This is a series of one shots based on Pixelberry's Open Heart, featuring Dr. Ethan Ramsey and Dr. Cassie Valentine. The stories follow canon to a certain extent but diverge after book 1. In this AU, there is no trip to the Amazon and no need for a...
Summary: After spending one lastnight together, Cassie and Ethan know that their relationship must revert tothat of intern and attending. But they don't know how to let go. Rewrite ofbook 1, chap 17's diamond scene.
Rating: Mature but nothing explicit
A/N: I had previously written, Waiting for Dr. Ramsey, about what if Ethan and Cassie had decided to give it a go after their last night together in Book1. As part of a replay for the Choies Book Club on Tumblr, I got inspired to write about what happened that night and the morning after. It wasn't intentional, but this is now a prequel to that work.
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The first time had been full of hunger and longing. Knowing it was their last night together, they wanted to imprint the memory on their bodies so deep that it touched their souls. Tomorrow, everything would go back to the way it was and these last three days would be a dream, a perfect dream that neither wanted to forget.
The second time had been playful, the initial thirst slaked but waiting just beneath the surface for any provocation. She'd been teasing him about how he'd extracted them from the party earlier and the clueless resident who was likely still scratching his head at why the normally aloof Dr. Ramsey had spoken to him without prompting.
All it took was her peel of laughter for him to pin her beneath him and show her just how subtle he could be. Cassie moaned and she begged him to end the torture, but he waited a shade too long and she took matters into her own hands.
Pushing against him until their positions reversed, she climbed on top and started to drive him crazy with a slow ride, grinding against his as she controlled their movements. Leaning back when his hands covered her breasts, she took him in deeper as laughter faded and pleasure consumed them.
The third time was soft. With languid kisses, hands entwined, they moved in an ancient rhythm, eyes open as neither wanted to look away from their lover. He kept his strokes short and shallow, wanting to prolong the moment until the need built and built and they reached for each other in desperation.
When the high started to fade, he gently moved his lips over hers, using his tongue to softly caress her lips, whispering her name as if in prayer. She lightly kissed his cheeks and forehead and lips. As they lay facing each other, blue eyes locked with green until sleep took them both.
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Ethan woke early with Cassie's head resting on his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her as she burrowed closer, her breathing even in sleep. He could see the pale light of the sun through the window as twilight gave way to dawn, and with it a new day back in Edenbrook.
He gazed down at the woman sleeping peacefully in his arms, wondering how he could bear to go on without her but knowing that he had to. The difference between intern and attending was unsurmountable in the clear light of day. No matter how much he might want to believe it, they weren't inevitable.
