Close Your Eyes

"Are you going to keep on ignoring me?"

"You know I won't disappear if you keep on pretending like I'm not even here."

Dasha didn't move one bit from her seat as her brown eyes were glued to the window; she refuses to acknowledge that Tony Stark was in a room with her. Not just any room a room that was locked which pissed her off even more as her knee kept bouncing from where she was seated.

"Dashaaaaa." Tony sang from his seat which was a few feet away from the doctor he saw that she wasn't going to be moving from her seat anytime soon. He needed to do something that would piss her off enough to talk to him even if it involved being glared at with those bewitching eyes of hers.

The billionaire inched closer stopping after taking a few steps to see if she has taken notice that his shoes were pattering on the tile floor. As Tony inched closer he bent over as his face was close to her ear trying not to breathe hard enough for her to sense him "Sunshiiiiinnnnne."

The honey brown haired woman jumped in her seat 'how the fuck he sneak up on me like that?' she questioned as she got up from her chair. She shivered feeling the mischief oozing out of this man, she bit her lip from saying anything as she stalked to the other side of the room taking a seat towards him instead of her back facing him because he might want to sneak up on her again.

"Sunshine, why are you ignoring me? All I want to know is why you haven't been answering my calls."

"You locked me in a room with you because one woman decided not to call you back?" she spat.

Tony smirked "Hey you do talk."

Dasha realized what he has done cursing at herself for being so stupid as to fall for that trick as she crossed her arms like a child. Tony kept staring at Dasha as he sat across from her "Now that I have gotten your attention answer me this…" leaning close as if they weren't the only ones in the room his dark brown eyes stared her down making her heart stop for a beat.

"We need to reschedule that date that you bailed on. Sure you had work if that is the excuse you are going with but I thought it was rude for you to leave in a middle of a date like that."

"It wasn't an excuse." Dasha glared at him "I don't even know why I am explaining myself to you; unlike you I have a real job that saves lives instead of demolishing countless lives in the process of your success."

"What I do for a living is insuring the safety of this beautiful country and that includes you and the patients that you save." licking his lips as he continued "You're welcome."

The young doctor's body started to shake as anger shook her body did he really just say that? Dasha knew that she disliked Tony Stark for being such a pompous asshole but are they really going to fight on whose career is more meaningful?

"I don't have time for this." she muttered getting up from her seat she walked towards the door yanking on the door handle. It wouldn't budge no matter how much force she used "That's not going to work." Dasha dismissed his remark as she tried to rip the handle off with her bare hands because of the anger she was not successfully trying to control.

Dasha stopped trying to tear off the handle making Tony smirk thinking that he just had a little more time with her before Jak came back to unlock the door for them. Then the man rolled his eyes when the woman started to bang on the door with her fists yelling that she was locked in a room and she needed to be released from this hell hole.

"We still haven't finished our talk." Tony yelled over the noise that she was creating.

Dasha turned her head "There is nothing to talk about Stark."

"One measly date. That's all I ask."

"I already gave you what you wanted."

"That's not true." Tony interjected making Dasha pause her sentence as she looked at the billionaire with disgust.

"I wouldn't degrade myself like that."

"Women always do."

The honey brown eyed woman narrowed her eyes once again as she gritted her teeth before banging on the door again. She saw a white lab coat from the corner of her eye she started to pound the wooden door with more force "Hey in here!"

Dasha grew excited as she saw one of her fellow co-workers look at her with curious eyes finally face to face the woman on the other side asked "Dasha what are you doing in there?"

"I got locked in here. Mind unlocking it for me?" pointing at the door handle pleading with this woman to do what she was told.

The doctor nodded before getting her keys out of her pocket trying to find the one that would open this door; it still blew her mind that a doctor like Dasha would get herself locked in a room. Just as she was about to slide the key into the hole they heard "Amy is that you?"

The green eyed woman glanced up to see Tony Stark right beside Dasha, her eyes widened seeing that it was the real Tony Stark "Tony hey." she replied breathless as she nibbled on her lip shyly as memories of them together flashed through her mind.

Dasha looked at both Tony and Amy; her coworker had this dazed look on her face while Tony still had that arrogant smirk. She groaned out of all the people she worked with on this floor one of the few female doctors had to walk by and have been a notch on Tony Stark's bed post. How fantastic.

"Amy, the door!" Dasha snapped the woman out of her eye lock with Tony as she fumbled with her keys remembering what she was here to do. "Amy." she looked up seeing him leaning on the door "Do you mind if you leave Dash in here with me for a few more minutes? I need to talk to her about something important."

