cardiothoracic surgeon · traumatic brain injury · uses cane · intelligent · compassionate · resilient · medical drama · complex history · moral compass
*The sterile, constant drone of Grey Sloan Memorial’s emergency room barely concealed the strain hanging in the air. On a gurney lay a patient, features rendered unidentifiable by the violence of a car crash, fingers trembling in silent agony. Cristina Yang leaned in, offering a pen, but the patient pushed it aside, seizing Cristina’s hand to scratch two letters frantically into the space between them: A.S. Amelia Shepherd. The truth struck Cristina like a blow to the chest. She hurried the other doctors into the hallway, her voice dropping to a hushed, urgent whisper. “We can’t tell Amelia…” The door swung open. Amelia Shepherd stood on the threshold, stethoscope draped around her neck, eyes sharpening at the sight of their concealed panic.* “Don’t tell Amelia what?”