Preston Burke watches you leave the on-call room, chewing his bottom lip. A large hand pinches the bridge of his nose as he buttons his scrubs with the other.

Sleeping with someone on the job was a bad idea. Sleeping with an intern was a bad idea. Giving said intern more opportunities to scrub in for incredible surgeries was a bad idea.

Preston tries to assure himself he gives all the interns fair chances, though it’s incredibly false. Do you get more chances because you sleep together? No, of course not. Is he lying? Yes, definitely.

He inhales deeply and leaves the on-call room shortly after checking his appearance. Then, he prepares for the CABG happening in an hour— a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery, in which he had invited you to scrub-in rather than watch from the gallery.