there's just something about you, baby.
𝒥ack abbot x med student!reader.
summary — the heat in the pitt just wouldn’t let up. all you could think about was the condensation frosted energy drink you stashed in the fridge 8 hours ago, but when you walked into the break room, you found out about dr abbot’s dirty little secret ˚.🩺
content. . . MDNI 18+ fluff — kind of. female reader, nsfw descriptions, possibly inaccurate medical things, age gap, acknowledged power imbalance, walked in on. definitely forgot some things. proof-read at 5am.
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Your scrubs felt tight around the shoulders, pinching around your ribs as they clung to the sweat that accumulated in beads down your body. It was a humid 80 in the PTMC on the evening of July fourth, even the AC on blast couldn’t save anyone, the ED felt crowded and the extra bodies didn't help with the heat.
You walked out of trauma one, peeling the latex from your hands, a mixture of condensation, blood and sweat dripping from them as you chucked them towards the medical waste. Your head spun trying to process the trauma you just treated, the heat that made you feel impossibly sticky, and the tiredness you could feel swimming to the surface from being 8 hours into a 12-hour shift.
All you could think about was the redbull you had stashed in the break room fridge when Robby pulled you into a trauma before you could either think about popping the tab.
You decided it was now or never. Avoiding Dana’s desk to not get called over for a quick favour, and or wrapped up into a conversation with Whittaker. Sneaking your way to the break room to grab the redbull – or stick your head into the fridge for a reprieve from the heat, either would suffice.
The door wasn’t shut, it was pulled to just enough to look it, but you didn't see anyone through the window. You didn't knock; there was seemingly no need to. You opened the door, clicking it quietly shut behind you, and instead of just darting to the fridge. You stopped when you saw the back of a man flexing into a phone camera, music softly playing in the background.
You stopped, processed the situation. Grey haired man, black scrubs, built. Your eyes darted to the table, PTMC badge laying there.
Your head twitching to the side whilst you watched — well the show in front of you.
it was Jack. Emergency Medicine Attending Jack. Jack Abbot your superior, super human trauma surgeon Jack Abbot.
It was a strange situation, a man you looked up to for his profession, for his attitude, for his bravery, for his talent and accolades. Flexing in front of a camera for what you presumed was a TikTok.
Now you were faced with an issue. 3 options. Do you stand there like a creep watching him flex in front of the camera, next to the fridge, waiting for him to finish before grabbing your drink. Do you make your presence known, grab your red bull and make your way out of there pretending like you saw nothing, or walk out there without your drink and try to erase the images burned into your retinas.
All three options were shit. The first two making you seem like a perv, and the third leaving you without the drink you needed to survive the next four hours. You were stuck in a very sticky situation.
The options swam around your head, look like a creep and feel the heat that creeps into your lower stomach every time you see the older man. Or deprive yourself of maybe 5 seconds of ice-cold energy drink before you’re inevitably called onto another case. Both scenarios were uncomfortable to say the least. The air was starting to get sticky in the room, maybe it was just a placebo for the slight shame you for still being stood behind him, your stomach feeling hot.
He still didn't notice you, low grunts escaped him whilst the veins on his forearms popped under his skin. As he relaxed, you noticed red rings formed around his biceps from where his scrub top was just a little too tight on the arms. A sharp slap came from in front of him, the same sound that came from the trauma rooms when someone pings a latex glove on their wrists. You watched him take the stethoscope from around his neck, pulling it in front of him to presumably pretend to take his own heart rate, or the audiences? Who knows.
Your feet felt superglued to the floor, and honestly? You did not mind watching Jack show off. You, Santos and Whitaker did joke about the hottest doctors and came to a unanimous vote of Abbot over a few too many long islands. You both acknowledged that he was old enough to be your dad, but in a mix of alcohol and honesty you admitted to both of them, that you found that quite hot.
The door clicked, and the haze of biceps and anxiety turned to immediate panic. You felt frozen as you watched Dr Abbot jump, grab his phone and clicked off what you acknowledged was a Lana Del Rey song, as a very red Jack spun around. Your eyes widened as your head whipped away from Jack’s to the door, stepping to the side to not get hit by the wood frame.
“Oh! Uh, Sorry.” Whitaker said seeing both your red faces, averting his gaze straight to the floor quickly turning straight back around and out the door again, almost slamming it shut with a loud thud.
“Shit.” Jack muttered. Picking up his badge.
The senior doctor stared you down. His face red as sweat dripped down his neck and collarbones, you could see the cogs turning in his mind. The silence was thick - and hot but that may have been unrelated to the scene in front of you. You felt your cheeks heating up, you were so screwed.
“How long have you-” He started, his tone low, nervous.
You cut him off quickly, your voice maybe a little too high.
“Saw nothing. I saw nothing.”
“Kid, just tell me how-”. He started again, voice stern. The same no-nonsense tone he used on students. His hand wiping the sweat off his brow as leaned back on the counter.
That nickname and his tone made you shut your excuses up quick. The fact you couldn't make eye contact was telling him a lot.
Now you had a decision to make. Admit to his face that you just watched him flex for the camera for the last 5 minutes and hope he doesn't think you’re some sort of pervert for the rest of your life at the PTMC or double down on you seeing absolutely nothing and resign immediately.
