Prompt: Doctor Stacie falling in love for her patient Aubrey who had an heart condition and needed a heart transplant and is now good for release. Both have feelings but Aubrey was in a relationship and Stacie thinks she doesn't stand a chance.

A/N: I'm not a doctor so I apologize if anything is not entirely correct.

I closed the door of the on-call room and took off my glasses before flopping face down on the bottom bunk. I had been on my feet for the past 36 hours after a coronary artery bypass grafting, followed by an emergency surgery on a gunshot victim, and checking up on the rest of my patients. I didn't really feel like sleeping, even though I knew I should, I just wanted to not be standing for a while.

The truth was that I had been avoiding going home for the past couple of weeks because my roommate/best friend's girlfriend had just moved in with us. Which wasn't that big of a problem, I was happy for Chloe. After what she went through with that douche she dated last year, she deserved someone nice, and Beca was really nice after you got past her awkwardness and sarcasm. I hadn't seen Chloe this happy with anyone, and I'd been there for over ten years of relationships, flings, and this one guy who stole our toaster.

So when Chloe asked if I was okay with Beca moving in I immediately said yes, and I was. Until I came home to find turntables and amplifiers in our living room because the little EMT is apparently also a DJ. Which was fine too, I love music as much as anyone. But really, I don't care how good you are, I don't want to hear you mixing when I just came home from a long shift.

I know I could have just talked to her and it would have been fine. But when I came out to tell her to keep it down, Chloe was there and when I saw the look on her face I just couldn't. So I just waved and told them I had to go back to the hospital which is where I've been staying for the past two weeks.

My phone beeped and I rolled over to take it out of my lab coat pocket. I squinted at the screen and groaned when I read that I was needed for a consult down at the ER. I hoped it was something urgent enough to avoid talking to Chloe, I knew she was getting suspicious of the amount of time I've been spending here.

I put on my glasses again and I got up, walking to the elevator and retying my hair while I waited. I spotted Chloe leaning on a counter in the ER and I walked towards her. "You need a consult?"

Chloe turned around, her smile falling a little bit when she took in my appearance. "Yes, I wanted to talk to you first though." I arched an eyebrow at her, acting like I had no idea what she would want to talk about. "Why haven't you been home lately?"

There it was. "I've been busy here, Chlo. I've had some tough cases and I've been working on my research projects too, if I don't have something soon I'm going to lose my funding." All true even if it wasn't the real reason.

She narrowed her eyes at me. "Fine. Here." She started handing me the chart but changed her mind and clutched it to her chest. "You might want to freshen up a bit before I take you to the patient, she's cute."

Another fun thing that had happened since Chloe started getting serious with Beca was how she always, and very misguidedly, tried to set me up with anyone. And by anyone I really mean anyone: patients, other doctors, nurses, the guy who fixed our Wi-Fi… it was getting ridiculous. And while a few of these set up attempts had ended up in pretty hot sex, and yes, maybe even with the Wi-Fi guy, I wasn't interested in having an actual relationship with anyone. Especially with a patient.

I rolled my eyes. "Not again, Chlo."

She lifted her hands and started smoothing back my hair. "I'm not doing anything, I'm just saying you never know when you're gonna meet the right person."

I grabbed the chart from her and turned. "If she really is the right person she won't mind a few hairs out of place."

I walked towards the bed where the patient was while I read her chart. I heard Chloe groan and run after me, her hand stopping me just before I pulled back the curtain.

"At least smile." I sighed loudly and she pouted. "I just want you to be happy."

"I am happy, I don't need to be in a relationship." I smiled to prove my point and to stop her from looking at me with her huge blue eyes.

She rolled her eyes but hugged me briefly before turning to move the curtain to the side. "Aubrey, this is Doctor Conrad, she's going to take over now. She's the best."

I looked up from reading the chart, catching Chloe's wink before she walked past me on her way out. I finished reading the chart. "Aubrey Posen? This says you've been experiencing shortness of breath and…"

And then I looked up. I wished I had listened to Chloe about freshening up because, if she was right and there really was a right person out there for me, this is what they would look like. She was still in her street clothes, black slacks and a white button up with long sleeves. Her hair was partially up, blonde curls resting softly on her shoulders. Her eyes were a grayish green so deep that I almost got lost in them.

I noticed the corner of her mouth quirk up and I coughed to cover my longer than normal pause, looking down at her chart again. "... and some chest pain."

I moved to the side of her bed. "Yes, I've been feeling off for some time. I thought it was just stress but my chest felt really tight this morning."

I took my stethoscope from around my neck and held the diaphragm to her chest. She flinched a little bit and I smiled. "Sorry, it's cold."

She smiled back and I almost forgot to listen to her heart. Almost. I took a step back, removing the stethoscope and turning. "I'm gonna check your pulse now." I put the cuff on her arm and started inflating it, trying to focus on anything but her eyes. "So you have a stressful job?"

"Yes... well maybe not as stressful as yours." She gave me that smile again. "I'm a lawyer."

"Oh, wow." I finished taking her pulse and took a step back. "I'll make sure you sign all your release forms then."

She chuckled. "I promise not to sue you if you promise to do your best."

"I always do my best."

"Then you have nothing to worry about." She smirked. I wasn't sure if she was flirting with me, which was unusual for me. Maybe it was because it was the first time in a long time I really wanted her to be flirting with me.

