Grey's just got reinstated for a second season and everyone is overjoyed. Everyone except Ellen and Patrick that is! After sharing a sexual encounter before break Ellen and Patrick haven't seen each other or talked in three months. How will they cope with having to be together almost every day? Will Ellen tell Patrick that she has feelings for him, or will she lie and say she is over him? Will Patrick leave his wife to be with Ellen, or will he stay in his unhappy marriage? Will love bloom or will it all fall to pieces. Varying POV'S. Mature content.

On a quiet afternoon in early Summer, Patrick pondered what it would be like to see her again. He had spent the last seven years waking up next to Jillian but not a day went by when he didn't wonder. With each passing year being without her hurt a little less but on any given day he could still feel her if he allowed himself. He could smell her on his skin, hear her laugh. Working with her again could provide a setback that would be impossible to recover from. That was just considering his feelings. He couldn't imagine the kind of havoc this was going to wreak on his marriage. A knock at the door broke the silence of the house and the chaos of his thoughts. It was on this Summer afternoon in Maine that Patrick's life would be changed forever. Could a knock at the door send his life spinning down another path? Or would it simply right a wrong that had been done years ago?

First Dempeo fanfic, Ellen and Patrick aren't married to anyone and there are no kids. Will Ellen and Patrick finally get what they want??