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You Are My Problem

Setting: AU. Sam and Mercedes are best friends with a lot unresolved feelings towards each other. Sam gets in an accident and Mercedes takes the role of his caretaker.

Warning: Hurt/Comfort;Angst


"Hello, is this Mercedes?" the person behind the call wondered. Mercedes' head quickly shot up and looked around the room. Not only was the call from an unknown number, but the caller knew her name. She wonders if this is some prank or stalker shit.

"Who's asking?" she says nervously.

"This is a call from Lima General Hospital pertaining to the car accident of Samuel Dwight Evans."

As soon as Mercedes heard the words hospital, accident and Samuel, she was out the door running to her car. She quickly put her keys in the engine and zoomed down the streets approaching the hospital. As she walked out her car, she almost fell over with how shaky her legs were as she walked onto the hospital main floor towards the front desk. Mercedes opened her mouth but nothing came out as she only felt tears trailing down her face.

"Hi um-I received a call from the hospital about Samuel Dwight Evans." she said as she looked down at herself in pajama pants and her bonnet.

"Yes, who might you be to the patient?" the receptionist asked, it was cleared to her that this girl was freaking out.

"I'm his fiancee" Mercedes lies to the receptionist because she knew if there was no intimate relationship between her and Sam they wouldn't let her see him and needed to see him. She bites her bottom lips and folds her trembling hands together praying that this nurse believes her.

"Alright sweetheart, well he's in level 7, room 3c." she announced reassuringly.

Mereedes's legs went faster than her body and her mind couldn't keep up, racing with so many thoughts and she felt as if she was about to faint. She finally got to the room Sam was said to be in. Her hands were shaking as it tried to reach for the door knob. Finally, she entered his and her eyes immediately fell on Sam.

Mercedes couldn't believe what she was looking at. She let out an inescapable sob as tears came rolling down her face. She was afraid to walk any closer to him. There he was. So many machines around him. Mercedes takes a deep breath and walks over to his bedside and takes his left hand into hers.

"Sam." she whimpers as she looks over his face. Nothing but bruises scattered everywhere. A large gash on his left cheek going from his eye to his beard. His right arm and left leg were placed in casts. Mercedes traces her finger alongside her face then bowed her head to say a short prayer which led to her crying some more.

Sam lets out a groan and his eyes start to flutter as a look of confusion comes across his face as he scans around the room.

"Fuck" escaped his lips looks up and cups the rights side of his face softly.

"What happened Sam?" she says gently.

His eyes soften as he looks at his best friend. He knew he had to tell her the truth. "Well I went to the bar-"

"Are you fucking kidding me right now Sam?" Mercedes says as her voice raises slightly.

"Look Mercy, I had to get my mind out of things."

"Sam, I told you to come and talk to me." Mercedes pulls away from him as she stares at him in disappointment.

"Well, what if your problems are about the person that wants you to talk to them about your problems?" Sam retorts back while giving her a hard glare.

Silence comes across the two of them. Mercedes knew what Sam was implying but didn't think he would go there or be mean to her. He has to be playing me, is the thought that comes across her mind.

"Ok then, I'm just going to take a step outside-call your family and take a b-bre-breather." Her voice cracks and she stutters as she quickly shuffles out of the hospital room.

As she walked out of his room and pacing down the hallway she couldn't help but be confused as to what she could've done to Sam. He was her best friend, she loved him dearly and he was her life. How could she be the one to cause the pain or problem in that case. Mercedes walks back into the room, and sees a doctor and nurse standing beside Sam.

"What's going on?" Mercedes questions as she looks at Sam. His eyes still held remorse from what he said earlier.

The doctor looked at Mercedes as his gray eyes brightened. He reached out his hand to shake her hand. "I'm Doctor Karev, and who might you be to here?"

"She's my best frie-"

"WIFE!" Mercedes cuts him off while walking over to Sam's bed sitting next to him.

"Well actually fiancee. I'm his best fiancee." she said lightly pats him on his head to make sure he fbacks her up with this lie.

"Ya she's my soon to be wife." Sam plays alongs and places his hand on Mercedes's thigh to make it more believable.

"Well, congratulations." Doctor Karev says with a tight smile as he was disappointed to find out Mercedes was single. He looks at Sam's medical file.

"Yes, well Mr. Evans, your injuries aren't severe. They are broken, but the casts will fix it. Though, we might keep you for a day or two, but when we release you we could get you a nurse, to supervise you and help you-"

"I actually...I could do it, I mean, I work from home. So I could assist him if that's ok?" Mercedes nervously interrupted and looked at the doctor, refusing to look down at Sam who had just squeezed her thigh. She was still very mad at him earlier.

