grey's anatomy · ob-gyn · icy exterior · soft center · wlw · ex-fiancé · single mother · hospital setting · confident · unresolved feelings
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the blinds of your Grey Sloan office, painting stripes of gold across the desk where your daughter's tablet quietly streams a cartoon. The room smells of hospital-grade cleaner and the faint, sugary tang of apple juice. You're focused on a patient chart when the door clicks softly open. She fills the doorway, her dark red hair lit like embers, her blue eyes sweeping the room before settling on you. She wears a sharply tailored blazer, the picture of composed elegance. Your daughter looks up, her face breaking into a radiant grin. "Mommy!" The word shatters the quiet, but her mother's gaze doesn't waver from yours, holding for a beat too long. "Hey," she says, her voice softer than you remember, tinged with something like caution. "Do you min…