The Sun and The Moon
Night shift attending!John Shen x day shift attending!reader
Divider credits to @rori-is-writing
Enjoy reading! :)
Cw: nothing, really, just fluff, kisses? Jack Abbot (that fine man is a warning himself)
You and John Shen were different in many ways, you were a sunshine of a woman, awkward, shy, easily flustered, yet a sweetheart, everybody loved you, and you worked dayshifts. John, however, was cool, calm, and collected even under pressure, always sipping on a Dunkin cup.
You and John decided to make your relationship work, even though you worked opposite shifts, and what made up for the time you missed with eachother was the small moments.
Like the leftovers left in the fridge with a sticky note from you, saying, "please eat, made your favorite :) x" and John always smiled at them, the mornings where you tiredly kissed him goodbye before going to work, you coming home to a load of laundry in the dryer. Those small moments made it all worth it.
You had gotten the day off, and decided to bring some baked goods to bring to Shen and the rest of the nightshift, so you got dressed and headed out the door, the drive to work short, and soon you're parking in the employee parking lot, carrying the boxes of pastries in, smiling when you see the nighshift charge nurse, Lena, who smiles brightly at you.
"Hey, Sunshine, he's in triage," she says, already knowing why you're here, and you nod in thanks.
You walk towards the break room, fluorescent lights bright like usual, doctors and nurses and other hospital personnel hurrying past you. You drop off the pastries, and leave the break room again.
"I brought pastries for anyone who wants, they're just in the break room," you tell Abbot who's reading a chart at the nurses station, and he looks up in surprise before grinning.
"There's my favorite Shen," he huffs and strides over to you, wrapping an arm around your shoulder.
"I don't think HR tolerates bias," you grin up at him, "but I won't tell on you," you whisper.
"Who brought cupcakes?" You hear Mateo yell, and a few of the nurses and doctors you recognize stop.
"Our favorite Shen!" Abbot calls back to him, ruffling your hair.
"Hey! I thought that was me," Shen huffs, finally getting out of triage, heading towards you with a smile.
"Hi, sweetheart," John mutters, and Abbot lets go of you and walks away, going back to work.
"What're you doing here? You should be home in bed. It's 1 am." He sighs, pressing a kiss to your forehead.
"Couldn't sleep, and I missed you, so I decided to bake, cause I couldn't come here emptyhanded," you smile up at him.
"Thank you, Mrs. Shen!" A resident says, walking past you with a cupcake in hand.
"You're welcome," you grin. "See? Happy doctors, happy patients, right?" You tease.
He shakes his head with a small smile tugging at the edge of his lips, "alright, Cupcake, go home before Abbot comes back over here and you two get up to something," John says softly.
"What?" Abbot gasps dramatically, coming up behind you, arm back around your shoulder, "we would never, right sweetheart?" He teases, bumping his hip gently into yours.
"You know we wouldn't," you bat your lashes at John, giggling at his exasperated expression, before he smiles, and shakes his head again.
"Why must you torture me like this?" John sighs dramatically.
"Alright. I'm going home," you say, and turn to hug Abbot who hugs you back, pressing a kiss to your temple, "don't crash," he says teasingly before walking away again.
You turn back to Shen, wrapping your arms around his shoulders. You press your lips softly to his, and he places his hands on your waist, leaning down slightly to meet you.
"Love you," you whisper against his lips.
"Love you too," he says, and pulls away with a sigh.
"Don't overdose on caffein, please," you tease, pressing a last kiss to his cheek before finally walking away, calling goodbye's and you're welcome's to the people thanking you for the baked goods.
You wake up just before your alarm goes off, and turn it off before it can start blaring. You roll out of bed with a groan, tired from too little sleep, and your taxing job as an attending on the dayshift.
You get ready, half-awake, bringing a to-go cup of coffee, sipping at it as you drive to work, the bustling city of Pittsburgh quiet other than the sounds of cars on roads and birds screaming.
When you get into work, you head towards the nurses station where Robby is already waiting for you, waiting to do handoff with Jack and John.
"Hi, Robby," you smile at him, and lean against the desk beside him.
"Hey, Sunshine," he responds with a nod, and the two of you stand in silence, until Jack and John come towards you.
You and the other attendings finish handoff, and everybody on the day shift starts to get to work, though you follow John to the locker room.
"Hi, missed you," you whisper, wrapping your arms around his neck, pressing soft kisses to his lips, his hands falling to your hips, thumbs absentmindedly rubbing against your scrubs.
"Missed you too, sweetheart, I'll see you at home?" John murmurs against your lips.
You nod, "yeah, I will. Sleep well," you say softly as he gathers his stuff, and waves a final bye at the exit of the hospital.
You let out a sigh and watch him walk towards the staff parking for a moment before getting to work.
It was hard working opposite shifts, but you and John made it work, still loving and always making time for eachother no matter what gets in the way.
The end! Only my 2nd fic, and still getting the hang of writing, I'm not the best at writing self inserts/x reader, but I always get annoyed when people write x oc, and then tag it as x reader, so I've decided to only write x reader unless otherwise requested :)