Summary: Shaun and Lea do something special and significant for their wedding anniversary. Set between "The Good Lawyer" and "Second Chances and Past Regrets".

The date was May 29th. Not only was Lea 31 weeks pregnant and two days away from being 32 weeks, but it was also marked one year since Shaun and Lea got married.

Although Shaun and Lea were happy to have been married for a year and having a baby (in fact, it was losing their last baby that led to the marriage proposal), they hated that they were also reminded of that unforgettable night of what happened to Nurse Villanueva and Dr. Lim, who were probably talking to therapists about this anniversary. In fact, it was probably why Lim and Villanueva decided to take today off.

However, even if their wedding day and honeymoon weren't ideal, they thought they could at least make their first wedding anniversary romantic and special.

It was usually Shaun who got home after Lea due to the hours he worked, but today, it was Lea who came home last. She stayed late for a meeting, where she had to stand for almost an hour to give a presentation, going over everything that was going to happen when she goes on maternity leave.

With her feet and back aching, she was ready for a relaxing, romantic evening with Shaun, whom she saw setting up a romantic dinner for them with Dr. Glassman as soon as she walked in through their door.

The lights in the apartment were dimmed, and candles were lit and displayed on the dinner table and coffee table, making the room smell like peony blossom. The kitchen was almost a mess with a dirty pan and cutting board. Two plates of garlic-free linguine and a bowl of salad were set with a bottle of wine on the dining room table.

Glassman was putting the rest of the linguine in some tupperware while Shaun was fixing up a drink.

"What is all this?" Lea asked as she hung her purse on the hall tree.

"Well, it's your first wedding anniversary, and you didn't get a proper babymoon," explained Dr. Glassman (still wearing one of his fedoras), moving the plates of linguine to the table before pouring a glass of wine and then some water. "So, I cooked your anniversary dinner for you guys while I watched football with Shaun."

"And I'm making you a mommy mocktail," added Shaun, mixing soda with some kind of fruit syrup in a glass full of ice, followed by putting a cherry on top. "It's a Roy Rogers. It's Coca-Cola mixed with grenadine, which is pomegranate syrup."

"Wow, this is fancy. You didn't have to do all this," Lea smirked at Shaun as she walked up to him to kiss him on the lips, allowing him to touch her belly.

"It will be the only one we have for years when it is just the two of us, so I thought it should be special," clarified Shaun.

Just the two of us? Lea wondered. "I didn't know Glassy would be joining us."

"Oh, I'm not joining you," Glassman chuckled as he grabbed one of the closed tupperwares full of linguine. "I was just helping Shaun prepare. I'll take my linguine and leave you two alone."

"Thank you, Dr. Glassman," bubbled Shaun, putting the mocktail and glass of wine on the table.

"Anytime. Happy anniversary, you two," nodded Glassman as he was halfway out the door. He then closed the door behind him.

"Shaun, I love it," grinned Lea, taking a seat in her chair as Shaun helped her settle in.

"Mocktail, stat!" Shaun quipped, referencing their first date.


While devouring their dinner, Shaun and Lea talked about the wild days they had. Lea discussed the plans that were going to happen when she goes on maternity leave and who was going to be doing her duties. Shaun added in to say that Lim and Andrews would be stepping in a lot while Shaun is on paternity leave.

After Lea finished talking about her frustration with her co-worker whom she was contemplating firing due to all the write-ups she had to give to him, Shaun talked about the patient he had today - a 16-year-old male who pulled a dangerous stunt for a ridiculous TikTok challenge.

"So, your patient tried to launch fireworks out of his butt?" Lea queried with disgust, twirling her fork in the pasta. "Why the hell would he do that?"

"Yes, he did," confirmed Shaun, sipping his wine. "He said he wanted to create a new TikTok challenge. He said it was the Anal Fire Challenge."

"I can't believe kids are doing these dangerous TikTok challenges," sighed Lea, shaking her head in disbelief. "I know we all do dumb things as teenagers, but I don't think most of us would be stupid enough to put explosives up our orifices. Well, Donnie did try to light his fart on fire when he was 17, and I recorded it with the camera, but we were lucky he failed at that. What was the damage?"

"He's going to live, but he will need to be monitored for a week," explained Shaun. "We had to remove his penis, testicles, and anal sphincter. We needed to do a colostomy."

"Okay, no more of that, please," shuddered Lea, regretting that she asked that question. "I'm going to be pushing a human out of my vagina in eight weeks, so I don't even want to think about what's going to happen to me down there."

Right on cue, the baby kicked and nudged, stretching all of his limbs.

"Oh," Lea winced.

"Are you okay? Are you having Braxton Hicks?" Shaun asked, looking like he was about to jump out of his seat.

"No. It's just a little crowded in there for Peanut," reassured Lea, resting her hand on her belly. "He must really love pasta as much as we do. He's probably asking me to feed him more pasta."

"Good, Peanut will fit right in," quipped Shaun.

Lea chuckled, rubbing her belly as she waited for Peanut to settle down.

AN: I hope you all enjoyed. Please review :)

Next Chapter Prompt:
Shaun and Lea slow dance to "Islands in the Stream".