Hi guys, this is an idea I had of a one shot following the recent episode, not sure I'm going to keep this as a story but what I might do is carry it on adding a series of one shots too it? Let me know your ideas on that as I don't know what to do - a full story or series of one shots! Enjoy!

The beaming sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains, shining directly onto Max's face alerting him that it was time to get up. As he stirred awake, he squinted his eyes at the blinding light, rolling over to be faced with Zoe sound asleep. He propped himself up on his elbow, slightly leaning over her as he watched how peaceful and effortlessly beautiful she looked like whilst she slept, he watched her shallow breathing as he moved a loose strand of hair from her face. Feeling this, Zoe fluttered her eyelids, greeted by Max smiling down on her as she finally fully open her eyes.

"What time is it?" Zoe asked, her voice coated in sleep and tiredness as she stretched.

"Just coming up to six o'clock" Max whispered as he pulled her back against his chest "so, we don't have to get up just yet"

"Five more minutes wont hurt" Zoe said, closing her eyes once again as she drifted into a light sleep. Since she stepped down as clinical lead, she and Max had spent more time together, he practically lived with her now, he used the 'staying at a mates house' excuse to appease Robyn of his whereabouts. As Max kissed Zoe's neck to reluctantly wake her again, she felt him smile against her skin, she could tell he was smitten with her and the feeling was increasing becoming mutual.

"Come on" Max told her "it's time to get up or else you'll be late, and you don't want the ice queen on your case on your first day back, do you?" Max mumbled against her skin, giving a throaty chuckle as she groaned in response. Kicking back the covers from herself and Max, she unwillingly pulled herself out of bed, making her way to her en-suite bathroom.

"Coming for a shower?" She asked Max, raising a brow as she waited for an answer. It was an offer Max couldn't refuse as he jumped from the bed, following her into the shower.

"You're not wearing that to work, are you?" Max asked, gesturing her sinful dress as he returned from the shower with only a towel covering his waist and below. Zoe had opted for her tight body con dress today, finished a pair of heels and a fuchsia cardigan.

"Yeah, why?" she replied as she checked her figure in the mirror, brushing any creases from her dress.

"Because I won't be able to keep my hands off you" he smirked as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, kissing the shell of her ear.

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Surprisingly, Zoe was quite early for work considering hers and Max's antics in the shower this morning. Walking through the double doors, she entered the ED, stopping to take a deep breath and she realised things we going to be different. Ignoring the whispers from a couple of medical staff, Zoe was stunned as she felt someone creep up behind her, pinching her bottom as they did so.

"Would you leave some space between our arrivals!" She gasped at Max, looking around reception to see if anyone had noticed.

"Worried we're going to be exposed like Tess and Fletch?" Max said, looking at her confused as she put her phone up to her ear, clearly no one on the other end.

"No" she replied deadpan, taking Max by shock "I just don't want she who is now me to have any ammunition now that I'm just a-"

"Mere-mortal?" Max jumped into her sentence, taking the words from her mouth.

"Yes"

"There's no one on that phone, is there?" He asked.

"No" Zoe said, leaving Max smiling as she pretended to finish her conversation.

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Zoe's first shift back as a senior consultant and not the boss went fairly well, she enjoyed being back on the shop floor as she finally got to do what she loves best - saving lives. Apart from a small falling out with Tess, Zoe and the rest of the team got on well, hardly anyone mentioned the fact she was no longer boss, apart from Lily which Zoe ignored. She and Connie surprisingly worked well together, Connie got on with meetings and admin in her office whilst she put Zoe in charge of Resus.

Left smiling after a small chat with Connie, Zoe turned to the whiteboard as she wrote a patients name down, feeling a familiar arm leaning around her. Knowing it was Max, slightly leant back against his chest as Max slyly rested his hand on her hip, dangerously dropping to her backside.

"Finally called a truce, have you?" Max said, his deep voice loud in her ear as he spoke into her hair, the smell of her shampoo and only too familiar Coco Chanel perfume burning his nostrils as he inhaled her feminine scent.

"I am not that petty" Zoe replied, leaning back on his chest that little more as her bum pressed against his groin, relishing in the friction it gave "..anymore" she added.

"Good, are you happy?" he asked as he continued to pretend to erase a patients name so he could keep talking to Zoe, enjoying the comfort of her touch on him.

"Yeah" Zoe said, a smile forming at the corners of her mouth as she turned to face him, angling her head to directly talk to him, their lips threatening to touch.

"Good" he simply replied, tapping her lightly on her backside as he walked away, glancing back to see her stood smiling as she watched him leave.

Hope that was okay! Let me know what you want to do, either carry it on as a story or just a series of one shots :D Also, a review would be lovely if you've got time, thanks :D Follow my twitter - ymasunicorn.