"Yeah that's great we'll just complete some paperwork and we'll figure it out from there." Doctor Karev announces before leaving and while sending a unprofessional glance of want at Mercedes causing her to blush from his lustful gaze before looking away.

Sam hands tightened around her thigh while sending a deathly glare towards the doctor , if looks could kill, Doctor Karev would be buried in the deepest pits of Hell. The Doctor quickly left the room as Sam glare became more murderous. Then Mercedes, snatches his hand away from her thighs and rolls her eyes at Sam's behavior.


The two days went by fast and the tensions between Sam and Mercedes were at a boiling point. They were arguing back and forth on figuring out what to do with Sam's home situation for the couple of weeks she will be helping him.

"Ok ok, yes, fine whatever! I'll stay with you, but Chewie has to come too." Chewie being Mercedes's 2 year old golden retriever.

Sam holds onto his crutches carefully watching Mercedes as she moves around her bedroom packing her essential needs in order to stay at Sam's house.

"You're still mad at me, I see." he said talking under his breath looking around the room.

"Damn right, I am. But, since I'm the problem in every situation that you have in your life, you shouldn't really care." Mercedes says, while grabbing Chewie's doggy suitcase and walks to the door. .

The ride to Sam's home was extremely awkward. The tension between them was so high. As soon as Mercedes put the car in park she leaped out the car grabbed Chewie and her stiff and put them inside. She goes back to the car to help Sam out with his crutches inside of the house. She takes his crutches away once they make it to the living room and helps him settle down on the couch as she goes to his guest room to unpack. Mercedes comes back to the living back and asks, "is there anything you need me to do for you?"

"Can we talk? " Sam replies while staring up at her with puppy dog eyes.

"Well...umm.. Since you don't need anything, i'm just going to make me something to eat" Mercedes completely ignores Sam's questions and his eyes as she starts to walk towards the kitchen.

"Really Mercy? Really" Sam couldn't help but roll her eyes at her actions.

"Well can you help me take a bath then, I need to soak my limbs" She helps him up the stairs to to enter his


Sam sat on the toilet seat and removed his shirt. Lord did God take his time crafting him Mercedes said in her head. She's seen him naked before but something was different now.

Suddenly Sam takes off his pants, as Mercedes quickly looks away.

"Ha! Mercy, it's nothing you haven't seen before." Sam says adding a wink and a smirk.

"Whatever Samuel, those times we were very drunk" Mercedes says while rolling her eyes at him. Then, she helps him ease into the tub filling water. She bends down on the side towards the faucets to make sure the bubbles are forming and makes sure to clever up his lower region with the bubbles.

. "Ok have fun, call if you need help." Mercedes said getting ready to stand and make her escape but Sam grabs her arm quickly.

"No No No, stay please I'm bored and I don't want to be alone and besides it would be a chance for us to talk."

"Alright what do you want to talk about?"

"Let's not act like you don't know Mercedes."

"Well, what do you want me to say? When the person you care about the most says you're the cause of all their problems. I don't even know what i did to you!"

"Okay, yes I did say that, but it's in the way you think. I went to talk to Baine and after I left and I was driving to your house, but um the next thing I saw where headlights and i couldn't adjust the wheels in time and soon the car was swerving off the road." He says while looking down at the water.

"You-um-you were trying to see me?" Mercedes stutters out as she bites her bottom lip and starts to play with her hair that has fallen on the side of her face,

"It-it-it was my-y fa-fault?"

"No No No. Damnit. Of course I manage to fuck this up. Please please don't think that whatsoever, babygirl." Sam says quickly as he tries to get up from the tub which Mercedes got up to help him while avoiding any form of eye contact

"You don't have to lie to me for my benefit I-wait why didn't you just go home?"

"Look at me Mercy, please look at me babygirl"

Mercedes slowly lifts her head. She takes a moment and gets lost in how beautiful his sea green eyes are. His eyes were expressive. She could always tell what emotions he was going through just by looking at them. Right now all she saw was remorse, hope, love and lust. Sam starts to lean down towards Mercedes lips which prompted her to take a step back and grab his clothes that were hanging on the rack. Embarrassed was all Mercedes could feel at the moment as she helped him get dressed. As soon as he was decently dressed Mercedes made her escape.

"I'm going to order us some Chinese"

"Shit!"

Before Sam could respond she was gone out of sight. Sam was just as embarrassed. He wanted her so bad. He wanted her to know he wanted her and not in one way. In every way possible. He no longer wanted to be just best friends.

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