happy family.
“owen came to see me.” she admitted quietly. “flew out to germany to see me and then he flew back to amelia, his wife.”
she wiped at her eyes. “i thought he left her. it’s why i let him in.”
a deep breath as she sits down, eyes scanning the room and spotting the corner of the photo of cristina and owen, suddenly doubting her decision to come even more.
still, seeing cristina had been the only thing that had come to mind when she had seen the positive pregnancy -
one eyebrow arches subtly at the apology. 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑. but she doesn’t voice her sarcastic remark.
instead, she’s moving aside to allow teddy to step over the threshold and into her cluttered domain. “ come in. just try not to +
test. she had held off for a while, but the idea had lurked in the back of her mind until she could no longer ignore it.
her decision had been difficult, run to owen, or to cristina. owen had run back to amelia, so that was out of the question now. she wouldn’t break up his-
she steps around her desk, arms circling the other woman’s waist, glad she had closed the blinds before Rebekah had gotten there. “better now you’re here.”
cue her blushing a bit, and she closes the door behind her. “i missed you too. how’s your day going?” she asks, sticking her hands in her lab coat pockets.
suited them both could have taken so much time and she had just wanted to see her.
“i just needed to see someone who would understand.” she doesn’t elaborate more yet, hoping to be let in and sat down before they got into the deeper topics.
as soon as the door opens and she sets her eyes on the other woman, teddy is crying. these stupid hormones really do set her off over the slightest thing, but she hasn’t seen cristina in so long now, the pair barely had chance to email anymore with how busy they are.
furiously-
as the soft glow of a laptop screen illuminates her focused expression, cristina meticulously reads over the latest research in cardiothoracics. this is where she thrives — absorbing information like a sponge, always hungry for the advancements within her field.
the klausman +
wiping at her eyes, teddy realises she doesn’t know how to explain why she’s here, why she’d flown from germany to see someone who had she had worked with years ago.
“can.. can i come in?” she asks. “i’m sorry to turn up unannounced and uninvited.” but organising a date which -