CONTROVERSIALLY YOUNG GF MEETING DANA AT THE HOSPITAL & EVERY ONE GIVING HER A SIDEEYE
you don't visit dana at the hospital often. being a charge nurse in an emergency department doesn't allow much time for socialising, she could perhaps stretch to a quick hello or a peck on the cheek if you're lucky. but since you're a passenger princess by title, relying on public transport in the absence of your girlfriend, you don't make the trip unless it's an absolute emergency.
6:49pm— you're running through the rainy, grey streets of pittsburgh, using your purse as an umbrella; the weather wasn't this shitty when you'd left the house. you're unprepared. summer dress soaked, the silky fabric darkened by rain and your wet hair clings to your neck all sticky and hot. you run up through the ambulance bay, straight for the automatic doors. you see the department glowing, the fluorescence inside, dana's station. you're not that familiar with the layout, looking like a little lost pup as you crane your neck to look for your girl, eyes scanning the moving bodies for silvery blonde hair.
"you okay hon?" a nice red-headed lady called you over, pulling a jacket off to drape it over the back of her chair. lena, ready for handover and just getting started at the beginning of her shift.
"hey!" you run over, straightening out your dress, eyes bright and starry. "is dana here?" lena's gaze raked over you, not unkindly, just presumptuous from a rumour that'd circulated the ED months ago. you know she's thinking it. is it true? is it you? she gets her answer when dana emerges from a bay, glasses pulled off her nose and swinging in her hand. her lips curl at the corner, tongue darting out to wet the skin there when she sees you.
"well this is a surprise" dark eyes soak you up, landing on your drenched dress and damp shoes. she steers you away from the station, away from prying eyes and ears, "what happened to emergencies only huh?" she's playful, actually elated to see you an hour earlier than she was expecting.
"it was an emergency? i missed you and i wanna go out for dinner?" you said it like it was obvious. dana shakes her head, tongue in cheek, hand squeezing your arm in acceptance.
"let me change, we'll go straight to that italian you like" she smacks your hip in jest, a subtle wink and she's walking back to the locker room til you're stood alone again. you catch the eyes of a couple people at the hub, nurses and doctors alike. some familiar faces, not many. when dana returns with her bag hung from her shoulder and a hand at the small of your back, she guides you out and away from the sea of side eye.
"come on baby" her face is smug at the heads whipped round to see you leaving together, arm slung around your shoulder. "let's get outta here"