𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓-𝐑𝐃𝐉 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄

Better(2)-Dan Dark x reader

Another month full of treatment and recovery passed for Daniel Dark, he was in great condition, the eczema disappeared, the paranoia episodes were no longer existing due to his talks with Dr Morris and you, and he was walking again. 

The man recovered under your eyes, and you were proud of him, and yourself. You didn't have reasons to lie, you made a good job helping him, and it was all pure effort, stress and hard work, but a man's life was worth it... Even is you wanted to kill him sometimes. 

''Hello Mr Dark. Ready for your last consultation?" you smiled as you entered his room.

He was on a chair, smoking, and when you entered, his eyes widened and he pursed his lips, he was busted.

"Oh my god! You're smoking again?" you scolded and took the cigarette out of his mouth.

"Oh, perfect" he muttered under his breath.

"How many times I told you? Find another way to relieve stress. Find a hobby" you said and walked in the bathroom threw the cigarette in the toilet.

''My hobby became my job" he said, looking at you.

"And your job caused stress, the main cause of your psoriasis outburst" you said, looking at him.

He sighed and looked at his feet, resting his elbows on his knees.

''Get on the table, I need to give you one last rub before you go" you said and he took his T-shirt off and sat on the bed.

You took on a pair of sanitary gloves and took the jar of ointment. You opened the lid and began to spread the creme on his face, neck, shoulders, back and arms.

"Why don't you find something better than smoking? Like boats, painting, gardening or maybe pottery?" you asked while you spread the creme on his neck.

"I... I don't know, okay? When I began writing, it was more like a hobby, something that made me happy. With time it became tiring and stressing, knowing that... if I don't write, I have no life. No money for rent, for food or anything else'' he said.

"Lift your chin" you said and he obeyed, and you massaged the creme under his chin and around his jawline

"How's it going on down there? Getting better?" you asked, nodding towards his crotch.

"Perfect. Martin knows what he's doing, to my entirely grief and horror" he joked and you laughed.

"Well, I'm sure everything will be alright after a week or two if you respect the prescriptions I'll give you" 

"Wanna check it out yourself?" he smirked.

"Idiot" you slapped his shoulder.

"Oww! Okay, I get it!" he yelped

"Why don't you write about this? About your whole journey from psoriasis and paranoia to full recovery. About what you saw in your hypnotic episodes, about what happened to you. It would be a best seller, I'd read that" you smiled encouraging and finished massaging, throwing the gloves in the trashcan.

"I don't know..." he shrugged.

"Oh, come on! Just think about it: a famed author falls in the ruthless claws of a vicious disease and lands in a hospital, where he has numerous adventures through his own brain" you said, and he lifted his head to look in your eyes.

"He meets a young, caring and beautiful doctor that helps him get better, and he falls in love with her. Through the time he spent in the hospital, he insists to see only her, nobody else. She doesn't seem to catch up the hints he always throws at her..." he said, making you blush deep red and sat up, "until his last day in hospital... when he tells her everything under the form of a story" he smiled.

You were speechless. The fact that he just said that he was in love with you made you feel giddy. Yeah, the author dug his way in your heart, but... was it alright to let it happen?

"So what do you say? Wanna be the heroine of my story?" he asked pulling you closer by your lab coat and placing his hands on the small of your back and pulling you closer.

''What about your wife, Dan? What happens to her?" you asked as you placed a hand on his chest and with the other you caressed his cheek.

"Screw her. I'm getting a divorce anyway. The tramp cheated on me. Please just say you're giving me a chance" he said as he leaned his cheek in your hand, like a puppy seeking for affection.

"Hmm.... I don't know. I have to consult my schedule" you smirked at him

"Ahh feisty, I like it" he purred, leaning closer.

''Oh, you haven't seen anything yet" you chuckled.

"Neither do you" he smirked before he pulled your head towards him and kissed you with passion. His lips perfectly landed on top of your and when he began moving them over yours, you couldn't help but kiss him back.

The hands that were on the small of your back traveled lower and lifted you up by your thighs and placed you on the hospital bed, then came back up, and kissed you again, lustfully this time. You woke up when you felt his hands trying to pull the lab coat off your body.

You pulled away, smiling, "Not so fast" you said and pushed him back a step, then you sat up.

He smiled and sat down on a chair.

"So, Mr Dark, this is your treatment, and be sure you respect it through, or I will punish you" you smiled

"Oh, I wonder..." he chuckled.

"Stop wondering. Your mind is perverted" you said and handed him the prescription.

He laughed and sat up, before he pulled you closer for another kiss.

After a couple of weeks, Daniel was fully recovered, and you made sure that he was up to no stress. He quit smoking, you found him a hobby, and what happened with the book the two of you were talking about, you wonder? Well, he wrote the book, and as you said, it was a best seller. 

You started from stranger to stranger, but ended up holding each other as if for dear life. You gave him a chance to change his life and become a better version of him. A chance to be the best he could be. After all, that is what a woman is supposed to do. Make the man she chose to spend her life with the best version of himself.

The End.

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A/N: I don't know what to think about it. The plot seems unnatural to me. Anyway, I hope you liked it!

Word count: 1102