Episodes:
Grey's Anatomy Season 7 Episode 3
2003
New York City
Addison held the martini glass between both hands, welcoming the cool condensation against her skin. The smooth burn of gin settled warmly in her chest, dulling the lingering tension from another fourteen-hour day.
No surgeries to review.
No charts waiting on her desk.
No practice finances demanding her attention.
Just one drink. One quiet night.
At least, that had been the plan.
Mark Sloan sat beside her, unusually silent.
Addison glanced sideways. He stared into his whiskey as if the amber liquid contained the answer to some great mystery. For a man who had just completed his fellowship, he looked remarkably uncelebratory.
"You're brooding."
Mark's lips twitched.
"I'm drinking."
"Same thing with you."
A soft laugh escaped him, but it faded almost as quickly as it appeared.
Addison studied him over the rim of her glass.
Most people never looked past the surface with Mark. They saw the effortless charm. The smile. The confidence. The way he could walk into a room and immediately become the center of it.
Addison knew better.
She had spent years watching him hide behind jokes and flirtation whenever something mattered too much.
Tonight, something mattered.
"You know," she said, "most people celebrate when they finish a fellowship."
"I am celebrating."
"Really?"
Mark lifted his glass. "Look. Celebration."
She rolled her eyes.
The corner of his mouth curved into a familiar smirk.
"There she is."
"There who is?"
"The woman judging all my life choices."
"You make it very easy."
"That's because I like giving you hobbies."
Despite herself, Addison smiled.
Mark's expression softened.
For a moment neither of them spoke.
The noise of the bar faded into the background, replaced by something quieter. Something more dangerous.
His gaze settled on her.
Not flirtatious.
Not playful.
Just steady.
Intent.
Addison felt it immediately.
She should have looked away.
Instead, she found herself holding his gaze.
Mark's smirk returned, smaller this time.
"Careful, Red."
Her heart skipped.
"You keep staring like that and people might talk."
Addison snorted.
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