A little more cuddle for ya.
--
He brought her even closer to his body, taking in her scent. No matter where she was: in his bed with her on the weekend, at County in scrubs, or at a fancier restaurant sharing dinner with him. She was always Abby. He didn't dislike a single thing about her. He understood her every move, as she did he.
She pulled him close, revealing that she was awake to him. He smiled, kissing her forehead. Immediately, she reached up and kissed his neck.
"Day off," he mumbled. "What are we gonna do all day?"
"This," she whined. "Let's just do this all day."
He chuckled against her cheek. Kissing it again, he said, "You're lazy."
"I don't care."
He brought the comforter down a bit, settling it around her shoulders. He stroked her shoulders with one finger, tenderly as she closed her eyes yet again. Her skin was so soft. It was the same skin he caressed each night before they slept. She would giggle, making his heart stop.
She kissed his bare chest, causing him to close *his* eyes now. He sighed against her and brought his hand up her back.
"Want breakfast?" he asked, stepping from the bed. He pulled on boxers from his drawer as she picked herself up, still in the bed.
"No," she whined. "Come back."
"We have to get up," he laughed.
"Okay," she gave. She got up from her bed and stepped toward him. She hugged him for a second, from behind him as we continued to pull on his pants, and then let go to dress herself.
She walked around the room, naked, searching for her clothes. He laughed aloud as she did so.
"What?" she smiled.
"It's just funny," he said, "watching you look for your clothes naked."
She laughed a little too.
"Not saying I don't enjoy it, but you know."
"Ha." She picked up her bundle of clothes on the floor and walked out of the door. "I'm taking a shower."
"Can I come?"
She shrugged. "I don't care."
He looked at her suspiciously, then witnessed a small, but nearly seductive smile play across her lips. He grinned goofily and followed her, still in just boxers to the bathroom.
"You're serious?" he asked.
"Do you take showers in boxers?" she asked, reaching into the shower to start the water.
"No," he said. "I just - "
"Come on," she said with a shy smile.
--
"Oh, God," Lydia said. "Look who's here."
"Ha," Abby said simply. "Have we been this busy all day?"
"All day?" Chuny said, looking at the clock. "Honey, it's nine o'clock in the morning. There hasn't been much day."
"Maybe they didn't get much sleep," Conni suggested, raising a brow.
"Alright, alright," Carter said, holding up his hand. "Get to work."
"Whatever you say, Dr. Carter."
Abby smiled as he slipped his arm around her waist. She looked down bashfully, as Carter came to kiss her head. He leaned is face into her hair as they walked toward the lounge.
"Now that's a cute couple." Haleh said, turning to see Susan frowning to the counter.
"Yeah," Susan muttered. She walked away with a few charts and a meal ticket. "I'm getting breakfast."
--
"Come here," Carter said. "Come here."
She walked over to him with a questioning look on her face. She had just slipped off her coat to put it in her locker. "Yeah?"
He shrugged and pulled her toward him. She laughed as they met in a kiss. Her hands went to his face, as his caressed her back. She smiled and hugged him again.
"Thanks," she said sarcastically. "Now it will be easier when I see you around the hospital and I can't even touch you."
He chuckled and kissed her again. "You're so beautiful." He lifted a hand to touch her cheek, but she gently moved it away.
"Stop it," she laughed.
"What?"
She laughed again, lightly. "The sweet talk. I hate it. I don't need any - "
"Sweet talk?" he asked, snickering. "I don't do the 'Cupcake' or 'Pumpkin' name deal, if that's what you mean."
She smiled. "So you just think I'm pretty," she said quietly, looking down.
"Beautiful," he said. She looked up and smiled. He put his arms around her waist once again and kissed her with a quick jab and turned to the door. "See you at noon?"
She grinned and nodded. "Thank you."
--
The end of the day. All he wanted to do was see Abby. She was nowhere to be found. He hadn't checked everywhere, though, so she was around here somewhere. The ER maze was something familiar, but he hadn't gotten anywhere yet.
