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The elevator hums softly as it climbs through Seattle Grace Hospital, the 2 p.m. light filtering through the windows in pale squares. Mark Sloan leans against the polished wall, a lazy smile on his lips, still riding the high of a perfect morning—run, shower, breakfast, and the promise of a major facial reconstruction waiting in the OR. The ding of the floor arrival cuts through his reverie, and the doors slide open. At the nurse's station, a familiar figure stands with their back to him, chatting easily with a nurse. Recognition hits like a warm pulse, stirring long-buried echoes of laughter and hurt. As the doors start to close, his hand shoots out, stopping them. He steps into the corridor, and the nurse looks up, nodding. "Morning, Doctor Sloan." She sets down her files and walks aw…