John and Mary
Mary loved her the doctor-soldier so very very much. Her doctor-soldier was the strongest, most courageous man, and most loyal man she had ever know. Their love story was nothing extraordinary, it was just like one of those office romances shows alway playing on the telly, but this wasn't the telly and Mary wasn't dreaming.
This was reality.
Everything should have been, would have been absolutely perfect except for one little detail.
The Limp.
The doctor-soldier limped in to her simple dull life and chose to stay. Chose her. Wanted to start a future with her.
The day that started their friendship was not an easy one. The chaotic day had been rather taxing on the staff, there were so many unexpected appointments and minor emergencies to take care of. Everyone was running around trying to keep up with amount of work being piled on them. Finally, the day was over and the remainder of the staff started to trickle out of the building, she was about to leave when she heard a sharp noise from the doctors' office. Curiosity caught the best of her so went investigating and saw a glimpse of Dr. Watson tending to his leg. It wasn't a pleasant sight, red and swollen and deep scars running through the beginnings of a bruise forming on the shin where a patient had accidentally tripped into him.
Wanting to preserve the man's dignity, she tapped lightly at the door waiting for his response.
He jumped at the sound only to find Dr. Morstan at the door, he rose from his seat to open the door hiding his pain with great skill. Almost unnoticed had it not been for Mary's observant eyes.
"Dr. Morstan...I thought everyone had left. Did you need something?"he asked in his gentle voice.
"Well yes, I came to finish a few reports so the bloodworks laboratory can process it tomorrow." She said striding over to her cubby stuffed full of patient files. She continued on, "Did you need any help with your files or anything? I know today was hectic, I can help you work on the reports. Take less time if we did it together."
"Dr. Morstan is a nice lady and a great GP. It's not a bad ideas working on the reports together. It certainly would mean less work for me tomorrow AFTER I sort out tomorrow's files. " John thought to himself.
John agreed to her offer and so the two of them spent an hour in the doctor's office working. Little did either know this would have been the start of a wonderful thing.
TBC.
Takes place before "In Whose Eyes?".