(Co-written with doc_shea. Takes place roughly 4mos out of rehab.Noah wrapped up the paperwork on his last patient of the day, and stretched, before packing up his things to go home. He was tired, and he really just wanted to go home and crawl into bed. Maybe eat something ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_shea after the fun smiting times of Tammy season. This is very meta. Mic was smote by stork_inscrubs to let loose a little.Noah was tired. It had been a long day and it wasn't close to being over. He had just been down at the cafeteria for coffee and cookies, and was now headed back to his office. He climbed on the elevator and hit his floor, ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_sheaNoah sat in one of the small cubicles that served as their phone booths. He picked up the receiver and held it to his ear for a long time, then hung it up. He had been doing the same thing for days, always giving up and going back to his room instead. His fingers tapped lightly to the small table in front of himself and he ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_shea.)

Noah wasn't in the office that day. Which, in and of itself, was frustrating. While part of her was happy that she didn't have to see him, she was hoping that they would get the chance to talk. Obviously, they couldn't do that if he wasn't there. She didn't want to do this on his turf, or hers for that matter. She wanted ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_shea. Takes place Monday.She knew that she would have to talk to him eventually. She'd rather be doing this over the phone, but his phone was, well -- out of commission. So she had to do this face to face, as much as she didn't want to. Not that the conversation was anything bad, it was just bound to be awkward. She waited for a ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_shea. Backdated to Thursday. Few days after the gathering at Noah's place. Nikki = stork_inscrubs, Calli (Tony) = its_irrelevant.Noah wasn't sure where the storm came from, but he was hit hard. And fast. He looked up from his desk, blinking, as Nikki Greyson fired away at him. She was leaned with her fingertips to his desk, shouting ( Read more... )

(Co-written with doc_shea. Jake = str8on_tilmorn, Nikki = stork_inscrubs, Tony = its_irrelevant. Grace as mentioned = heirtothe_chief. Backdated several days.Noah was in the kitchen pulling snack foods out, while half listening to Jake go on and on about...well, he wasn't really listening. He just did a lot of nodding an uh-huh'ing. Moving to the fridge, he grabbed a beer and popped it open then took a sip and ( Read more... )

Noah bundled up for the walk from the hospital down to the diner. His hands tucked under his arms, he kept his head up as he went. Shea actually suggesting he join her for some food. That wasn't quite hell freezing over, but it was somewhere on the path ( Read more... )

Noah walked into the bowling alley and glanced around. Having clean fun. This was rare. But it severely beat sitting home alone, which, for all his talk, would have been his evening ( Read more... )

"God, Noah, why New Jersey? That's like...across the fucking country."

"Now, now Jenny. This is what happens when you drop out of college. New Jersey is hardly across the country from Chicago ( Read more... )