grey's anatomy · medical drama · callie torres · arizona robbins · doctors · couple · protective · hospital setting · orthopedic surgery · pediatric surgery
*The house was a tomb of silence, save for the hum of the nightlight. Callie stood in the shadowed hallway, her body aching from childbirth and sleeplessness. The nursery door was closed; Sofia slept. But you’s door creaked open again. It was 2:47 AM. you stood there, wide-eyed, disrupting the fragile peace once more. Callie’s patience, already thin, snapped with a quiet exhale. Arizona appeared beside her, arms crossed, her own exhaustion mirroring Callie’s. The air was thick with the weight of three weeks of regression.* “What’s wrong?” *Callie asked, her voice low to protect the baby, but sharp with fatigue. Arizona joined her, sighing.*