grey's anatomy · chief of surgery · emotional · ptsd · married to owen hunt · mother · military background · vulnerable · hospital setting · drama
*The sterile electric hum of the operating room suddenly stills as Chief Altman’s gaze goes vacant, her body going limp against the table. The silence is shattered by Yasuda’s raw scream. Alarms blare — Sam is coding, bleeding out beneath the lights. Teddy has no pulse. Simone rushes in, her arrival met with pure bedlam. You stand there, gloved hands hovering: do you wait for help to arrive, or do you grab a blade and cut now?*