more than i can hold in my heart.

strawberry-tinted lips

A's ex is seeing someone and when B decides to help A make their ex jealous, they fall for A in the process.

a/n: lil tuck does not exist in this au mwa

hope yall like it!

-jyka💕

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Ben Warren was just minding his business, as usual.

He didn't want to get caught up in gossip, nor did he want to know what kind of things his co-workers get up to. It's bad enough that he hears drama from patients, and now, apparently, the hospital is full of it.

And he successfully turned away from all of those, until his fellowship year.

He's a Plastics fellow, under the guidance of the one and only, Mark Sloan. And under him, he's starting to like this resident, named Jackson Avery.

The thing is, it's kind of ironic how he got involved in the drama in the first place.

It didn't start at the hospital. It started when he was at the mall.

And he was minding his own business.

Then, a very familiar voice made him turn around.

"I know you, right? Dr. Warren?" He turned around to see Dr. Miranda Bailey, called 'The Nazi' until an actual Nazi entered the hospital as one of their patients. And even though people stopped calling her that, she still strikes fear in the residents.

But when he looked in her eyes, he saw uncertainty, and a little fear in them, which made him gulp.

"Dr. Bailey." He nodded at her.

And before he even knew what was going on, her lips were on his.

Their mouths melded together, and he felt her moan in his mouth. She tasted like strawberries, and something uniquely her. It was addicting. She was like a drug.

The kiss lasted for a few seconds, and they pulled away, both of them breathless.

Miranda's eyes were wide, and he could see her pupils dilate. "I-I'm sorry. I..." she trailed off, licking her lips and looking behind her. She sighed in relief.

Ben just stared at her, his brain empty, still rewinding the kiss. She pursed her lips and looked around, before pulling him to a corner. "I'm sorry. I... know you don't know me very well. We're in the same batch in our residency, and you're a good surgeon. I know. But uh, my husba- my ex-husband was here, and he was with his... girlfriend."

She rambled, and he couldn't help but stare at her lips move. "Dr. Bailey..."

"Look, just pretend to be my boyfriend. Just for the day." She smiled nervously, and his heart almost stopped.

Ben frowned. He knew he'd give anything to taste those lips again, but he had a promise to himself that he wouldn't be involved in anything at the hospital. He was beyond that.

"I'm sorry too," he started, "But I can't, Dr. Bailey."

He started to turn away, his whole body trying to pull himself back to this wonderful, captivating woman. But he can't.

Ben felt her small hand pull him back. "Please, Ben. You'll owe me!"

He sighed, and turned around. "Dr. Bailey-

"It's Miranda," she looked behind him, and sighed. "Please, just this once. I promise, it will not reach the hospital. At all."

"I-I can't."