Hi so the chapter that you have all been waiting for-the long waited reunion between April and Jackson. This little scene should have happened...just saying...
I know the chapters are short but because Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew weren't made regulars until Season 7 there was very little screen-time at least until the Season 6 finale. I have finally re-watched all ten series of Grey's and just halfway through Season 11 so I have the basics of what is going to happen in each season in terms of Mini plots but I have to figure it out some more. So yeah a few chapters will be short because of the little screen-time given to the actors.
Please read and review and let me know what you think.
Disclaimer-Nothing but Hugo is mine.
FYI Hugo is a huge Marvel fan because I am a huge Marvel fan so if your a huge Marvel fan then expect little mentions across this story.
Little Lion Man
Chapter 9-6x13-State Of Love And Trust
Derek is the Chief, Hugo is bed ridden and Jackson is surprised to see a familiar face-April Kepner is back.
It wasn't that Jackson liked the idea of missing work…he hated the idea of missing the chance to cut someone open…or at least watch as someone cut someone else open.
But then there was that thought of leaving Hugo that made his stomach turn. And it wasn't because he knew Hugo would ignore bed-rest and therefore be walking around the house irritating every part of his body that had been aggravated under the surgery and then bang! Jackson could just see them heading back to the OR with Doctor Bailey removing something else from his son's general organs.
And yeah. He was pretty sure that he didn't want another ten years of his life falling off-he was known as the pretty one. He kinda wanted to stay that way.
Hugo eyed him carefully over the copy of one of his Marvel comics the third day.
"Good God your sad and pathetic…" he said finally "You are so desperate to cut that even I can see it…hell you're so desperate to cut that even I want to rip into someone" he rolled his eyes "Me…Dad…me"
Jackson smiled despite the bitterness swirling around him.
"If I leave now…you're just gonna what? Stay on the couch until I get home? Yeah you're forgetting that I know you, you're gonna get straight up and therefore rip out your stiches and then Doctor Bailey will be with me in their OR trying to keep me from losing my mind…again"
Hugo blinked. He put the comic down "Don't joke" he said finally. Jackson snorted "Wasn't joking kid…till I get the call from Doctor Bailey saying that your stitches are in perfect condition and your scar is on the way to becoming a red line on your stomach I won't go in"
"Fine" Hugo pouted, "But I'm watching Netflix and you can't stop me"
Jackson laughed feeling slightly manic "Oh no son, your gonna do some homework-If I have to lose the thing that I love for a few weeks then you can do lose the one thing that you love and do some work"Hugo shot him a betrayed look but otherwise stayed silent.
Bailey forced him back into work with a stern phone call. "If that son of yours so much as moves his ass out of bed I will know Avery…and I can assure you he will be more afraid of me than of you" Hugo who was listening in on the phone call nodded once which was basically a teenagers way of agreeing with someone older or scary (or in Doctor Bailey's both) and therefore the horror of dealing with the 'Nazi'added fear into the heart of teenagers (something Jackson was willing to bet not only did Doctor Bailey know but was extremely proud of as well)
"Come into work and make an appearance…appearances count Avery especially with a new Chief"
"How's he doing?" Hugo shouted over the phone and Jackson winced "Cause Charles thinks he's tanking" Jackson rolled his eyes knowing that Doctor Bailey was doing the same thing "Eh…" was all she said "Get your ass into work Avery" before she hung up the phone leaving Jackson staring at the phone and Hugo smirking.
It wasn't like Derek Shephard wasn't a bad Chief. Quite the opposite, he was still running his Neuro Surgeries and therefore there was the chance to scrub in on some more amazing surgeries, and there was the chance to gain another Chief approval and therefore scrub in on the amazing surgeries that could be on offer (and so? He was keeping his options open). It was that he was so nice…
It was unnerving…
No wonder every female hospital worker called him 'McDreamy'.
Take this for example…
"Hello Avery" he said walking past him as he was trying to get some labs for Doctor Altman. "How's Hugo doing?"And that made Jackson blink because even though he did remember Doctor Shepherd being in that room with him when Hugo had been in the OR he didn't remember much else.
"He's doing fine Sir" he said resisting the urge to whip out his phone and make sure that Hugo was doing fine and was still sat in his bed with his boxset of whatever it was that he was watching.
"Good, good, good" Doctor Shepherd replied patting him on the shoulder "Now I know that you wanna get back to work so you can scrub in with me this afternoon when I'm removing this tumour" he handed Jackson a file "And Jackson" he said turning around "If you ever need to leave to check on your son then please feel free, I know how important he is to you…"
"Thanks"
Doctor Shepherd nodded smiling that same smile that Jackson was pretty sure made every female in the nearby vicinity (if you discounted Cristina Yang, Doctor Bailey and Doctor Robbins) lose several IQ points.
The day progressed easily. He retracted a tumour, rang Hugo who assured him he wasn't out of bed, made sure that his mother had safely landed in Boston (and hadn't forced someone to be her surgical guinea pig on the plane on the way over) fended off hundreds of well-wishing nurse that his son seemed to have charmed into liking him and received three different casseroles.
But that wasn't even the closest thing strange about the day. He was just stepping out of the Lobby balancing three casseroles heading to the main doors when he realised who was just coming down the stairs.
"April?" he asked raising one eyebrow and she looked up at him through her hair "Jackson" she said smiling before she took one look at him and what he was carrying "Here let me take some of them for you" she lifted two dishes into her arms. "Did Shepherd rehire you?" he asked and April nodded "Yeah, he rang last night and I was totally panicking because I was staying at my parents and you know what travel at this time of the year is like and therefore I was scared stupid and then he hired me back…isn't it great?"
It was hard to not get swept along with April's general enthusiasm, Jackson had forgotten that April was an optimist. In their line of work it was refreshing, and after the nightmare that had been the last couple of weeks it was almost soothing.
"Hey do you know who this Hugo person is?" she asked as she stood by his car "I heard one of the nurses talk about how polite he is for a patient, is he terminal or…?" she trailed off as Jackson once again cursed the heavens for giving him an outgoing and utterly adorable son that seemed to catch the attention of everyone around him.
"You have a place to stay the night?" he asked suddenly looking at the carry-on luggage she seemed to be holding.
"No I meant to get a hotel but…and I haven't really spoken to Reed since the whole Kathy Becker thing and I really don't want that conversation with anyone tonight"
"Get in" he said jerking his head at the car door and speaking over the fast flowing conversation"You can spend the night on our couch, Charles won't give shit and Hugo won't either"
April smiled sliding in the car with grace "So Hugo's what? Another resident?"
"No" Jackson said mentally preparing himself for another long conversation. "He is not another resident"
Next Chapter-6x14-Valentine's Day Massacre-Jackson and April go back to work, and Hugo meets April and their reaction to each other.
