Standard disclaimers applied.

Author's Note: This is to provide more background into the characters of TW, mainly Bosco and Faith. Also, I'm interchanging the use of the names, Jing-Mei and Deb. Although, I found it strangely more appropriate to use Jing-Mei when she was in New York and Deb while referring to her with Carter. Make sense?

Rating: K+

VIII. Winning Them Over

55-David made another trip back to Mercy Hospital towards the end of their shift. It was not unusual for them to make several trips to the ER there, especially with Bosco involved. For over eight years, 55-David had seen the ups and downs of Officers Boscorelli and Yokas. Their looks were similar to their temperaments. Night and day they were, he had dark brown hair with matching chestnut coloured eyes, contrasting her fair strawberry blonde.

He came from an abusive family, grew up with the familiar sight of watching his father beating his ma. His brother, Mikey, had now been reduced to nothing more that a drug addict, with connections to known drug traffickers in NYC. He wasn't proud but he was family and Bosco had his pride. That was probably why he became a cop, to do the noble thing and fight crimes. He wasn't perfect, his temper and big mouth more often than not got the worse of him, but his heart was true.

Faith was probably the antithesis of Bosco's macho attitude. She was married to her husband, Fred and a mother of two children, Emily and Charlie. She was always calm and cool, the soothing balm in a heated confrontation. She was what kept Bosco grounded but probably one of the few who understood him better than himself. She wasn't without faults. Her life wasn't as rosy as it appeared to be on the surface. Her obligations to her partner and her job as a police officer often came into conflict with the role as the mother and wife. She couldn't be there for the soccer games or a teenage hormonal episodes because she was called in the middle of the night because of work. Faith Yokas would say in a heartbeat that she loved her family and was devoted to her children, but within that same heartbeat, she would say that she would protect her partner and best friend, Bosco without any reservations.

The two partners separated upon the entrance into Mercy's ER. Bosco did the honours of leading the perp to get checked out while leaving Faith to do the paperwork. She spotted the Dr. Chen at the far side of the admissions desk and decided to walk over to the Chinese doctor.

"Hi Dr ...," the blonde said by catching the other woman's attention.

"Yes, how can I help you, officer?"

"My name is Officer Faith Yokas. I understand that you treated my partner, Officer Boscorelli earlier."

"I doubt treating is an appropriate word, but I did have the opportunity to give him a few stitches. Was there a problem?"

"I know that Bosco can be a handful."

Little did Faith know that Jing-Mei had overheard her earlier conversation with Sully and Davis, and their fears of having somebody 'new' treating their fellow partner. She had finished suturing rather quickly and was on her way back to the desk. The three officers were conversing in the Waiting Room, which was just down the hall from where she was with Officer Boscorelli. While Jing-Mei understood their insecurities of having another doctor, she was tired of being placing judgment on her before giving her a chance.

"I can assure you that Officer Yokas that I am not some medical student fresh out of my study, I would take every measure to ensure the health of my patients. Sorry, please excuse me."

Faith had the decency to blush because she recognized the comment. She knew what it was liked to be somebody new in a different environment. Being a woman cop with a bunch of cops certainly given her an insight about fitting in. She did feel a bit slighted by the Chinese doctor's push-off attitude but a shout from her partner, prevented her from furthering her thoughts.

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Jing-Mei mentally slapped herself for being so rude. Wearily, she rubbed her temples. Only her first day and it had been filled with excitement. Besides orientation and then touring in, she had met the infamous Bosco. Somehow, she had won over the majority of the staff at Mercy because she had emerged from the room without so much of a holler. It was notoriously known that Bosco hated hospitals, getting needles but he had such a lengthy history with getting shot, run over, slammed into walls that it was a trial. His partner, Yokas was one of the few who could put up with him.

Her first impressions of him had been less than stellar but she could not dwell on them. Afterwards, she had lost a patient from a MVA case - a severe head trauma and too much blood loss. She had stood over the table, pumping the patient's chest to a flat line. More than four units of blood later, she pronounced him dead. He was only fifteen. She had dealt with a loss before but she once again, felt that her competency was put into judgment.

That was until a couple of the staff, gave her a pat on the back and Mary Proctor came over to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You did your best, Dr. Chen. I doubt any other doctor would try so hard."

The Chinese doctor gave a weak smile before admitting truthfully, "Am I still welcome to stay?"

The nurse only smiled and said, "See you next shift, Dr. Chen and welcome to Mercy."

End of Part VIII

AN: I honestly don't know what this is going but I have been wanting to do an ER/TW crossover for such a long time and I love to explore a Bosco-Faith relationship and of course, Jinter!