“Hey Abbot.” Chantanah says as Abbot passes through. “We got a new girl starting with us today.” She nods her head towards you as your fixing the id badge that won’t stay clipped on your scrub pocket.
“Ah. Fresh blood for the night shift”. He steps around the corner and holds his hand out. “Hi. I’m Jack Abbot” you shake his hand. “Hi.” As you say your name your badge falls again. Jack picks it up. “May I?”
“Oh. Sure. I can’t get it to stay on.”
Jack, with the badge in his hand, steps closer and instead of attaching it to your pocket, his fingers lift up the collar of your scrub top and clip it there. “There. Hopefully it stays this time.”
“Have a good first shift.” He walks away.
“Why is your face all red?” Chantanah asks.
“It’s a normal color thank you very much.”
The first shift was a big learning curve for you, learning how to check patients in and how to deal with insurance. By the end of the third shift, you got the hang of it for the most part. You make the decision that since you’re going to be in this position for the foreseeable future you’re going to enjoy it as much as you can. You buy themed and seasonal scrubs, along with some festive window clings for the desk, when you’re lying in bed after your shift.
You don’t really have any more interactions with Dr. Abbot the rest of the week, but you do get to see him walk by several times a shift. It was hard not to notice when he walked by, your body seemed to have some internal radar that went off when he was near.
Why were you attracted to a man in his 50’s? You had a normal childhood, there’s no daddy issues. Standing at the registration desk looking at Dr. Abbot as he walked by again you start to question all that. Why does he look so good? Seriously, it’s not fair.
You walk into the ED wearing a pair of scrubs with little flowers everywhere for a shift that marks you being employed here for a week. Dr. Robby is walking by finishing up his shift when you’re getting settled at the desk. He’s talking to Gloria about some staffing issue at the registration desk, how they’re short staffed for tomorrow. Robby looks at you and catches your eye.
“Hey. Whats your name again?”
You say your name and it comes out more like a question. He looks up your schedule and sees that the next shift you work after tonight is in two nights.
“Think you can handle a double? Come in for the day shift before yours and cover the desk?”
“Oh. Sure. I can do that.” You’re not sure how you’ll manage to stay up for that long but you’re definitely not to going to say no when you’ve only been here a week.
“Great.” He turns to Gloria. “See. It’s fixed.”
They both walk off down the corridor.
The morning of your double shift, you shower and pack your lunch and dinner and some snacks. You dress in scrubs that have little tiny woodland creatures.
You find that the day shift has its own rhythm compared to the night shift. By the time the end of the day shift comes, you’re tired but not exhausted and you think you can handle doing this for another 12 hours.
Jack comes in for his shift a bit early and sees you at the desk. He finds Robby leaning against the nurses station.
“Why is my registration clerk working right now?”
Robby sets his IPad down on the counter. “Your registration clerk?”
“Yes. She’s on my shift. Why is she here now?”
“I needed someone to fill in, so she’s doing a double.”
“This is her first week. You should have picked someone else.”
“You normally don’t care who works that desk. What’s with the concern?”
Jack looks towards the desk where you’re sitting at. “She’s too nice and wasn’t going to say no to you. She’ll be dead by the end of the shift. Just pick someone else next time.” Jack says as he go to drop his bag off.
You’re able to get through the first nine hours of the night shift. With three hours left, you’re starting to drag. You already had some coffee but you don’t think the caffeine has ever kicked in. At some point, you rest your eyes for just a second only for Jack to walk by and stop right next to you.
“Walk with me for a moment.”
“Oh. Um. Who’s going to watch the desk?”
“It’s covered. Come on. Up you go.” He grabs your elbow and makes you stand up. He places his hand on the small of your back and guides you to the ambulance bay.
“I thought the fresh air would wake you up a bit.” Jack says as he removes his hand from your back.
“Thank you. I’m struggling a bit. A double is no joke.” You rub your eyes.
“Think you can handle a couple more hours of the shift?”
You nod and yawn. “Yeah. I think so.”
“Here.” Jack hands you a candy bar. “Eat this and head back in when you’re done.”
