Connor's POV
I walk into work the next day and people have mostly stopped staring. I still get the occasional look but for the most part they're over it.
'Hey.' I walk over to Will, whom Natalie has just walked away from.
'Hey.'
'Things seem a little more normal here.'
'Yeah. Apart from-'
'You must be Dr Rhodes.'
I turn to see a man with short brown hair and an air of arrogance. He's wearing the same uniform as me.
'Yes, who are you?'
'Crockett,' he pauses, 'Marcel. I'm the new CT surgeon.'
'Well, it's nice to meet you,' I say coldly, before walking away. But I can see a shadow following me.
Will's POV
Connor looks pissed off, so I follow him.
'Hey, you okay?'
He turns round, 'I'm fine.'
'Connor!'
'What?'
I just look at him. I hope he can't see the apprehension I'm sure is showing in my eyes. But he must because he sighs and the anger on his face lessens.
'He's replacing her.'
'I know.'
We walk over to the doctors lounge and sit on the sofa.
'I know I shouldn't miss her-'
'Connor, no matter what she did, she was your girlfriend. It would be concerning if you didn't miss her.' Then I see that he's crying. I'm not quite sure how to react.
'I guess.' He gets up and walks away, trying to make himself look like he wasn't just crying.
I walk after him until I'm stopped.
'What's his deal?' Crockett.
'You haven't heard?'
'I know the girl who had the job before me died. She was a friend of his?'
'Try girlfriend.'
'Oh.'
'Don't mention it to him.'
'Why?'
'The situation is complicated.'
Connor's POV
Great. Ava's been replaced. By him. I know people probably viewed me the same way I'm viewing him when I first started working here. Will definitely did. That doesn't make me hate him less. I know it's not his fault. He just got offered a good job and took it. I shouldn't take this out on him, but something tells me I'm not going to be able to control it. Not well, at least.
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(A/N: I know Crockett wasn't new, he was from the night shift and he was a trauma surgeon, but I wanted the new surgeon to be based off of a character I already knew and this was the only way I could think of to do it.)
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Mixed Signals (Ralstead)
Fanfiction*CONTENT WARNING* S*icide, blood, death, emotional abuse *Season 5 Spoiler Warning* When Connor Rhodes loses his father and girlfriend in the space of a couple of days, he has nowhere to turn. Until Will Halstead shows up just at the right moment. O...
