"Drinking on your own on Valentine's night? That's a bit sad innit?" Cal found himself rudely shaken from his thoughts by a shoulder barge from his colleague as he slid into the seat next to him at the bar.
The doctor cast an eye over his shoulder at the table of ageing male paramedics that Iain had just vacated and raised an eyebrow.
"And they are your hot dates are they?" He said sarcastically.
Iain flashed his trademark smile and laughed
"It's a fair point. Ah I don't mind though. Every night's valentine's for me at the moment" his green eyes twinkled as he nudged the doctor again. "Shifts permitting though obviously"
"Oh alright, just cos you've bagged the only decent woman in Holby" Cal grumbled.
"You won't get any arguments from me there" chuckled Iain "You're not telling me you couldn't have had your pick for a date tonight though. I've seen your charm offensives mate, normally before we've even got a patient through the bleeding doors. Brutal."
"I'm done with women" Cal announced "they bring nothing but trouble"
"They do have other advantages though mate!" Iain puckered up his lips, used his hands to push up an imaginary chest in Cal's direction and fluttered his eyelashes dramatically at his friend.
"You're an idiot" he said rolling his eyes at the paramedic.
"You're the idiot. I'm not the one who's given up sex!"
Cal turned in his seat so he was facing the dark haired man.
"I didn't say I'd given up sex" he began slowly, locking his eyes on Iain's "Just… women"
"Are you flirting with me Dr Knight?" Iain raised an eyebrow and smiled mischievously.
"Well you're the one always claiming you're such a catch… What say we ditch this lot and head somewhere more private?" Cal challenged.
Iain's eyes narrowed. He looked at the younger man's face quizzically. He was fairly sure Cal was bluffing but he was happy enough to play along until he knew for sure. If one of them was going to back down from this it certainly wasn't going to be him.
"Right taxi back to my place it is then!" Iain announced before knocking back the last of his pint. He took hold of Cal's face with both hands and have him a smacker of a kiss full on the lips, laughing at the doctor's bemused reaction. "Get your coat you've pulled"
Suddenly Cal didn't look quite so sure of himself.
"Right… What about Rit-?"
"Oh don't you worry about her. If she was here she'd been telling you you'd be a fool not to" Iain knew it would be a stretch to say that him and Rita had an open relationship but this was one scenario that they definitely had discussed. He grabbed Cal's arm and pulled him towards the door before he lost his nerve.