Heat (Piper & Trickster) PG-13 5/7

[blinkytreefrog]

Next part is a bit of an interlude; but an important one. Remember, greenygal and I will love and cherish comments of all types :-).

Part One is here.

Part Two is here.

Part Three is here.

Part Four is here

Comments

[joasakura]

YAY! \^.^/

:is glad fate smiles on them a little!:

[blinkytreefrog]

It's gotta happen sooner or later :-).

[lethargy_lass]

Darn, only two more parts...
Haha, I'm a nursing student so I found all the little medical details interesting.
Good stuff!

[blinkytreefrog]

I have a friend with a nursing background who looked through the medical stuff for me and corrected any mistakes I'd made. I'm glad it made sense :-).

[hyperactivator]

^___________________________^

You did it again.

[blinkytreefrog]

Yay!

[lukuma]

wow, short chapter this time, huh?

Yay for Piper! He got the medicine and...well, okay he did get caught but *still* cookies for him.

"I work as a doctor. I heal people. What my patients do with their lives after I've healed them is not my concern."

That line, right there? Perfect psychology right there. Great job.

I wonder why the doctor went up against Piper instead of just calling security right away. He said it himself, he's not getting paid for it. And then he winds up helping Piper anyways. A spark of something good?

"Pragmatism. I suppose you're as pure as the driven snow?"

Piper practically snarled. "I don't pretend that not looking at what I'm doing makes it go away."
I think that's the best line Piper's had throughout the entire series. It pretty much sums up his entire character, right down to him working at homeless shelters and being so passionate in his work

[joasakura]

(I know it's a typo, but it made me grin: Was that the Hippocratic Oat the doctor as saying?

It says on the box "Food is medicine; Medicine is food", but it's more expensive than Quaker... ^___^)

:runs away:

[lukuma]

*face palm*

Ooops....

[blinkytreefrog]

Yay for Piper! He got the medicine and...well, okay he did get caught but *still* cookies for him.

Well, he managed to talk his way out of it, even if kind of inadvertently :-).

Deep down the doctor is more ashamed of what he's doing than he's willing to admit to himself, I think. Piper struck a nerve :-).

Glad we got the balance right on the medical stuff; it was challenging to make it accurate but not overwhelming. Luckily the doctor's very good, even if he is jerk-ish in his behaviour :-).

Was that the Hippocratic Oat the doctor as saying?

It's actually not in the oath itself, oddly enough, but it is a phrase that was originally associated with it (well, the latin was, anyway), so same general idea :-). He hasn't forgotten that he's a doctor...

Once again, thanks for your comments :-).

[starpiper]

Another great chapter. I like the doctor here...inherently good guy with a definite grouchy streak about him (though in all fairness, he's putting his job/life/general all-around wellbeing on the line here). I thought adding the Hippocratic Oath at the end was nice.

::would post something a little more meaningful, but brain is a little putzed out by now::

[blinkytreefrog]

I found myself kind of fond of the doctor too. Maybe we'll bring him back in the sequel :-).

*pats your brain* There, there... :-)