He was aware now of a blanket of perspiration above his brow. It suddenly occured to him that the ER was without air conditioning for some reason. He pulled at the collar of his lab coat, then sighed as he went to the lounge.
The door was cool as his hand touched it. Cool enough to recognize it, but not cool enough to let his hand linger for an instant.
Weaver smiled as she made her way past him. " 'Night, Carter," she said.
He nodded and replied the same. In the lounge, he took of his lab coat and loosened his tie. He wiped his hand over his face, as if to drain the exhaustion from it. Fat chance.
"Hey," someone said.
"Hey, Susan," he said, unenthusiastically.
She frowned and crossed her arms. "How are the two of you doing?"
"Great, actually - "
"Hey John," Abby said, coming through the door.
Susan looked away as Carter's face lit up with pure joy. Abby reached up for his neck and pulled him into a small, quick kiss. They both smiled.
"Susan," Abby said kindly. "How are you?"
"Good," she said, then she moved out of the path and into the doorway. It swung to a shut and the two were left alone.
They sat in silence.
"Ready to go?"
"Yeah."
--
Cruel to Susan? She's a lovely girl, really. But, in the Carby aspect, she postponed the two of them getting together for a while.
Has anyone else heard this? Noah Wyle is leaving in the tenth season! No! Someone please tell me its just a rumor, that I'm wrong! Oh, pleeeeeaaaaase! If Maura Tierney won't leave the same time, that means they probably won't get together, doesn't it? No! Someone please tell me Wyle's staying! They can't really have another Doug/Carol happy ending, can they? It's a drama!
I think they should have Noah stay anyway into the end. He's like the base of the show. The root. Does anyone else see this? "Exodus," "The Good Fight," and "Lockdown." He's the hero. You can just tell that he's the one of the show. Starting out there, he's the only one left of the original group. I hope the tenth season is the last of ER, then. I can't bear to see him leave without Abby by his side. I can't see him leave, altogether!
Hope you all found that I left out this chapter before. My mistake. (Who else?) So, read this one, then please read the one after it. I changed a few things. Kind of big... but not really.
-me
--
He brought her even closer to his body, taking in her scent. No matter where she was: in his bed with her on the weekend, at County in scrubs, or at a fancier restaurant sharing dinner with him. She was always Abby. He didn't dislike a single thing about her. He understood her every move, as she did he.
She pulled him close, revealing that she was awake to him. He smiled, kissing her forehead. Immediately, she reached up and kissed his neck.
"Day off," he mumbled. "What are we gonna do all day?"
"This," she whined. "Let's just do this all day."
He chuckled against her cheek. Kissing it again, he said, "You're lazy."
"I don't care."
He brought the comforter down a bit, settling it around her shoulders. He stroked her shoulders with one finger, tenderly as she closed her eyes yet again. Her skin was so soft. It was the same skin he caressed each night before they slept. She would giggle, making his heart stop.
She kissed his bare chest, causing him to close *his* eyes now. He sighed against her and brought his hand up her back.
"Want breakfast?" he asked, stepping from the bed. He pulled on boxers from his drawer as she picked herself up, still in the bed.
"No," she whined. "Come back."
"We have to get up," he laughed.
"Okay," she gave. She got up from her bed and stepped toward him. She hugged him for a second, from behind him as we continued to pull on his pants, and then let go to dress herself.
She walked around the room, naked, searching for her clothes. He laughed aloud as she did so.
"What?" she smiled.
"It's just funny," he said, "watching you look for your clothes naked."
She laughed a little too.
"Not saying I don't enjoy it, but you know."
"Ha." She picked up her bundle of clothes on the floor and walked out of the door. "I'm taking a shower."
"Can I come?"
She shrugged. "I don't care."
He looked at her suspiciously, then witnessed a small, but nearly seductive smile play across her lips. He grinned goofily and followed her, still in just boxers to the bathroom.
"You're serious?" he asked.
"Do you take showers in boxers?" she asked, reaching into the shower to start the water.
"No," he said. "I just - "
"Come on," she said with a shy smile.
--
"Oh, God," Lydia said. "Look who's here."