Amy looked uncertain as she fidgeted on her feet "What is it that you want to talk to her about?"

Dasha banged her head on the wall hearing the stupid conversation that was going on between them it just goes to show you that even if you got a medical degree and work at one of the top hospitals in the country it didn't mean that you weren't flawed. Most of these women around here were whores and why did it surprise her that Amy has had relations with Tony?

"Just some medical stuff. How about I take you to lunch after this?"

Amy had a huge smile plastered on her face "Okay." the green eyed woman peered at her coworker "You should take your job more serious Dasha. See you soon Tony." she waved at him before walking away leaving the poor woman locked with the devil himself.

Her mouth went ajar; did she really just do that?

"That was easy."

Dasha twisted her head around "You son of a-"

"No need to use profanity; it's not way for a lady to talk." Tony wagged his finger at her acting like an adult scolding a child.

"Who did you not sleep with in this god forsaken city?"

Tony seem unphased by this "Who said I slept with her….okay you got me." he answered her correctly when he saw the glare she was giving him "If you keep doing that your face it's going to stay that way; imagine your face permanently like that?"

Tony imitated her glare before he laughed to himself "That will be one lucky man."

"When are you going to take me seriously?" crossing her arms waiting for him to answer her. It just seems like all he has been doing to her since the first time they have met was trying to pull the wool over her eyes. Trying to reel her in so she could become one of his prized collections, no, she wasn't going to fall victim to his charm.

Every girl may has fallen for his charm and blunt nature but she wasn't.

"I do take you seriously." pushing himself off the door as he walked towards her.

"You're quite the looker." Tony commented as he walked into her personal space; she stepped back to gain more distance between them but all he would do was match her steps so it would end up with him being inches away from her again.

"Why are you so close to me?"

"Why do you ask so many questions?" he countered.

She took another step back feeling the wall on her back the young woman almost stumbled when she hit the wall with her back. Tony smirked as he trapped her with his hands on each side of her; she raised a brow "You really going to do that again?"

Tony suddenly remembered the last time he left himself vulnerable as she glanced down before looking up at him with a murderous look. He stepped back muttering how difficult she was being "Trying to cheer you up and all I get is a threat."

Dasha gave him an incredulous look "You're unbelievable."

Before Tony could say anything else the door clicked open making both parties look at the door as it swung open revealing Jak and Amy. "You ready?" Amy asked with anticipation while Jak looked at the older woman with a confused look before shaking his head "Ash, Dr. Cooper wants to talk to you."

Dasha nodded her head while she walked around the man before leaving him with the now ditzy doctor that had her coat off ready to leave this place. Jak followed suit "What was that about?"

"You don't want to know." she murmured.

Jak nodded before they walked together towards Dr. Cooper's office which was one floor above them; instead of taking the elevator they decided to take the stairs since it was one flight up. As their shoes clicked on the ground Dasha grew nervous as to why her boss wanted her to come to his office. It was rare when he did and usually it was something serious or for her to fire someone from her floor which she has done once and once was enough.

Firing people wasn't her thing even though Dr. Cooper told her that she was suited for firing people. Taking a deep breath as her eyes stared at the black lettering of his name and occupation on his door she knocked softly hearing him answer back.

As she opened the door she saw the blond haired man going through some files pushing his glasses up he peered up as she spoke up "Dr. Cooper you wanted to see me?" Jak stood outside waiting for his friend to come out.

"Yes I did. Take a seat."

Dasha obeyed as she took a seat across from him crossing her legs she focused on his pile of folders trying not to think of what he wanted her to be in here for. "Dasha?" her eyes flickered over to him after she tried to avoid his gaze "Yes?"

"I wanted to discuss with you a few things."

"Okay." putting her hands on her lap as she waited for whatever he wanted to discuss with her.

"First off, I wanted to talk about your new patient Scott. I have been looking at your reports and I find he is a peculiar individual. The nurses had to sedate him multiple times?"

She nodded "Yes, even then he wouldn't calm down so that was when they called me in so I could take care of it."

Dr. Cooper leaned back on his seat licking his lips "That is one reason why I have you in here. What did you use to sedate him? You didn't write it down."

Dasha's heart pumped furiously thinking of an excuse "For some reason he has developed a bond with me so that resulted in him being calm whenever I'm around. There is no need for sedatives when I'm around."

