oooooh this immediately got my brain buzzing.
What if Trinity never ratted out Langdon in S1? Maybe the Pittfest shooting happened earlier and right as she was about to confide in Robby, chaos descended and she swallowed her tongue because Langdon despite being an asshole was needed. And after the day was done, Trinity just wanted to forget about the entire day and convinced herself she was imagining things. After all, with how many lives Langdon saved, surely he couldn't be an addict right?
Cut to months later, Langdon's addiction has steadily been worsening and Trinity finds herself as the only one seeing these alarming signs. And of course, now that she is sleeping with Garcia, who is Langdon's friend, she is even more frightened to come forward. So she keeps her mouth shut, until one day a patient almost dies and she and Langdon lock eyes across the dead body and she knows she cannot do this again. She can't be silent, not again (coach - Grace -shame - regret -guilt).
But Langdon, realizes this too. And he is terrified. He has a fellowship lined up, a wife, a baby on the way, a daughter, a dog for christ's sake. So he goes to Robby first. Shows hospital logs that reveal Trinity has been logging out meds when they aren't needed. Trinity is summoned to an HR meeting and sees Robby already there and thinks they want to ask her about Langdon....But to her horror, she hears the words "suspension", "investigation", and "permanent record". She can't really remember the exact sentences they use, she disassociates during the entire hour closed door meeting. Her tearful and angry shriek of being innocent and pointing the finger at Langdon is of course not taken seriously.
Days later on the fourth of July, Dr. Al Hashimi comes in holding a box of bagels and is curious about why the name "Santos" is being whispered constantly by all the hospital staff.
Now I don't know how Baran and Trinity eventually meet. Maybe after Robby leaves, Whitaker confides in her about Trinity's situation and how he thinks she's innocent and if Baran can help in any way. And as she starts to look into things, she sees all the signs in Langdon that Trinity before only saw. Because like Trinity, Baran is familiar with having her guard up always in a male dominated field. She is used to being harshly scrutinized while male peers got away with mistakes and blatant inadequacy. Baran sees the things that people usually dismiss. The macho confidence that male doctors deploy to hide their own shortcomings. The way everyone is charmed by Langdon so thoroughly they don't look past his easy smile.
Baran questions Langdon only once about Dr. Santos, pretending to simply be curious about how Langdon was dealing with having to turn his colleague in. And as she sees the sweat beading on Langdon's forehead, alarm bells begin sounding off in her head.
Maybe one day Baran knocks on the door of an apartment (she gets the address from Dennis) and after a tense few minutes, the door cracks open and a young woman with haunting green eyes peer out at her. Baran darts her eyes over the pale face, taking in every detail and expression and feels a growing conviction settle within herself.
Trinity, unmoored and so close to slipping over the edge, sees this intense stranger standing at her door, asking her all the questions that Robby and HR and Gloria should have asked her weeks ago, and feels the beginnings of hope stir in her chest.
Cue, a slow romance developing over meetings between Baran and Trinity, where they discuss how they can reinstate Trinity and reveal the truth about Langdon.
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