"Ha," Abby said simply. "Have we been this busy all day?"
"All day?" Chuny said, looking at the clock. "Honey, it's nine o'clock in the morning. There hasn't been much day."
"Maybe they didn't get much sleep," Conni suggested, raising a brow.
"Alright, alright," Carter said, holding up his hand. "Get to work."
"Whatever you say, Dr. Carter."
Abby smiled as he slipped his arm around her waist. She looked down bashfully, as Carter came to kiss her head. He leaned is face into her hair as they walked toward the lounge.
"Now that's a cute couple." Haleh said, turning to see Susan frowning to the counter.
"Yeah," Susan muttered. She walked away with a few charts and a meal ticket. "I'm getting breakfast."
--
"Come here," Carter said. "Come here."
She walked over to him with a questioning look on her face. She had just slipped off her coat to put it in her locker. "Yeah?"
He shrugged and pulled her toward him. She laughed as they met in a kiss. Her hands went to his face, as his caressed her back. She smiled and hugged him again.
"Thanks," she said sarcastically. "Now it will be easier when I see you around the hospital and I can't even touch you."
He chuckled and kissed her again. "You're so beautiful." He lifted a hand to touch her cheek, but she gently moved it away.
"Stop it," she laughed.
"What?"
She laughed again, lightly. "The sweet talk. I hate it. I don't need any - "
"Sweet talk?" he asked, snickering. "I don't do the 'Cupcake' or 'Pumpkin' name deal, if that's what you mean."
She smiled. "So you just think I'm pretty," she said quietly, looking down.
"Beautiful," he said. She looked up and smiled. He put his arms around her waist once again and kissed her with a quick jab and turned to the door. "See you at noon?"
She grinned and nodded. "Thank you."
--
The end of the day. All he wanted to do was see Abby. She was nowhere to be found. He hadn't checked everywhere, though, so she was around here somewhere. The ER maze was something familiar, but he hadn't gotten anywhere yet.
He was aware now of a blanket of perspiration above his brow. It suddenly occured to him that the ER was without air conditioning for some reason. He pulled at the collar of his lab coat, then sighed as he went to the lounge.
The door was cool as his hand touched it. Cool enough to recognize it, but not cool enough to let his hand linger for an instant.
Weaver smiled as she made her way past him. " 'Night, Carter," she said.
He nodded and replied the same. In the lounge, he took of his lab coat and loosened his tie. He wiped his hand over his face, as if to drain the exhaustion from it. Fat chance.
"Hey," someone said.
"Hey, Susan," he said, unenthusiastically.
She frowned and crossed her arms. "How are the two of you doing?"
"Great, actually - "
"Hey John," Abby said, coming through the door.
Susan looked away as Carter's face lit up with pure joy. Abby reached up for his neck and pulled him into a small, quick kiss. They both smiled.
"Susan," Abby said kindly. "How are you?"
"Good," she said, then she moved out of the path and into the doorway. It swung to a shut and the two were left alone.
They sat in silence.
"Ready to go?"
"Yeah."
--
Cruel to Susan? She's a lovely girl, really. But, in the Carby aspect, she postponed the two of them getting together for a while.
Has anyone else heard this? Noah Wyle is leaving in the tenth season! No! Someone please tell me its just a rumor, that I'm wrong! Oh, pleeeeeaaaaase! If Maura Tierney won't leave the same time, that means they probably won't get together, doesn't it? No! Someone please tell me Wyle's staying! They can't really have another Doug/Carol happy ending, can they? It's a drama!
I think they should have Noah stay anyway into the end. He's like the base of the show. The root. Does anyone else see this? "Exodus," "The Good Fight," and "Lockdown." He's the hero. You can just tell that he's the one of the show. Starting out there, he's the only one left of the original group. I hope the tenth season is the last of ER, then. I can't bear to see him leave without Abby by his side. I can't see him leave, altogether!
Hope you all found that I left out this chapter before. My mistake. (Who else?) So, read this one, then please read the one after it. I changed a few things. Kind of big... but not really.
-me