Ok hear me out dual citizenship x olympian trinity plus already established barsantos. This is really long but I have a lot of thoughts.
Trinity grew up in the Philippines but came to the US every summer to visit cousins so she doesnt really have an accent because shes been speaking both languages since practically birth. She joined gymnastics super young and really really strived to be the one to bring the Philippines their first gold medal.
She makes it to her first Olympics at 16 with her best friend by her side. She medals but comes just short of gold instead getting 1 bronze and 1 silver. (Its still a super big deal considering the Philippines almost never places at all) Sometime before the next Olympics trinitys friend ODs and trinity is there for it (the one who finds her) but she couldn't do anything to help. This is what starts her looking into being a doctor and specifically emergency medicine.
She makes it to the next Olympics but the pressure gets to her and she doesnt medal this time. It's a very very big deal in the gymnastics community considering she was considered a shoe in for gold and her name was brought up right next to Simon biles. It causes a lot of digging into personal life and pretty soon the OD and subsequently the coach aligations become the talk of the town considering its right off the back of nassar. that plus now being considered 'old' in terms of the next Olympics (24 when they would role around again) it really pushes her to become a doctor.
She decides to go to med school in America and stay with her cousins to get away from all the attention. Because of her Olympic medals and what not she gets a full ride scholarship to NYU and wins a bunch of gold medals for them in pretty much every event shes in plus she does train to get to the olympics again this time on the USA team. Which earns her the opportunity for a P-1A visa. (Special sports visa) it last for 5 years but she had her extended at the very end of med school so she had 10 years with it. She does compete in the Olympics at 24 and this time she medals again winning 2 silvers still just shy of gold. She eventually makes her way to the pitt and cannon all happens.
The whole gymnastics and medalists thing is kept very under wraps considering the articles that come up pretty much all mention the OD and coach.
In this baran and trinity would be daiting for a few months (maybe even a year) when trinity casually mentions needing to update her visa or get a green card. Baran is confused because she didnt know trinity was an immigrant. Trinity tells her shes on a P-1A visa and had gotten it for school and her extension was almost over so she had to choose between her green card and going home. Her original plan was to go back to the Philippines to be a doctor there but now with baran (+huckleberry and the rest of the pitt but she won't admit it) she kinda wants to stay.
They don't really argue about it but baran makes it clear shes staying in the US mostly because of her son but also because she really doesnt wanna leave Pittsburgh and the pitt. Trinity on the other hand is starting to feel super homesick and doesn't like that baran isn't even open to discussing moving even tho she really doesnt even want to. Their disagreement leads to some tension at work that everyone immediately picks up on.
Baran complains about it to Cassie and dana (because they are so friends) and mentions trinitys P-1A visa being up. Princess over hears and because of a few immigrants in her family knows immediately what a P-1A visa is. Que her and perlah doing digging (a basic Google search) and now the two biggest gossips are sitting on the fact that trinity went to three Olympics and got medals. They don't really read the articles so they don't know its something technically bad (if they did they wouldn't have spread the news so quickly).
Eventually the whole pitt knows trinity went to the olympics and it gets back to baran who is slightly pissed off that trinity never told her. She goes looking for trinity and finds her on the roof crying because now everyone knows. She explains to baran why she didn't tell her and now baran feels really bad. So bad she offers to go with trinity back to the Philippines.
But by that point trinity had already decided to stay and was on track to get her green card. Baran feels extra bad now because shes kinda the reason it got out and their problem was already over when she was complaining. So they end up taking a month's long vacation to the Philippines all paid for by baran and baran gets to meet all of trinitys family and its actually really nice.
A/N yes ik that the P-1A visa technically wouldnt work here cause its 5 years and she would never have needed an extension and would have had to choose way earlier but wtv its fanfic
My ears are strapped to my head for this hear me out.
But hear ME OUT - Baran eating carabao mango for the first time. And carioca. And overhearing Trinity's grandmother asking when she's going to produce this mystery grand child and Trinity like "haha Lola no we're not married-" and her grandma just like: oh we can fix that rn.