldn’t normally peg this as your usual haunt…”

“no warning. hopefully, i’m going to survive it.” it was an exaggeration. he was going to be fine. there were more than a few weeks out of the year where his patient base didn’t stretch him to need two nurses, and the temp was more than competent.

charlie took another drink, looking around one last time. the most embarrassing thing that could happen would be his date deciding to show up now. “i believe i’ve been stood up. when would you have called it?”

#para: sammy

Text: Charlie

Alastair: okay..

Charlie: Okay. Great. Thank you for understanding. Speak soon.

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: okay, time. Yeah I can do time.

Charlie: To clarify. Just to clarify

Charlie: to be FRIENDS

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: i know I agreed that with you but I’m telling you I made a mistake.

Alastair: I shouldn’t have done what I did and I’m going to have to live with that but I just needed to tell you

Alastair: I’ll do everything I can to show you how sorry I am and how much I regret what I did

Charlie: Give me some time, Alastair. I think you could afford to take some too.

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: I know. I know we did and I completely understand if you’re cautious and don’t want anything to do with me but I’m going to do everything I can to show you how sorry I am

Alastair: I shouldn’t have done what I did.

Alastair: I like you Charlie.

Alastair: I like you like you like me.

Alastair: can we please talk about this properly?

Charlie: No, Alastair.

Charlie: You agreed with me. If you called it off this time, that was it.

Charlie: I didn't tell you how I feel so that you could weaponize it.

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: him? I called it off. The more time I spent with him the more I missed you.

Alastair: I miss you.

Alastair: literally it hurts how much I miss you and I wanted to say this to your face

Charlie: Alastair, we made an agreement.

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: it’s a case of you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone

Alastair: I fucked up Charlie I really really did

Alastair: I’m sorry

Charlie: So what about...?

#text: alastair

drsammybyrnes‌:

Sammy smiled leaning in to give Charlie a quick hug. “Thank you. It’s good to see you too,” she said as she moved to sit down in the empty seat beside him. Her smile widened a little then, nodding at his words. “I’ve been good, actually. Despite it being…one of those days,” she replied with a shrug and bit of a grimace. “Oh, Asher is great and she’s growing so fast. I can’t believe it,” Sammy told him, smile wide and soft at the thought of her daughter.

She took a long sip of her drink then, crossing her legs and turning to look at Charlie properly. “What about you? How’re you going? It’s been a while since we’ve caught up,” Sammy asked, settling into her seat. She and Charlie had always gotten along, despite their very different specialities. But it had been a while since she’d seen him outside of a work interaction.

“One of those days,” Charlie echoed with an understanding nod. He couldn’t even begin to understand. One day in Sammy’s waiting room to drop off a jacket that she had left in his car had been enough, Charlie thought, to really grasp the ins and outs of what must have made a bad day for her. “Feel free to tell me as much or as little as you need to to vent.

Charlie looked around like the answer of how things were going with him were going to fall out of the sky. Sammy was sitting in for a date that wasn’t coming, his long-term friends with benefits relationship was... well, he’d promised himself he wasn’t going to think about it. So he decided, at least at the time being, to focus on work. “One of my two nurses quit this week. I have a temp. A temp nurse. I didn’t even know that was a thing.”

#para: sammy

Text: Charlie

Alastair: I don’t want to say what I have to say to you over text

Alastair: I need to speak to you

Alastair: I made the worst mistake

read at 1:10 PM.

[4:56 PM]

Charlie: You can explain here or not at all.

#text: alastair

As we end the weekend, ask me anything. Don't be gross!!!!!!!!!!

#ask meme

billie-g‌:

Holy shit. I went into the wrong field, goddamn it.

Charlie, you’re my friend, so I say this kindly: shut the fuck up. If I wanted someone to nag me about visiting the gyno, I’d call my grandma.

It’s not nagging! it’s... nagging. I’m trying to stop things that are stupid preventable here, Billie. Twice a year. That’s all I’m asking. Pap smear every other year. I didn’t even start on physicals! Which are honestly a waste of everyone’s time at your age.

#chat: billie

Text: Charlie

Alastair: Ah.

Alastair: I really need to talk to you and I want to do it face to face.

Alastair: it’s important.

Charlie: Alastair, I'm going to give you some advice a therapist gave me many, many years ago.

Charlie: Drop it.

#text: alastair

Text: Charlie

Alastair: are you free?

Charlie: 👎

#Text: alastair

drsammybyrnes‌:

Sammy wasn’t the biggest drinker but it had been a difficult day. She’d been at the hospital with a patient for most of the afternoon and that could take it’s toll. She’d asked Cooper to pick up their daughter, needing some time to collect herself before going home to her family. Five by Night wasn’t her usual bar of choice but it was close and not as rambunctious as a few of the other places around were.

Making her way inside still in her work clothes, she headed straight for the bar, ordering a gin and tonic. She rested, leaning against the bar and took a look around for a moment. She smiled a little when she saw the familiar face of Charlie Weber. Her drink was placed in front of her and she quickly paid, taking a sip before deciding to approach her friend.

She weaved through people easily to where Charlie was sitting. “Hey,” she greeted, head tilting a little to catch his eye. “Fancy seeing you here,” Sammy continued with a bit of a laugh, smiling at the other doctor. “Mind if I join you?” She questioned, gesturing beside him as she took another sip of her G&T.

( @charlie-weber )

charlie was, at this point, positive that his date for the evening wasn’t coming. he’d been sat at this table for close to an hour. he’d won four consecutive games of backgammon on his phone. he’d just started to look for one of the bar runners so that he could sign for his tab when he saw dr. sammy. his eyes lit up right away, head coming out of his hand.

he stood up from his chair, arms open for a quick and friendly hug. “oh, sammy! hi, great to see you.” he looked back at the chair. he was positive that no one was coming for it. “yes, of course, please. how have you been? how’s asher?” to charlie, this woman was an american hero. spending day in and day out doing strep tests and dealing with, nightmare on nightmares, parents. he suppressed a shudder at the thought.

#para: sammy

emiliasmr‌:

Emilia actually jumped at the sheer volume of Charlie’s reaction, as well as the sudden concern about any stray germs coming at her. She wasn’t about to catch coronavirus on her own damn couch, healing her neighbor’s broken heart wasn’t worth that. “What?” she asked, looking from him to the cats as she put two and two together and ushered them away from Charlie. “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me you’re allergic?“

“most people don’t just let their cats walk all over the houseguests.” clearly, charlie had never spent a lot of time with cats or with a cat owner. “i’ll be fine. physically and emotionally. time heals all--” a pause for two more sneezes. “wounds.”

#para: emilia

kathrynnallison-p‌:

“It was a doll! You have to give me some sort of credit. If it helps, I put the head back on the body.”

“Just wait until you have the real thing in front of you and old habits come up.”

#chat: kate

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