Warnings Nothing scary, just some slightly anxious feelings.
CHAPTER 1
“Honestly, he’s really cute. And smart!” Katie emphasises as she shouts through to your bedroom from her own as you lazily apply some make-up to your tired and stressed skin.
You roll your newly lined eyes, “It sounds to me like you're trying too hard to convince me!”
“Okay, maybe...but I’m just excited for this! He’s had a crush on you for ages!” She appears in your doorway, leaning on the doorframe as you stand up to retrieve an outfit from your wardrobe.
“Relax Katie, I’m not promising anything. I only said yes to get you off my back.” You say with a smile as you run your fingers over the fabric, pausing on a black lace skirt, “I still don’t think I’m ready yet.”
Katie slowly walks across your wooden floorboards, “Y/N. You need to move on. And the only way to do that is-”.
“Is to start dating again...I know, I know.” You interrupt as you hold the skirt against your waist, “Just, don’t pressure me too much today, okay? I’ve got enough on my plate as it is.”
“What? Because you finally got your dream job that you’ve trained years and years for? Oh yeah, sounds awful.” Katie scoffs.
“And I start tomorrow! It’s scary, okay! New job, new colleagues and new hospital to get lost in!” You pick up a yellow cushion from your bed and throw it at Katie, “Now get out or I’ll be late!”
Katie easily catches the cushion with one hand and laughs, “Good one, throw something to the professional goalkeeper!” Her voice trails off as she disappears around the corner and into her own room.
You stared at your glass as a cube of ice floats across the surface of your cocktail. Tapping it with your straw, the cube bounces off the side of the glass and back across.
“Forgive me if I’m jumping to conclusions...”, a voice interrupts your thoughts, “But I’m getting the feeling that you’re not really here.”
Your head snaps up to make eye contact with the curious face in front of you, “What? Oh sorry! No, sorry, I’m just...”
“Distracted?”
You exhale quickly, “Distracted.” You nod and look back to your drink.
He’s cute, sure. And you’re fairly certain that he’s smart. The handful of words that you’ve occasionally paid attention to certainly seemed to be well spoken and grammatically correct. But he was right, you weren’t really there.
You swallowed hard, “I’ve just got a lot on my plate at the minute. It’s nothing to do with you, really.”
He grins and raises an eyebrow, “Well this sounds like a line.”
You both laugh.
“No, no! Look...” Your eyes widened slowly as you searched for the correct name.
“John?”
You let your head fall into your hands. “I’m really not doing well here, am I?”
“Hey, don’t worry about it! I can tell you’re not feeling it really.”
Your wavy hair shakes as your head moves from side to side, “It’s just...I’m starting a new job tomorrow that I’m really nervous for. I know I'm completely qualified but it's scary, you know? I'm not the best with change. Plus, I guess I’m a little bit unsure about dating my roommates coach and to top it all off, I’ve just come out of a fairly serious relationship that I guess if I'm being completely honest, I’m not quite over it yet.”
“Ooof.” John sits back in his seat, “That is a lot to be dealing with.”
There’s a short pause as you assess his reaction.
“Forgive me if I'm prying, but how long ago did the relationship end?”
“About 2 years ago.”
John’s eyes narrow as he searches for your gaze, “He must have been pretty amazing for you to be still hung up on him?”
You lift your eyes up and press your lips together.
“Well, when you’re ready to let someone better into your life, you know where I am.” John stands up from the table and leans down, kissing your cheek before disappearing out of the bar.
You feel stuck to your seat as you try to let your head clear. Closing your eyes, you breathe a sigh of guilt and equal relief with the idea that you can finally go home and sleep.
Closing your bedroom door, Katie tries to squeeze any information out of you about the night that she can.
“You can ignore me all you want but he’ll just tell me tomorrow at practice anyway!”
“There’s nothing to tell.” You giggle nervously as you slump onto your bed.
“Fair enough...suit yourself...be like that then...”
You let Katie’s voice fade away out of your mind as you stare up at the ceiling. Your eyes grow heavier until the sound of your phone snaps you out of your daze.
‘Hey. Tonight was weird. But I like you and I meant what I said. Just let me know. John x’
The corners of your mouth rise slightly into a vague smile and you let your arm drop next to you as your eyes slowly close and you drift into a deep sleep.
Downing the last sips of coffee, you look up at the building in front of you. Your first day as an Occupational Therapist for a medical trust. You’d be responsible for patients in three hospitals, but you would be based at the bigger of the three. Which was currently staring you in the face, cowering over you and pushing your nerves to the forefront of your mind.
Clearing your throat and throwing your empty cup into a bin next to you, you tightly grasped the handle of your laptop case and started up the small stone staircase leading to the doorway.
As the glass doors slide open, you stop dead in your tracks.
There he is.
Blue scrubs, dark hair, rounded glasses and strong, large hands carrying a clipboard. He’s stood over a counter, reading something and talking to another doctor.
Your eyes fixate on him as the corners of his mouth curve up as he speaks, his face full of expression.
You can hear your heart beating in your ears, your feet glued rigid to the spot in the hospital doorway. Your head becomes fuzzy and your eyes begin to blur. Swallowing hard, you use all of your energy to turn around on the spot in a quick attempt to hide yourself from him. Suddenly unaware of where to go in such an unfamiliar location, you start to walk straight forward and back out of the building.
“Y/N?”
You stop. Licking your lips quickly, you turn around, smiling weakly.
This the first part of a new series for Dr Mike. I've never tried to deal with fics for multiple fandoms before but I feel really strongly that there isn't enough fanfiction out there for Dr Mike! I hope people enjoy it!
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