Hey everyone. So I absolutely loved last night's episode and it gave me the idea for a Cal/Ethan fanfic. It kind of follows the storyline from last night but it doesn't have the man/woman from the bar in but it does have the old couple and I'm putting my own little twist on it to make it more focused on the relationship between Cal and Ethan. Some bits will be the same as what we saw last night but what happens might be different. Anyways, I hope you enjoy. Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they all belong to the BBC.

Chapter 1:

So far this shift had been awful. The last thing Cal wanted was to be here, but he had to be. People needed treating and it was the only part of his life that he still had control over, or at least he felt that way. Sitting at the table in the staff room during his break he couldn't help but search the symptoms of Huntington's disease. He knew he shouldn't have but he just had to.

Behind him Cal heard the click of the staff room door opening and closing. He turns to see Charlie walking over to him and it was the last thing he needed to be lectured at by a nurse. He knew Charlie was only trying to help but all he wanted was to be alone.

"You're going home unwell. I've seen enough of that to back this up. You need time to think." Charlie explained to Cal who turned to look the old man, fighting back the tears in his eyes. "You are under a massive amount of stress. For your own sake and everyone else's just go home." Charlie said quietly but firmly to Cal. It was not what he wanted to hear.

"Oh right, so I can't even do my job now!" Cal shouted back. The one thing he thought he still had control over was being taken away from him. He was just about to say something else when the door opened again and Connie stormed in throwing a file of notes down on the table.

"You didn't think to consult me before discharging Mrs Thompson?" Connie asked. Cal sighed. His shift was just getting better and better and now he was in trouble with the boss.

"She was adamant. She knew the score and made her decision!" Cal argued back. He really didn't need this now. He could feel himself getting more and more worked up and was on the verge of losing it. Cal sat in on his stool trying to calm himself down whilst Connie rattled on about things but he wasn't listening. The blood was pumping round his body, his hands shaking in anger, annoyance, frustration. He stood up and looked up slowly at Connie, his hands resting on the table.

"So why don't you just ring her up and apologise for your inadequate junior doctor." Cal said through gritted teeth.

"It's not all about you." Connie said harshly before scooping up the notes and leaving the room. Cal slowly sat himself back down. He didn't know what was happening to him. He just felt so angry and annoyed. He could feel Charlie's eyes piercing into the back of his head.

"Go on Charlie, why don't you give me some of that really great advice of yours?" Cal said sarcastically as the white haired nurse walked over and leant in to him.

"You push off home or you get back to work. That's my advice." Charlie says harshly before turning and leaving the staff room. As Cal looked up he could see Ethan standing in the doorway and he had clearly heard what Charlie had said to him. He enters the staff room and quietly closes the door behind him and walks towards his brother.

"Cal, what is going on with you today? You've been rude, shouting at people, dropping things. You've had your head in the clouds the rest of the time." Ethan said gently as he slid onto the other stool next to his brother. As much as Cal wanted to tell Ethan he knew this wasn't the time. They were both in the middle of a shift and needed to concentrate on their work.

"Look, it doesn't matter ok? Just a bad day." Cal says as he gets up off the stool and heads towards the door.

"Is this about Matilda? You're not the only one who misses her you know." Ethan says calmly but he could instantly see that he had said the wrong thing. Cal stormed over to the kitchen and swept his hand along the work top sending cups and plates soaring to the ground, tears rolling down his face.

"I wish you would shut up about Matilda. Why can't we just forget about her, pretend she never existed? It's not all about her!" Cal shouted as Ethan stood there not knowing what to do. He couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth and he stood by and watched as Cal gathered his things and stormed off out of the staff room.