"That could be a problem. As much as I would love you to be here all the time Scott can't be depending on you to relax. The sedatives should work on him but they aren't so I want you to run a few tests on him and report back to me on that." shuffling his papers he gave her the new folder of tests that he wanted her to run on the boy.

"Alright." she swallowed the lump in her throat.

"There is also a lack of doctors in our department as our late because of budget cuts." Dasha groaned mentally thinking of most of the doctors that she has become close with were cut loose "So if it is possible I would like you to work more hours."

Dasha knew it was a bad idea to take on more hours than she already has; she barely gets enough sleep as it is and the poor woman is a walking zombie at times. But seeing the look on her boss' face she knew that he was very dependent on her because of her ethics.

"It's okay if you don't. I have been asking around and so far no one has taken the offer." She couldn't believe he stared his guilt trip act so soon. Usually it would take a few days before he would start with that; it was evident that he desperately needed help keeping everything in order.

"You can count me in." Jak is going to kill me that was the only thing she could think of as Dr. Cooper beamed at her thanking for being wonderful before escorting her out of his office.

"I will see you tonight then." smiling at her before closing his door which left Jak standing there with a concerned look seeing the expression on his best friend's face "What did you do?"

"We need to run tests on Scott. Better get to it." Dasha was beating around the bush she knew that she was going to get scolded but it doesn't hurt to prolong the process of being lectured from her best friend.

"Dasha…Dasha!" Jak ran after her as she hurriedly walked away from the blue eyed man that demanded an answer from the dark skinned woman who refused to answer his question. Jak kept calling her name but suddenly stopped when they entered Scott's room; his eyes were focused on the television screen that he didn't hear them come in.

"Scott." Jak was surprised how soft her voice was when it came to Scott; sure he was mentally unstable from what he has seen but it never gave her a reason to act so…soft. His icy blue eyes followed the tall woman as she walked across the room seeing the little boy tense at the close proximity.

"How are you feeling? Any headaches or queasy from the drugs that Millie gave you?"

Scott gulped as his voice cracked "A little."

Dasha smiled "I'll give you something to ease to dull the headaches and give you some ginger ale to sooth that stomach of yours" her dark eyes met Jak's as he nodded walking out of the room to get the things that she requested. Turning back to her patient explaining that she was going to do a few tests on him including blood work.

Scott pursed his lips instinctively pulling back from her as he agreed knowing that she might put him to sleep again. Happy that he was complying she got up from her seat and got essential things for the process, taking the needle out of the small package she got the tubes ready to go attaching one to the end of the wire checking for a vein she slowly rubbed the alcohol around the spot before inserting the needle into his skin.

The eleven year old winced at the subtle pain as it pierced his skin his eyes avoided Dasha's not wanting to see his blood being sucked out of his body. She filled up a few tubes of his blood before taking the needle out and pressing a band aid to stop the blood from flowing. "Keep pressure on it for a few minutes to stop the bleeding."

Putting the tubes of blood in a plastic bag she did several other tests like taking a sample of his skin and also a urine sample. It was really unnecessary for her to do such things but Dr. Cooper personally asked for each one of these tests to be done.

Once she was done with the tests Jak came back in with the things she ordered him to bring; Scott quietly sipped on the ginger ale while taking the pills that would ease his headache Dasha left to start resuming the samples that she got from Scott.

"Huh that's weird." she mumbled.

"What's weird? What did you find?" Jak came up behind her peering down at the results that were jotted down on a piece of paper. Before Dasha could keep the paper away from Jak he snatched it from her looking at it himself.

"No way."

Jak couldn't believe what he saw it was nothing like he has ever seen before as his blue eyes moved over to his best friend who held a solemn face "What you saw is to be confidential. No one and I mean no one can find out."

Jak agreed "Sure, but, um, how are you going to report back to Dr. Cooper? He's sure to find out somehow."

He looked at Dasha as she started another report writing anything that would make sense as to why Scott was a unique individual. For some reason she felt like she had to protect Scott from everyone even her boss; she couldn't afford to have the older doctor found out.

Dasha knew that if the hospital did find out they would want to run more test on him or report him to the government. She couldn't risk that so writing a fake report was all she could do at the moment until she thought of a solid plan. "I know that he will figure it out eventually but until then we have to stall. He hasn't done anything drastic and it might be a new disease or trait that has been passed down. So, until we figure it out he's under our care and only we can provide for his needs. Make sure everyone on this floor knows that."

Jak complied as he followed Dasha out of the test room while she slipped the report on the basket next to Dr. Cooper door before she walked off.