So I'm really in love with couple. I just had a few ideas and felt like writing. It takes place after 5x13. Some storylines may not be mentioned and won't be a part of the fics development. I hope you guys can enjoy and understand anyway :D
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Lexie lost track of time as she was caressing Mark's hair. She removed her head from its current position, resting on Mark's, to realize he had fallen asleep. Lexie smiled to herself and got up from bed as quietly and carefully as she could. She didn't want to wake him up. Standing there for several minutes, Lexie contemplated the scene right before her. She bent down and kissed Mark's forehead and then she walked to the door.
"Thank you." Lexie said as she walked into Sadie right outside the room.
"No problem." Sadie replied smiling. "So?" she was curious.
"So?" Lexie asked.
Sadie gave her a you know what look.
Lexie couldn't help but smile.
"I just apologized for injuring him and…well, kept him company for a while."
"Right" was Sadie's response. A skeptical look on her face.
"I can't believe you" Lexie said surprised. "he is just recovering from…" she paused "…how can you be thinking about that? I couldn't possibly."
Sadie laughed. "See, that exact reaction there confirms all my suspicions."
"Hey, what's up?" Callie came over.
"Lexie couldn't leave Mark alone to rest not even for a few hours" Sadie answered. "No wonder she broke him."
Lexie turned scarlet. "I did no such thing" she said "I mean, I didn't do anything right now."
Callie laughed. "Oh, God Lexie, couldn't you at least wait until he was fully recovered? If you keep things like this, Mark will never leave this room" Callie pointed at the door.
Lexie could feel her whole face burning. "I…excuse me, please" she walked away from the two doctors as fast as she could.
"Torturing her?" Callie asked Sadie.
"I needed a little laugh today."
They both smiled and walked away together.
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Mark woke up with a bang at the door.
"Sorry" Hunt said, realizing he had disturbed Mark's sleep.
Mark looked around and noticed Lexie was no longer there. He sighed and turned his gaze to Hunt.
"I think you've had enough rest." Hunt said.
"Great, can I leave now?" Mark asked.
"I don't see a reason not to" Hunt replied. "if there's any, hm, problem, you can look for me" Hunt said. Mark could've sworn he heard a tone of sarcasm in Owens' statement. He just kept staring at Hunt, his expression unreadable.
"Oh and one last thing as precaution" Hunt stated. "stay away from interns" he smiled wryly.
"WHAT?" Mark felt his insides freezing.
Hunt just looked at him.
"You know, keep it to yourself for a while"
Mark rolled his eyes and got off of bed. He decided not to say anything about Hunt's remark on the interns. When he talked to Lexie, he'd learn what Owen was talking about.
"Thank you for your help, Dr. Hunt" he said.
Owen just nodded and walked away.
Mark changed his clothes and when he saw the coast was clear, he left the room.
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Mark felt terrible as he was walking through the hospital's corridors. People were either smiling or turning to face the other way once they saw him coming.
"I hate this hospital" Mark thought. He was wondering how was it possible that all those people knew about his incident. It was obvious they knew, otherwise they wouldn't be behaving like that. But how?
"Mark?" said a familiar voice.
"Wonderful" Mark said in an inaudible tone.
He turned around to face Derek but said nothing.
"Dude" Derek broke the silence "how did this happen?"
"Yes Derek, I'm fine, thanks" was Mark's response.
"Oh, don't be a baby" Derek laughed. "Hunt told me it was all under control"
"Good, did he happen to say that in a loudspeaker?" Mark was annoyed.
"Hey, I'm your best friend here. Why are you being so touchy-feely about this?"
"I'm not being touchy-feely. I just think a little discretion would be appreciated" Mark scuffled. "Look at how they are looking at me! This whole hospital knows" Mark pointed out.
"I'm sorry about that but Dr. Hunt and Dr. Torres were extremely discreet. They couldn't help that the interns witnessed the whole thing. You know interns." Derek concluded. "As a matter of fact, I'd say you really know interns." Derek laughed.
Mark felt uncomfortable.
"What?" he was motionless.
"Well, she kind of said it out loud in front of all the interns she was responsible for it. Hence why all the hospital knows."
"She did what?" Mark was taken aback.
"Don't be shy, Mark. She's just a little free-spirited." Derek was amused.
"You're not mad?" Mark was confused.
"Why would I be mad?" Derek felt the same way.
I've said to much. Mark thought. Damn it
They looked at each other uncomfortably. Derek was the one to break the silence.
"I always thought Sadie was a little wild but I didn't see this one coming"
Mark froze right before Derek. What the hell? he thought. He smiled awkwardly. All he wanted was to get out of there.
"Look man, I should get going now." Derek granted Mark's wish. "how long will you be off?"
"I don't think I'll be taking any time off at all" Mark replied. "I feel fine. Besides, Hunt told me the treatment is, well…abstain."
"Ouch" Derek laughed.
Mark rolled his eyes. "I'm not a maniac, you know?"
Derek just laughed and started walking away. "Get better, man. See you later". He turned left and disappeared behind the walls.
Mark needed time to process the whole thing. Sadie? he thought. Well, at least they didn't find out about Lexie. And to think I was stupid enough to ask Derek is he wasn't mad.
"Good one, Sloan. That was close" he said to himself.
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Mark was walking down the hall when he saw Lexie enter the locker room. He looked around to make sure no one was watching. Noticing there wasn't anyone, he walked over to the room and locked the door.
Lexie had already changed and was picking her bag from the locker when she realized he had entered the room.
"Hey" she said with her sweet voice, somewhat surprised to see him there. "are you feeling better?" Lexie looked concerned.
Mark nodded sympathetically. Lexie hated the silence. It made her feel very insecure. She was afraid Mark thought she had gone too far with the whole stroking the hair thing.
"Mark, I'm really, really sorry" Lexie said with sad eyes. She was apologizing for both injuring him in the first place and crossing the line, as she thought.
Mark had never experienced something like that before. For the second time that night, Lexie was showing how caring and worried she was. The sincerity in her words and actions were definitely messing with something inside of him.
"You don't need to apologize." Mark said sweetly. "it wasn't your fault…really."
Lexie smiled. She concluded, by what he was saying, that he wasn't mad about her climbing into bed with him.
Both stood silent for a couple of seconds. Mark felt a rush of cold while briefly remembering Lexie's hands touching his forehead. He spoke, trying to get that funny feeling away from his stomach.
"So, people think…hm…Sadie and me?" Mark looked dumbfounded.
"The other interns were being very insensitive about it. Making jokes while you were lying there in the OR table…"
Mark felt overwhelmed for the 3rd time in less than 6 hours. Lexie's concern for his welfare moved him.
"…so when I told them to shut up about it they said I knew something, that it was me." Lexie took a breath. "So, Sadie barged in."
Mark smiled. "You know, I almost told on us today. Derek was speaking in a very tricky way."
Lexie smiled awkwardly. The way he spoke hurt her a little. She felt as if it would be a horrible thing if people knew about them. Sometimes she even thought Mark didn't want anyone to know because there was nothing going on between them at all in his point of view.
"What?" Mark's smile vanished.
"Nothing" Lexie tried to show poise.
Mark started walking over to her but was interrupted by someone unsuccessfully trying to enter the locker room because of the locked door.
Lexie sighed and went over to open the door while Mark drove himself to a second locked door. He turned the key to unlock the it and glanced at Lexie one last time before leaving the room.
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