[Few months later – meanwhile, Elizabeth Corday has arrived and Robert Romano is new on the scene too. Read episode guide for season 4 – a few episodes into it. I'm not really following the Mark/Rachel/Jenn plot – too complex… plus I'm lazy. So just assume it's the same as it was in the actual episodes of ER – just running in the background of this story.]
Mark opened his locker and put his stethoscope inside – his mind elsewhere. He let his eyes wander over the photos on the inside of the locker door – the roll of Rachel, the old one of him and Susan, and one Susan had tried to tear up of her sleeping (the only safe place for it was obviously here) and beneath it a recent ultrasound photo – six months now. He smiled at this unexpected path. When he'd caught her at the station almost a year ago he'd honestly thought he'd never see her again – he'd hoped he was wrong, but he'd never really believed he'd get his chance with her. And now? Engaged and pregnant. So unexpected. Maybe too much so. But at the same time so incredible. He pulled off his coat realising he was still standing there staring at his locker door. Someone came into the lounge but he didn't feel like talking so he proceeded to get his things together. Until that someone slipped their arms around his waste.
"Oh, hey." He turned to Susan, "I didn't know you were on today." He kissed her, fully aware of their baby between them.
"I wasn't – but I am now." She cocked her head to one side.
Mark pulled away – he didn't like that she was still working – the ER was hardly a user-friendly workplace. Anything could happen.
Susan knew his reservations. "I'll be fine." She squeezed his hand and crossed the room to her locker, pulling out her coat.
"Hey, it's my job to worry." He shut his locker door.
"And its my job to find a way to get rid of that awful photo you seem to like so much." She turned to him mischievously.
"Good luck with that." He opened the door for her.
"So I'll see you at home?" She asked as he followed her out into the ER.
"Yeah." He touched her waist so she turned around and kissed him before he walked away.
"We'll have nominations for couple of the year after the ad break." Romano said as he walked past obviously on his way to a consult.
"Friendly." Susan smiled at Carol who'd been watching the whole thing from behind admin.
"Tell me about it. And he seems to be a permanent addition to staff. What's that saying? Make my day." She passed Susan a chart.
Susan grinned, "Make my day indeed."
Mark opened his locker and put his stethoscope inside – his mind elsewhere. He let his eyes wander over the photos on the inside of the locker door – the roll of Rachel, the old one of him and Susan, and one Susan had tried to tear up of her sleeping (the only safe place for it was obviously here) and beneath it a recent ultrasound photo – six months now. He smiled at this unexpected path. When he'd caught her at the station almost a year ago he'd honestly thought he'd never see her again – he'd hoped he was wrong, but he'd never really believed he'd get his chance with her. And now? Engaged and pregnant. So unexpected. Maybe too much so. But at the same time so incredible. He pulled off his coat realising he was still standing there staring at his locker door. Someone came into the lounge but he didn't feel like talking so he proceeded to get his things together. Until that someone slipped their arms around his waste.
"Oh, hey." He turned to Susan, "I didn't know you were on today." He kissed her, fully aware of their baby between them.
"I wasn't – but I am now." She cocked her head to one side.
Mark pulled away – he didn't like that she was still working – the ER was hardly a user-friendly workplace. Anything could happen.
Susan knew his reservations. "I'll be fine." She squeezed his hand and crossed the room to her locker, pulling out her coat.
"Hey, it's my job to worry." He shut his locker door.
"And its my job to find a way to get rid of that awful photo you seem to like so much." She turned to him mischievously.
"Good luck with that." He opened the door for her.
"So I'll see you at home?" She asked as he followed her out into the ER.
"Yeah." He touched her waist so she turned around and kissed him before he walked away.
"We'll have nominations for couple of the year after the ad break." Romano said as he walked past obviously on his way to a consult.
"Friendly." Susan smiled at Carol who'd been watching the whole thing from behind admin.
"Tell me about it. And he seems to be a permanent addition to staff. What's that saying? Make my day." She passed Susan a chart.
Susan grinned, "Make my day indeed."