Top 50 Luka and Abby Moments #27 (pt 4)
If there's one thing we know if there is a door with Luka Kovač behind it, Abby Lockhart will knock it on it. Regardless of what time is it, regardless if someone else is there.
The next entry comes from Season 10, Episode 4, "Shifts Happen".
Insincerely invited to dinner by Gillian, Abby has no qualms showing up up to Luka’s at 10:01 p.m. She also has no problem staying during and after Gillian says her goodbyes (thought there's obvious jealousy). But I guess if a guy bought an apartment in a building he knew I liked just so I would move in with him, I'd probably feel inclined to stay and go as I chose, too.
They take a walk along the river and talk about Luka’s recovery. He's on the mend, though not quite there. He misses the Congo. He explains how it feels to be over there, but Abby doesn't quite get it. Luka realizing it's a situation that one can't grasp unless they've been there. They talk about Abby’s breakup and it's very clear that the dark clouds are moving out of her sky. Luka just wants to know if she's happy.
She almost shares her news, but in typical Abby fashion, she doesn't want to jinx herself. He'll know soon enough, anyway. Although I'm pretty sure if she had told him, he would've paid her tuition then and there.
A night of deeper reconnection is thwarted by Abby’s pager. She's needed back at County. Unfazed and wanting to hang out, Luka tells her to pretend she didn't get paged. Something tells me they've both done it before, perhaps on walks along the river in days past (!headcanon).
Abby can't stay, citing money woes. Luka nods and in a stare and a smile that launched 1000 fanfics, he aska her "So I'll see you soon, then?"
No one will ever convince me that Nicholas Sparks wasn't taking notes for Dear John.
Abby stares at him for a few more seconds before taking her leave.
And you'd have to be blinder than an eyeless bat not to see the reconciliation coming.
They literally just spent 20 seconds staring at each other. You can practically make out Joe's head in their irises.
It's a testament to the actors' talent and chemistry that they so much while saying nothing.
Friendship very much intact. Feelings bubbling under the surface, if there was one moment that taught hope, it was this one.
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