Summary:A letter threatens to break him, and Ethan is prompted to take a decision. (set in Book 2)
A/N: This was a prompt request sent by the dearest @headoverheelsforramsey from the 101 ways to say ‘I love you’ prompt list (still accepting, feel free to send in!) I hope you like what I came up with, my lovely and thank you so so much for sending the request in❤
Does being near to me hurt you? Does being close to me bring tears to your eyes? Do you feel relieved when I go away to someplace else, where you can’t see me? Is being near to me such a curse, such a pain for you?
If no, then why? Why do you act like holding my hand will end the world for you? Why do you move away when I want to hug you? Why do you not cup my cheek and wipe my tears when I cry? Why do you sit there and see everything, understand everything and still hold up this facade of ignorance and professionalism?
Is it true that you don’t miss the touch of my hand over your heart as I miss yours? Is it true that kissing me was never a thing you wanted to do? Were all those words of how you’ve wanted 'us’, a lie? Was all this a mistake? Was kissing me in Miami a mistake?
Why do I feel that you never wanted it to happen? Why do I feel like I never was someone of importance to you?
Because if I was, you wouldn’t have hurt me, broken me, pained me like this, time and again. You wouldn’t have made me cry through endless nights. You wouldn’t have left without a goodbye.
And if it’s true, if I truly never was a person of importance to you, then it wouldn’t bother you if I wasn’t around anymore, right? It definitely wouldn’t bother you if you can’t hear me laugh or see me cry again, if you can’t touch me again. You wouldn’t even seem to mind the absence of our talks and I am sure you will definitely not miss our kisses. You probably won’t even notice that the notorious intern who dared to cross a line and dream of a forever with you was around. I am a pain in your ass anyway, and it would be for the better if I wasn’t around. You wouldn’t have to deal with this 'Rookie’ ever again.
If everything I wrote, everything I said was true, then the job you do next is tearing this sheet of paper and throwing it into the trash can next to your table just as easily as you threw away your feelings for me, if they ever existed.
But if you do have something, anything in your heart for me, come and tell me. I will be waiting for you, just like I always did, until the end.
Come and stop me, come and give me a reason to stay. Don’t let me go, please don’t let me go. Keep me with you, tell me everything that you want to.
Please, don’t let me go.
Because if you miss this chance, the last chance, you will probably never be able to look at me again. Never get a chance to stop me and tell me again. Never get a chance to hold me again.
So please, don’t let me go. I am probably packing my bags when you read this, so you know where to find me. Come and find me, I promise I will stop. But I also promise that there will be no one who could stop me today if you don’t come.
I wish I could write it but I guess I am not 'Yours’ just like you are not mine
Pooja
The paper shook in his hand, just like his entire world was shaking. The pages of the patient charts in front of him fluttered in the air, but he couldn’t notice.
Her absence from the hospital since he last saw her during the Diagnostics Team meeting now made sense. There was a haphazard in his orderly life today, his heart not resting even for a minute. As if it knew that something was going to go very wrong.
The tears that spill from the corner of his eye on the paper cause the ink to blot, the letters to fade. Acting like an indication that her existence from his life was slowly fading, she was slowly becoming that fog which no one could catch or stop.
She was leaving behind a void of darkness that threatened to engulf him, and once that happened, he would never be able to find a way out of it again.
Everything in the letter, everything she had written in the paragraphs except the last was false, the biggest lie anyone had ever said.
She said he didn’t miss her kisses and her touch? He was ready to trade his life for the chance to be able to kiss her without any worry or restraint again.
She asked if he felt relieved in her absence and pain in her presence. The answer was he felt heaven in her presence and hell in her absence.
She says she isn’t a person of importance to him, her absence wouldn’t bother him. How could she say that? For him, she was the most important person in the world and her absence would make every day a living hell. He wanted to shriek from the highest grounds of the city, the echo so powerful that his words would resonate around her. He would repeat his answers to each of her questions a hundred times until she begins to believe them.
Until she understands her place in his life.
Until she drops all doubt about her existence in his life.
She was his strength, his solace, his world. And now he was on the verge of losing everything life had given him. She was hope, a ray so bright that even the stoicism of a man like him melted due to its warmth. She was the reason why he wanted to believe in life again, in happiness again, in love again.
