The morning handover is usually the busiest time at the nurses station. It is also prime time for hospital gossip. I am standing at the main desk, surrounded by day shift nurses, pharmacists, and residents, trying to decipher a messy prescription.

Suddenly, the chatter dies down. The silence ripples through the hallway like a wave. I look up. Silas is striding down the corridor. He is in his crisp white coat, looking fresh and impeccably put together, a stark contrast to the broken man I comforted hours ago. He does not glance at the residents trying to catch his eye. He walks straight to the charge nurse desk. Right up to me.

He places a large cup of coffee from my favorite cafe across the street directly in front of me.

"Dr. Vance," I say, hyper aware of the twenty pairs of eyes watching our every move. "Do you need a chart?"

"No, Nurse Lewis," he says clearly, his voice carrying perfectly across the silent station. "I need you to confirm what time I am picking you up for our date tonight. Because I want everyone in this radius to understand that I am completely, exclusively off the market. I dated half this hospital because I was looking for a distraction. But you, Maya... you are the destination."

A collective gasp echoes from the residents behind me. The surgical tech drops a clipboard.

I stare at him. The cocky doctor is gone. The exhausted surgeon is gone. Standing before me is a man who is laying his entire reputation on the line, burning down his past just to prove he wants a future with me. A slow, genuine smile breaks across my face. I step around the desk, ignoring the audience, and grab the lapels of his white coat.

"Seven o clock," I tell him softly. "And if you are late, I am paging you overhead."

Silas darkens his eyes with affection. He leans down and kisses me, right there in the middle of the ER, sealing the promise. The monitors beep in the distance, but the only pulse I feel is his, beating perfectly in time with mine.

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