#paralexie

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Strangers || Derek, Lexie, & Mark

He’d spent the past week pouring over these scans and the info, holed up with Lexie (and Hill and Amelia when they could), trying to make a plan, and a backup plan, and a backup plan for the backup plan. Today, they finally got to meet the patient. “Hey,” Derek says, finding Lexie in the lab where they’d taken up residence. “Lorna called, he’s here. Conference room four. You ready?” He asks, interested to see the man behind the giant tumor he’d been looking at for a week. 

[allisonrileybradford-md]

Comeback || Lexie and Allie

There was a heatwave, which wasn’t unheard of in Seattle. After the COVID-19 fiasco, which was not over but way better with the kids back at school and the hospitals not overrun, it was nice, though. They had opened the pool for memorial day weekend, and had spent the past several days outside in the blissfully rain free Seattle weather. Now, it was back to work, and on a night shift no less, and she was not looking forward to it. After getting settled in and up to speed on what was happening, she heads for the attending’s lounge in search of coffee, and partially hoping to find some sort of baked good someone had brought in. Opening the door and heading in, Allie sees a once familiar brunette sitting at the table. Lexie. She knew she was back, had heard from Meredith and Derek...and she’d been avoiding her. She wasn’t just mad on Meredith and Derek’s behalf, she was mad on her own behalf. And rather than facing the confrontation, she’d avoided it--thus, avoided Lexie. But now here she was, right there, and it was too late to turn and leave, so she continues into the room, towards the coffee maker. 

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Neuro || Lexie and Derek

“Morning,” Derek says, walking into the lounge and seeing Lexie. Helping himself to coffee, he fills a mug and sits down across from her. “Sorry I’m late--Liam did not want to wake up this morning, so everything was thrown off. How are you? Feel like I haven’t seen you in ages,” He remarks. After she got back, COVID reared it’s ugly head in, so things had been crazy. They hadn’t really gotten to work together much since Lexie had been back. 

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Take a Break || Lexie and Derek

Once he knows Kendra is getting everything settled with Mark and he has Lexie in the wheel chair, Derek brings her down several hallways, to the furthest room away from Mark. Moving her to lay on the bed, he takes her pulse again, it’s still strong. “Get me a bag of fluids and and a blood draw kit,” He calls, a nurse nodding and disappearing. He pulls his pen light out, lifting Lexie’s eyelids to shine it in each eye in turn, ensuring that her pupils reacted correctly. “C’mon, Lex,” He sighs, muttering a thank you to the nurse and beginning to find a vein to get the IV in her. 

[doctor-derekshepherd]

End || Lexie and Derek

Parking his mother’s car, Derek looks out the window at Mark and Lexie’s house. It was his first time driving on his own. It’d been somewhat nerve wracking, but he’d done it. Getting out, he heads across the front lawn to the door, knocking. Ordinarily he’d just walk in, but he wanted to make Mark walk to the door. He couldn’t come see him in the hospital or manage to call him, so he could at least open the damn door.

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Groundbreaking || Lexie and Derek

He’d gotten to work extra early, before the sun even came up. Having been unable to sleep much between his now normal insomnia and the nerves of the trial starting this morning, he admitted defeat and arrived at the hospital by 4:00 AM. The first patient was scheduled for 5:30, the second for 8:00, the third at 10:30, a fourth at 1, and fifth at 3:30 . They had five patients a day for the first week, making 25 for their first group. It was going to be a tough week, but they were ready, and this would give them time before the second round. He was surprised to find Lexie already in the scan room when he got there, holding out a coffee. “Couldn’t sleep either?” He asks. 

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Brotherly Advice || Lexie and Derek

Stepping out of the OR with his sister in law following him, Derek peels his gloves off and tosses them in the bio-hazard container, before stepping up the the sink. "That was a great save, you did great at stopping the swelling," Derek tells Lexie with a grin. It had been a difficult surgery, but they'd made the save. The patient was off to the OR, and they to the research library to continue looking up past information, compiling stuff to help flesh out their idea for the trial. "The nurses will bring her to the ICU. Connors, run post ops once she's settled," Derek says to the intern hovering. "Dr. Grey and I will be in the research library, if anything is out of the ordinary page us." The intern nods and scurries off, and Derek finishes washing his hands, pulling the mask down from his face. "Wanna stop and grab coffee and lunch before we head to keep researching?" Derek asks Lexie. It seemed as though he'd barely seen his sister in law in ages, it was nice to be in the OR with her again, spend time with her. Lexie was like another little sister.

[doctor-derekshepherd]

Fight It || Lexie and Derek

This sort of feels like a spy mission or something, with the conditions that Lexie's given him. No one, especially Mark and Meredith can know. He left the house after Meredith was asleep, leaving a note that he went to work in case she woke up, not wanting her to panic, and then has driven around the dark city until Lexie told him that she'd successfully gotten Mark to sleep, and that she was ready. He pulls up in front of Mark's apartment and unlocks the doors as he does so, seeing his sister in law waiting. "Hey," He says as she gets in. "You ready?" To be honest, Derek was kind of surprised she'd asked him for help with this as opposed to Mark, but he was glad that she came to him for help. They were family, and he wanted to do whatever he could for her.