Every thought, every memory that flashes in front of him is a pathway for him to reach his decision. As if someone had painted the answer for him on a gigantic canvas, he could clearly see the path he was to follow. The choice he had to make. The actions he was to take.
And this time he wasn’t making a mistake.
PS:This fic has a part 2, that I will post some days later! Thank you so much for reading, very very grateful for you :)
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What I love about their relationship is that they don’t need to label it in a certain way to make their love for each other known. Ethan belongs to MC, and MC belongs to Ethan..
With one hour to spare lol, please have my little Luck of the Draw piece. I was assigned the song “Good Kisser” by Lake Street Drive. Thanks for the song, mysterious selector, and thanks for the event, @moodmusicmonday ! My brain’s been kind of avoiding Choices, so this was a fun way to kickstart my writing (…even if I did wait until the last minute and it is quite short).
Book/Pairing: Open Heart, Bryce x MC
Synopsis: Set around the end of Book 1 Chapter 2 in Donahue’s. Darcy beats Bryce at darts; Bryce gets a little payback.
Rating:T
Warnings: Alcohol; “AU” in the sense that I probably forgot some Book 1 canon (but to be fair so did the OPH writers so)
(In case anyone cares about Darcy being inconsistent lololol: In Darcy’s “canon” timeline, she doesn’t kiss Bryce in the supply closet, because it’s literally the first day, but I thought it would be more interesting to write about this way, so this is very slightly AU. Also, although Hand-Me-Downs!Darcy doesn’t drink, canon!Darcy does and has a slightly different backstory.)
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Darcy clinked her glass against Bryce’s, still riding the high of her successful first day, her victory at darts (even if she had to play a little dirty), and the free drink it had netted her. Not that she really needed it—she’d done enough shots with her fellow internal medicine interns—but it had been a perfect excuse to drag Bryce away from the dartboard. To get him alone…again.
Just that memory and the shine of his smile under the bar lights had her heart thumping, and she had to take a big gulp of her drink before she could speak. “I wanted to thank you for…earlier,” she said, face tilted up slightly to meet his warm brown eyes. “In the supply closet. I don’t normally…”
She trailed off, the words getting stuck somewhere in her throat as her eyes fixed on the sharp angle of his jaw.
“Kiss hot surgical residents?” he suggested, grin widening under her gaze.
“Cry,” she finished. “Especially in front of hot surgical residents.”
Sober Darcy would regret saying that in the morning, but Lightly Buzzed Darcy could only take in the sparkle of amusement in his eyes as he leaned his cheek on his palm, motioning with his other hand to keep the compliments coming.
She laughed and shook her head, leaning in so she could lower her voice. “Look, I only bring it up again because I don’t want it getting around the hospital. The crying or the kissing.” Hopefully that resident would be tight-lipped about the matter, too.
“My lips are sealed,” he promised, before his eyes flicked to her lips. “Metaphorically, I mean.”
Her heart knocked insistently against her chest. “And you don’t think it would get around the hospital if we kissed right now, in front of…the entire hospital?”
She wasn’t fully convinced it was a bad idea, but Bryce chuckled and leaned back, killing the moment. “Nah, you’re right,” he said, standing up from his seat and fishing through his wallet.
As he pushed the bill onto the bar, he leaned over so that his lips brushed against her earlobe, whispering, “If somebody asked me about it, I’d have to tell ‘em you’re a good kisser…and I think I want you to myself, Darcy.”
Before Darcy could react—save for the instant heat in her cheeks—he straightened with a smirk. “Good night, Darcy,” he called, shooting a wink over his shoulder as he walked to the exit.
It took every last ounce of dignity for her not to chase after him and kiss him on the sidewalk.
@choicespride Day 9: Tell us about your MCs/OCs relationship to/experience with the LGBTQ+ community!
Throughout most of her adult life, Sadie made sure to donate to LGBTQ+ organizations, whenever she could. Once she and Ethan get a joint bank account, she does this even more, and he is super supportive.