As he turns to go back in to the ED, he looks at you. “Make sure you see me before you leave. I want to make sure you’re okay to get home. If you’re not, I’ll take you.”
By the end of the shift, you’re dragging. You have never been this tired before, everything has this film of haze on it. Every little task seems to take you forever. You think you hear your name being called, but honestly you may just be hearing things at this point.
Jack walks up to you and places a hand on your shoulder to turn you around to face him. “Hey. I called your name and you didn’t answer. You okay?”
“Yeah. Just tired.” At this point you’re dead on your feet and Jack knows it.
He grabs your bag and steers you toward the exit. “Alright sweetheart, let’s get you to bed.” The walk through the parking lot is quiet. You start to veer towards your car but Jack keeps his hand on you and steers you towards his. “I’m taking you.” You open your mouth to reply but he shakes his head. “No arguing. I’m making sure you get home safe.”
You let out a yawn. “What about my car?”
“It’ll still be here tomorrow. I’ll pick you up before shift and bring you.”
Once you get to Jack’s vehicle, he opens the passenger door for you and buckles you in. “You can adjust the temperature of you want.”
When he gets into the car, you give him your address to enter into his phone.
“Next time Robby asks you to do this, come see me. I’ll be sure to tell him to find someone else.”
“Did I do something wrong?”
“Of course not. You did great. I just don’t like seeing you push yourself this hard.”
When you get to your apartment building, Jack walks you up to the building’s door. “You good to make it from here?”
You nod. “Thank you for the ride.”
“No problem. Get some rest. I’ll pick you up before our shift.” He gives your upper arm a squeeze before you unlock the door and walk up the steps. When you get to your place, you quickly shower and crawl into bed, asleep in minutes.
Your alarm wakes you up about two hours before Jack is set to pick you up. You scroll through your phone for a few minutes before getting ready and receive a text message from an unknown number.
Hi. This is Jack Abbot. I got your number from the staff directory, hope you don’t mind. I’ll pick you up in about two hours, if that works for you.
You smile at the text and reply.
Hi! No problem. Thanks for driving me. 😊
You save his number in your phone and start to get ready. Knowing that Jack is picking you up, you spend a little bit more time on your appearance. Your scrubs for today have little tiny suns on it. You pack a few snacks and sit on your couch waiting for Jack to arrive. Your phone buzzes with a text a moment later from Jack.
Jack is waiting outside his vehicle as you open the door to your building. When you get closer to his ride, he opens up the passenger door for you.
“Thank you for taking me.” You say as you set your bag on the floor and buckle up.
“No problem.” He reaches behind you towards the back seat and pulls out a Tupperware container and hands it to you. Before he pulls into traffic. “Here. It’s some pasta that I made after shift. I wasn’t sure if you were able to get up in time to make something to eat for tonight.”
“That’s really nice. Thank you. It beats the bag of chips and fruit cup I have in my bag.”
The ride seemed to go quick as you talked about work, him about some funny cases that came in recently and you about some strange patients you saw.
Robby clocks that the two of you are walking in together and that you’re holding a container with Jack’s name on it.
During the handoff, as Robby is finishing up explaining what a shit show the day shift was, he glances towards the registration desk. “So what’s with you and sunshine over there?”
“You know who I’m talking about. New girl. Patterned scrubs. Too young for you….”
“What? I’m just stating facts.”
Dana walks by and overhears. “What’s going on over here?”
Robby smirks. “Looks like Abbot has a thing for the new registration clerk.”
Dana looks over and sees you putting some festive window clings up. “I see the appeal. She’s sweet.” She points to Robby and says, “you could use someone like that too.”
Robby shakes his head. “Yeah, not happening. This one is all Abbot. He’s quite protective of her already.”
The shift comes to an end without Jack getting to interact with you. When he goes to grab his bag, he sees his Tupperware container with a post it note from you saying thanks. You drew a small smiley face on the note making Jack smile.
