Hello! So, I've finally found my way onto the world of Fanfiction! I really hope you enjoy this fic! As it's my first one I'd really appreciate any form of feedback.
This idea came when I read the spoiler for the next two weeks in a TV soap mag my flat mate bought about Maja's and Serena's ex-husband's arrival. Thought it could be a good set-up for these two!
Here I go!
Knocking sharply on the wooden door in front of her, Serena Campbell gave a slightly petulant huff. She'd just spent the last four hours of her shift in theatre performing a really messy splenectomy with Michael Spence. Although she regarded him as a close friend since her time on the hell-hole ward AAU, he'd lost his lovable moxie since Seb died and Jasmine left and Serena prayed he'd get it back soon because he just wasn't the same when he was moping.
"Come in." The familiar, articulate voice answered her knock.
Stepping into the large office, she gave one of the fake smiles she usually reserved for the members of the Board to the tall Swede. He was – as she'd guessed – situated behind his desk. Serena gave a small, irritated sigh when he didn't even bother to look up from his screen to acknowledge her presence.
"Evening. I just came to-" The explanation of why she'd visited his office lapsed into silence when his mobile phone sounded. Holding up an elegant finger to silence her, he picked up his phone from its purposefully placed position on his desk. Hanssen's face fell when he checked the caller ID.
"Mr Cunningham… Yes I'm fully aware we have a Board Meeting tomorrow morning… Ms Campbell is with me now, I shall remind her for you. Thank you." Hanging up, he gestured for her to take a seat. Sitting down, a rouge thought crossed her mind about how a few months ago she was sat on the other side of this desk, in charge of the hospital. This was her office before Hanssen returned.
"Cunningham?" She asked, throwing her handbag in the spare chair next to her.
"Yes, he wishes to inform us about the Board meeting at 10am tomorrow." She nodded, already more than aware of this meeting. "How can I help you, Ms Campbell?" He questioned, his gaze already re-focused on his laptop screen.
"I came to drop this off before I left. I've been trying to hand it over all day." She smiled again as she placed the report on Keller's targets on the desk.
"Ah, yes thank you. I've just returned from a committee dinner with Sir Fraser." He informed her, running an index finger between his neck and the starch collar of his shirt.
"Sounds… tasty." She nodded, her gaze unconsciously following the swift movement of his finger severing the contact between the material of his shirt and his neck.
"I can assure you, it wasn't." A small smile flickered across her mouth as she took a mouthful of the liquid the hospital passed as coffee she'd bought with her. Serena was about to question if he knew what the Board meeting was about when the wooden door flung open. A familiar consultant – of the red-head, feisty type – swept in, a chocolate covered doughnut in hand.
"Ms Naylor, did I say enter?" There was a layer of amusement evident Hanssen's stern words.
Jac blinked. "Well, I think you did… I mean…" With a glare, she turned sharply on her heel and stalked out of the room. A few seconds later, three loud knocks sounded around the room. "Can I come in?" Jac called.
"Yes." Jac opened the door again, in one sharp movement this time, before entering the office again, a vexed eyebrow raised at having to go through that charade.
"I came to collect… you know… For Maconie." Hanssen nodded towards the back of his office. Jac sent Serena a half-nervous glance before heading towards the coffee table. Serena followed the younger consultant's movement and was surprised, to say the least, to find a red, baby's car seat situated on the table.
"Elliot had a bunch of junk in our office so we had nowhere to put it." Jac explained awkwardly to a bemused Serena.
"Right. Congratulations, Jac." She gave a genuine smile this time. "Do you have a scan picture of baby Naylor?"
"Yep. Maconie's fridge, wallet and he probably has them stuck all in his bedroom and car. He's full of that cliché stuff." With a sigh and after thanking Henrik for lending them the storage space, Jac exited the office leaving the Director of Surgery and his assistant alone again. Serena gave a sympathetic sigh. Knowing this pregnancy was the last thing the ambitious surgeon needed, she couldn't help but feel empathy for her. Especially as she was already a single mum, however Serena doubted Jac and Jonny would still be separated by the time the little bundle arrived.
"Right, I'd best be off." Serena stood, already contemplating whether she should call Eleanor and ask if she wanted to invite Gabby over to join them for the takeaway she'd already planned on picking up. She had a lot of ground to cover with her daughter after missing the girly night they'd agreed on having before Serena found out she had a thousand and one reports to write for Cunningham that were due in the next day.
"Of course, thank you for the report. Good evening, Ms Campbell." A tired smile from her responded non-verbally to this statement. She could sense the confusion he had as his eyes roamed over the red scrubs she was wearing. Even though she'd planned on going home straight after, she had elected to remain in her scrubs after the splenectomy, deciding that they were far more comfortable than her own clothes she'd worn this morning, despite their unflattering shape.
Picking up her almost empty coffee cup of his desk, she gave a small 'Oops!' when she accidentally nudged a stack of patient files, making them slide towards the Swede. Picking up the escaping files, she went to re-stack them – attempting to make the pile as immaculately neat as the OCD man opposite her could.
"Oh my God!" She exclaimed incredulously as the last one fell to the ground. Bending to pick it up, she was taken aback when he stood suddenly.
"I've got it." She smiled apologetically, groaning when she realised some of the papers had come loose. Collecting them together, her brow creased in thought and confusion when she spotted something out of the norm. Picking up a few, small pieces of paper, she recognised the paper to be the size and thickness one often associated with a photograph. Turning them over, her eyes widened involuntarily at the two smiling faces that greeted her. The man looked ever so familiar… Flicking through them, she noticed they were of the same two people. Until she came to the last one.
"Unless you've broken into Jonny's flat and stolen this, I'm assuming this isn't Jac and Jonny's baby?" She swallowed, holding up the baby scan.
Hanssen's mouth opened, closed, opened, and then closed again.
"I… um…" This was the first time she'd seen him stammer or even act remotely unsure of himself.
She replied in the only way she could think of;
"Sit. Breathe. Explain."
So… who's in the pictures?! This is basically an add-on to how I think Tuesday's episode will go with Maja and Hanssen. All I know from the clips is she gives him a photo of an important young man he's never met… Please let me know what you think, love the idea of these two! xx
