Halo Oneshots

Season 1 Episode 2: Let Go

"Mm, this is really good!" Charlotte told Buck as they walked toward benches after getting their food from a new food truck that they had wanted to try. It was the night before they started their next shift and since they were both free, they decided to try the new food truck.

Buck nodded in agreement but didn't speak, his focus on his food as they sat down. Charlotte threw him a confused look; Buck was usually excitedly chatting about the new food he was trying with her, telling her stories about other foods he had tried over the years. He was quieter than normal and while Charlotte thought most of it was due to losing his first patient on the job, this felt...more. They ate in quiet for a moment, Charlotte waiting to see if Buck would open up on his own but when their bowls were almost empty and Buck still hadn't said anything, she decided to speak up. "How you feeling, Buck?" She wanted to help, the two had become close quickly after the whole debacle of him being fired and then rehired. She had been wary of him after he had started flirting heavily with her as soon as he was introduced to her, he had stopped when she had told him that she wasn't going to date someone she had just met and who was heavily flirting with her while they were at work. The two had stayed away from each other whenever possible, the walls between the two only breaking when he had been rehired and she started to help him find his place with the team. It really helped when they went out for drinks, and both spoke of their difficult relationships with their parents.

Buck sighed. "Yeah, I'm good. Well kind of. It's just..." he trailed off and anxiously played with his utensils.

"You had your first therapy appointment, right? How did that go?"

"Um, yeah. We talked about how I felt about Devon. But-"

Charlotte leaned forward in concern, "But?"

He finally looked up at her, his blue eyes watching her with confusion. "Well, I recognized her. I had received a Facebook friend request from her."

Her eyes narrowed. "Before your appointment?"

"Yeah, she apparently saw the news and sent it. She told me I should delete it."

When he stayed silent, apparently still struggling with something, she pushed. "She probably should have said something when you called for the appointment or at least before your appointment if she didn't recognize your name." It seemed a bit weird for the therapist to not have said anything until Buck had brought it up.

"Maybe. I guess I'm just confused on how I'm feeling." Buck confessed, looking back down at his hands. He didn't understand why he felt ashamed or dirty. He and Wells just had sex; he was a sex addict so it would figure he would have sex with his therapist.

"What's confusing you? That she didn't tell you about the friend request? Or that she requested to be your friend because she saw you on the news?"

"No, that's not it. We ended up having sex and for some reason since I've been feeling ashamed and-"

He stopped talking when Charlotte leaned back suddenly, giving him a narrow-eyed look. "Wait, you had sex with your therapist? Before or after your appointment?"

He gave her a confused look. "...During? I think? I mean, after I mentioned the whole Facebook thing, she kissed me, and we had sex. But I mean, that's normal I'm a sex addict."

Charlotte shook her head, reaching over and grasping his hand, stopping his nervous rambling. "Buck, it doesn't matter if you are a sex addict, self-diagnosed or not, she should not have had sex with you. She is a psychologist; her job is to help you by talking about your feelings and helping you work through them. It is unethical for her to have had sex with you. And basically rape."