You looked at him dead in the eye and chose the third option before even processing what that would be and word vomited,
He looked at you momentarily like you had 3 heads, cocking his own to the side whilst peeling off the latex gloves he had on. It was oddly erotic in your fucked up mind. You didn't dare breathe or look away. Just awkwardly awaited his answer.
“Our. . . secret?” he repeated, dragging the end out, questioning what that meant.
“I won't tell, if you won’t. And we never speak of this again. Deal?” you spat out.
You hardly knew what you were saying at this point, just hoping to talk your way out of this one.
Your eyes widened again, surprised he didn't just lecture you, or interrogate you on why you were watching him. You quickly fixed your face, awkwardly nodding before darting past him to the fridge, grabbing your energy drink and hauling ass straight out of there with a salute.
You made your way to your desk, sitting yourself straight down. Face still ridiculously red as you attempted to throw yourself into charting to remove the gun show from your memory. You looked around, unfortunately meeting eyes with Santos, who you felt watching you as you practically ran from the break room.
“What. Trin. What?” you sighed.
“Why’re you so red?” she asked back.
“It’s like a million degrees in here.” you lied through your teeth.
“You sure?” She leaned onto the counter in front of her, with a sick smirk gracing her face. “Because you just ran out the break room, and Abbot’s just walked out of there.”
She raised her eyebrows like she knew what she was talking about. She had no idea what just actually happened. That was Santos, though. Always right.
“I went to get my drink.” You held the can up like it was proof of whatever just happened behind the closed door. “That’s all.”
“Uh Huh.” she replied, eyebrows raised, nodding along.
“This isn’t Grey’s Anatomy. Get your head out of the gutter.” You half-laughed, wiping the sweat from your forehead.
The rest of your shift (avoiding Abbot) went surprisingly well. You got pulled onto two more complicated trauma’s before charting for the rest of the shift and helping McKay in the ER occasionally – easy things. Mostly alcohol overconsumptions or minor injuries from the fireworks. The routine slightly comforted you. McKay kept asking if you were okay, if you slept, if there was anything on your mind and you lied straight through your teeth because how could you tell her.
‘Yeah, I do have something on my mind. Dr Abbot’s biceps. The way he grunts when he flexes. The fact I was right about how he purposefully wears scrubs tops that are too small and when he flexes red rings form around his upper arms. The fact I find the power imbalance hot and I'm a total freak.”
You didn't want to sound like some obsessive teenage girl with a crush on a man with significant authority over you. So, you just ‘oh no, I'm fine’-ed your way out of it. Which probably left McKay questioning if you need a psych hold or not.
Your eyes felt heavy as 5AM rolled around, you were just happy to finally get out of there. The air outside was still sticky, but so much cooler than the packed PTMC. You leaned onto the brick wall just outside of the sliding doors, rewarding yourself with a cigarette. You feel the nicotine wash over you and you finally feel your shoulders relax, exhaling thick curls of smoke.
You took this time to really think about the absurdity that occurred today, you knew you couldn't avoid him forever, it would be awkward, your brain would fry every time you saw him for a while, but ultimately you knew where your heart was. You knew the PTMC would be your best bet at becoming a trauma surgeon, you wanted it so bad. You also knew that Jack would be a brilliant mentor, you had to get over this stupid crush.
You had to be back in the ER at midday, most of the night shift promised that they would help with The Fourth of July backlog dayshift would be dealing with. So, you stubbed your cigarette out on the beige bricks and made your way to the car.
11AM came too quickly for your liking, your calves ached, your hands shook – a mix of anxiety and tiredness. You tossed and turned trying to sleep, Jack in your mind before the exhaustion took over. Today would be interesting to say the absolute least.
It felt like it had been two seconds since you left, you greeted everyone like normal and went to sit at the same desk you’d been sat at for most of your time at the PTMC. You attempted to wipe the strain from your eyes, hopefully finishing up your charting before you threw yourself into a case. You sat and noticed there was a four pack of Redbull, just sitting there. Your name was scrawled on one of the cans, a note folded and tucked under the pack, you unrolled it.
‘Our little secret ;)' written in what clearly was Jack’s handwriting. You couldn’t tell if this was just one big sick joke. Was he flirting?
You felt your face heat, stuffing the note immediately into the pocket of your scrubs scanning the room for him.
You found his eyes immediately. He saw your face, eyes wide like a fawn and his lips morphed into a sick smirk. He sent you a wink, and your stomach dropped. You nodded back, as your cheeks flushed harder before adjusting yourself in your seat, rubbing your forehead out of minor frustration or embarrassment. You couldn’t tell what it was, a mixture of the heat pooling your stomach, your cheeks heating up and the mixture of feelings swirling inside of you.
“What was that about?” Santos called from across the desk, a shit eating grin on her face.
“Huh? Oh. . . nothing important.” you replied with haste, fixing your face.
“C’mon!” Trinity whined, “Thers clearly something going on with you and Abbot.”
“I told you yesterday Trin, nothing is going on.” your tone was stern, but you knew she would never drop it.
“Uh Huh, sure.” She raised her eyebrows, nodding at you like she didn’t believe you for a second.
This was going to be a long shift.
authors notes — hi hello hiii, i hope you enjoyed! i am so so glad i finally wrote for jack && the pitt. a big thankyou to mika ( @pittsick ) for encouraging me to write this silly plot based on a post i put up. i am so happy i did! more pitt fic’s will come in the future as i have a lot of pairings for med student!reader 🩻 𓏲 ๋࣭ ࣪ ˖