As the months went on, Jack would occasionally take you home when you stayed too late or worked a double (which he hated). He seemed to manage walking by your desk a couple of times per shift. Robby was right in that he was protective of you. He tried to make sure you ate something during your shift, either something you brought or something he packed for you. Jack found himself thinking about you more often, occasionally those thoughts led to him taking a cold shower. He doesn’t know that he had been the source of many day dreams you’ve had.
After shift one day, Jack invites you to the park across the street where several others staff members are heading to as well. He picks up your bag and carries it for you, while his hand is on your lower back. As you go to cross the street he checks to make sure it’s safe for you to cross.
When you check up to the others, Jack tells you sit down on the bench. He goes to the cooler and picks up a couple drinks and sits down right next to you. He’s so close that your thighs are touching. He puts his arm around the back of the bench and somehow seems to be even closer.
He leans in a little closer and says softly, “This okay? You comfortable?”
You nod and then to look at him. “Yeah. I’m good.”
Every now and then Jack will rub a circle on your shoulder or play with the strands of hair that had fallen down during your shift. You don’t want to move at all for fear that he’d stop touching you. No one seems to notice what is going on, for which you are thankful.
After Jack finishes his drink, he brings his lips to your ear. “Want me to take you home?”
He takes your drink and his and throws them away, before grabbing your bag.
When you get to his vehicle he opens the passenger door for you. Once you get in and settled, he buckles you in and brushes a piece of hair away from your face. After he shuts the door, he opens the back door to put the bags in, before getting in the driver’s seat.
The drive to your apartment building seems to go quickly and terribly slow at the same time. Jack finds a parking spot right outside your front door. He turns the car off and turns to you. “Would you like me to come inside?”
You bite your lip and nod.
“Can you use your words sweetheart?”
God, that word coming out of his mouth makes your face heat up. “Do you want to come inside?”
Jack touches your face before he unbuckles and grabs your bag. He opens the passenger door just as you unbuckle your seatbelt.
You can’t tell if this is going to either be the best thing that has happened to you or the worst.
The moment you get into your apartment, the energy is electric. You feel like you’re breathing faster and your body feels warm. Jack sets your bag down on the table and turns to you.
“If I’m reading this wrong, let me know now.” He scans your face. “Do you want this?”
Keeping your eyes on him, you nod.
“I want this.” You whisper to him.
He places his hands on your face and kisses you. What starts out as something soft quickly turns heated as you let out a soft moan. Your hands come up to clutch his shirt. The kissing seems to deepen and the space between you is nonexistent.
You lead Jack to your bedroom. He takes a moment to look at you, kiss bitten lips and eyes blown wide. You take off your top and pants leaving you in your bra and underwear. “Beautiful.”
Jack takes his clothing off including his underwear leaving him bare. He steps closer to you and undoes your bra and pulling off your underwear. “Lay on the bed sweetheart. I want to see you underneath me.”
Jack climbs on the bed after you. He brushes some of the hair from your face and kisses you. You feel how hard he is and it makes you more wet.
Jack opens up your thighs and holds them apart giving each one a kiss. He works his way to your center and gives you a long lick.
You’re shaking as he draws out your pleasure, rotating between his fingers and his tongue.
“What is it angel? Huh? Use your words.”
You squirm and he keeps you in place. “I want you inside me.”
Jack gives your clit one last kiss before he sits up and notches himself at your entrance. “Such a good girl using your words.” He doesn’t ease you into it as he bottoms out in one thrust.
He changes the angle of your hips and finds the spot that takes your breath away. “Where do you want me to cum sweetheart? Not gonna last long with you squeezing me like that.”
“Fuck.” He drops his head to your shoulder. “You sure?”
“Yes. I’m - I’m on the pill.”
Jack’s grip on your hips and thighs tighten. “Baby. I need you to cum before me.” His pace is starting to get erratic. He takes two fingers and finds your clit rubbing tight circles. “Come on. Let go.”
You cry out his name as you cum. You think you hear Jack groan out the word fuck and your name but honestly your ears are ringing at the moment.
Jack rolls off you and onto his back. It takes a while for both of you to catch your breath. He pulls you closer and kisses the top of your head calling you his girl.
