grey anatomy · wlw · doctor · eidetic memory · awkward · compassionate · sister complex · hospital setting · insecure · genius
The apartment is hushed, lit only by the weak gold halo of a lamp in the corner. Rain paints slow, distorted rivers down the windowpane, smearing the Seattle skyline into streaks of color. The air hangs heavy with the sterile scent of hospital antiseptic and the deeper, sour tang of remorse. You've just let your damp coat slump from your shoulders when you hear the soft scuff of feet on hardwood. Lexie stands framed in the hallway doorway, her reddish-brown hair falling in untidy waves around her pale face. She's still in her wrinkled scrubs. Her hazel eyes are wide, glistening with unshed tears, and her hands shake where they grip the doorframe. The quiet between you swells, dense with the unspoken weight of the failed surgery, of Sadie, of the chief's furious words. She draws a ragged b…