A few years after Sadie’s residency, her and Ethan spearhead the creation of Edenbrook’s LGBTQ+ Health Department. They donate a lot of their own money towards it but also hold plenty of fundraisers (w/Kyra as the head planner of course!). The LGBTQ+ Health Department is similar to the Clinic in the sense that they try to do as much pro-bono work as possible. They offer free plastic/gender affirming surgery consultations, LGBTQ+ sex ed courses/workshops, and therapy, among other things.
Book: Open Heart Pairing: Tobias Carrick x Casey MacTavish (F!MC) Rating: Teen Category: Fluff Words: 650 Summary: Tobias returns home after a long day and is reminded of just how lucky he is. A/N: Thank you to @peonyblossom for sending this prompt for hugging from behind. I hope you enjoy this tender moment, and thanks for helping me break my writer’s block! A/N 2: Participating in @choicesmonthlychallengejune2022, Day 26, cuddles.
Casey & Tobias are just kind of Pixelberry’s by this point.
He needed her to know that after a lifetime of believing that walking this earth alone was his only path, she had shown him the error of his ways without even trying. She taught him how to love, she made his house a home, she was everything, and he belonged to her.
I love how much he loves and admires her. ❤️
That ending was so cute. Such a beautiful moment! You did a wonderful job with this prompt, Elsa.
Thank you, Doris! This was a fun one to write. I love the sweet little moments. Thanks so much for reading & sharing! ❤️
Book: Open Heart (post series) Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Casey MacTavish) Rating: Teen Category: Fluff Summary: Casey and Ethan enjoy a night at the opera, but when they’re forced to leave early, it leads to a wonderful surprise. Words: 858 A/N: Thank you to @genevievemd for sending me this prompt, “whispering in someone’s ear”. I hope you enjoy the fluff, Sara! A/N 2: @choicesmonthlychallengejune2022, Day 16, work of art
My heart is full. This was so sweet and wholesome. ❤️
The first two paragraphs were so beautifully written. You perfectly captured how utterly mesmerized Ethan was by Casey in that moment and how all he could focus on was her – her beauty and all those precious moments they had shared in that opera box.
“You would never know it by looking at you. Have I told you how stunning you are?”
I’ll never get tired of Ethan calling Casey stunning or beautiful, especially when she’s feeling anything but. I’m proud of him for all the progress he’s made when it comes to compliments.
Aww, baby Emma is on her way! ❤️ I knew it!
DORIS!!! ❤️❤️ It’s so lovely to see you! Thank you so much! Im glad you enjoyed this sweet, little story. Yep, Emma’s on her way and the fun begins. lol
Book: Open Heart (post series) Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Casey MacTavish) Rating: Teen Category: Fluff Summary: Casey and Ethan enjoy a night at the opera, but when they’re forced to leave early, it leads to a wonderful surprise. Words: 858 A/N: Thank you to @genevievemd for sending me this prompt, “whispering in someone’s ear”. I hope you enjoy the fluff, Sara! A/N 2: @choicesmonthlychallengejune2022, Day 16, work of art
Book: Open Heart (post series) Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Casey MacTavish) Rating: Teen Category: Fluff Summary: Casey and Ethan enjoy a night at the opera, but when they’re forced to leave early, it leads to a wonderful surprise. Words: 858 A/N: Thank you to @genevievemd for sending me this prompt, “whispering in someone’s ear”. I hope you enjoy the fluff, Sara! A/N 2: @choicesmonthlychallengejune2022, Day 16, work of art
Premise: Chief Ramsey receives a surprise delivery from a secret admirer.
Book: Open Heart (post series) Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Cassie Valentine) Rating/Category: Teen. Fluff. Words:910
A/N: This is for @peonierose and her lovely visual prompt ‘you’re always beautiful’. Submission for @choicesmonthlychallengejune2022 Day 24 prompt “Someone left a gift for you.”
Ethan Ramsey knew it would take him time to adjust to being Chief of Medicine and patience was required. At least that’s what he reminded himself whenever he started to get frustrated by the demands of his new role.
It had only been a month since he had officially assumed his new role even though the transition had started in the summer. Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither would the new Edenbrook.
He had never seen himself in administration and wouldn’t be here now if it hadn’t been for Naveen’s faith in him. And Cassie’s.