"I wanna run some tests so someone's gonna come-"

"I'm sorry it took me so long to get here." A guy came running up to the bed and took her hand. "Are you okay? Is she okay?"

He looked up at me expectantly and I just stood there staring at him, feeling stupid because of course she was with someone and of course that someone was a man. Although man was probably too generous a word for this man-boy. This man-boy who I already hated two sentences in.

"They're going to run some tests." She squeezed his hand and it felt like someone was squeezing my stomach. "Doctor Conrad, this is Jesse."

He let go of her hand and extended it to me. I shook his hand and smiled politely. "Yes, as I was saying." I focused back on her. "I need an EKG and a chest x-ray to check if there's a problem. Someone will come get you soon."

I nodded at her and turned around, jotting down the tests I wanted done on the chart and giving it to one of the interns. I told him to let me know as soon as they were done. Hopefully it would be nothing so she could go home and I could go back to not knowing her.

I was thinking about going back to my attempt at sleeping when Beca passed next to me pushing an empty gurney. She smiled at me and I waved. She stopped, looked at me over her shoulder, and told the other EMT she'd be right back. She walked up to me and smiled. "Hey, Becs."

"Hey." She bit her lip and frowned at me like she was trying to make up her mind. "Listen, I don't know if you've talked to Chloe but she's kinda bummed about you not being home at all and I just wanted to make sure it's not because of me."

It was. "No, of course not." I scoffed. "I talked to her earlier. I've just been really busy."

She smiled, clearly relieved by my answer. "That's great! Not that you've been busy…" She ran a hand through her hair. "I mean, I know how important you are to Chloe and I don't want to be the reason you guys have problems."

I hated when she acted all concerned about Chloe because she made me feel like the bad guy. Okay, I didn't really hate it but they could try to be less perfect for each other, it was annoying. I smiled and squeezed her shoulder. "Don't worry, Chloe and I are great and I'm cool with you." My phone beeped in my pocket and I took it out. "Why don't we have dinner together tonight? I'll pick something up when I'm done here."

"Sounds awesome."

I read the text and started walking back towards the elevators. My gunshot victim was going into shock. "Awes! Later!" I waved at Beca and ran. Apparently there would be no nap.

"Doctor Conrad?" I looked up from the paperwork I was finishing. I had managed to stabilize the gunshot victim but he was going to need more surgery as soon as he was stable enough for it. "You told me to come find you when the tests on Miss Posen were done?"

"Yes, thank you." He handed me a tablet with the tests opened on it. It didn't look good. "Did you look at them?" He nodded shyly. "What do you think?"

"The heart looks slightly enlarged."

I nodded. I was going to need to run more tests to really know what was happening. "Get an echo and a CT, I'll talk to the patient after that." I handed the tablet back to him and he left.

I groaned, dropping my head on the table in front of me. Of course the only person I've liked in years was straight, not single, and with a chronic heart condition.

The new set of tests only confirmed my suspicions, now all that was left was give her the bad news. I thought about sending the intern but I'd have to see her again anyway.

I sighed and made my way to the ER again, pausing when I got to the curtain separating Aubrey from the rest of the room. I pushed the curtain aside and my stomach dropped when she looked up and smiled.

She was wearing a hospital gown now but she still looked amazing, and not a lot of people can rock the gown look. "Hey. I thought you abandoned me and I'd have to deal with that nervous looking intern now."

I scrunched up my nose. "I'm sorry, I had... work." Smooth. I took a step closer. "Where's your…?" Boyfriend? Husband? I didn't see a ring on either of them but that didn't mean anything.

"I told him to get something to eat. He gets really annoying when he's hungry." She shook her head with a smile. "Do you have my test results?"

"Umm, yes. But I can come back later if you want to wait for him."

She frowned. "I guess it's not good news then." She wrung her hands and looked down at her lap. "I kinda figured when you ordered the second round of tests." I took a step closer to her and she looked up attempting to smile. Her eyes shining brightly with tears. "So, what is it?"

"You have dilated cardiomyopathy. Your heart is larger than it should be which makes it harder for it to pump blood."

"I have a big heart?" She chuckled. "Pretty ironic considering the number of times I've been called a heartless bitch." She wiped a tear from her cheek. "Can it be fixed? Do I need surgery?"

"Not if we can avoid it. I'll get you started on some meds and we'll see how you respond to that." I smiled reassuringly. "I'd like to keep you here for observation at least until tomorrow."

She nodded. "Okay, yeah... Sure."

A couple more tears rolled down her cheeks and she looked down to hide them. I took her hand and squeezed it, rubbing her knuckles with my thumb. "Hey, look at me." She looked scared. "I'm gonna be here every step of the way. I told you, I always do my best."

She smiled a little bit. She took my hand with both her hands and squeezed it, straightening out my fingers and looking down at them. "Thank you."

I let her hold on to my hand, a tingling feeling moving up my arm. "I'll get someone to take you up to a room and I'll check on you once you're there."

"Bree, they have the best cheese fries in the cafeteria." The man-boy came up from behind.

I dropped Aubrey's hand and took a step back. He saw her tearstained face and hurried to the other side of the bed. "What happened? Did they get the test results back?"

She nodded and he brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. She looked up at me. "Can you give us a minute?"

"Of course. I'll see you later." I turned around and left, feeling selfish for hating this guy. She was lucky she had someone to help her through this. I was being ridiculous. I decided to get her settled as fast as I could so I could go back home and have dinner with my friends. I needed to get over this stupid crush.