Shapeshifter!Trinity who actually shapeshifts to the age she regresses to.
Probably some AU where everyone knows she has powers and is chill with it. Maybe people ask her to cover for them for a few minutes but Dana always knows it’s her because “Emma doesn’t talk like that” 🤨 She’s gotten good at imitating Javadi and Dennis because of how often she hangs out with them. Mostly the attendings see through it going, “Trinity we know it’s you go back to charting”
Anyways she’s been playing around with that power for a while until one day Baran gets out of bed wondering where she is and just sees a baby crawling around the floor. One look at her big green eyes and ‘oh great it’s just Trinity’
Baran will watch her like a HAWK. That baby is going nowhere. Which is perfect for her, Trinity is attached to her hip at all times when she’s that little. Yolanda would put a sling around her because she knows the second Trinity is out of their sight it’s over for them.
It’s worse when it happens at the hospital. Maybe one day they lose a patient and it hits her harder than most. Dana would tell her to get some air and take 5 in the break room. After like 20 minutes she gets worried so she heads over and finds baby Trin ripping up paper on the floor.
Then she’s gotta get Al-Hashimi to get her and of course Baran keeps her by her side (unless she’s in a trauma) then she passes her around like a hot potato between the staff.
Literally a stupid idea running through my head LMAO. i also got out of a concert rn so i apologize for any typos very sleep deprived 😭
pt 2 of Shapeshifter!Trinity who shifts down to whatever age she’s at when she’s regressing 😭
didn’t expect ppl to eat UP that au gonna be separated into a few mini drabbles
also being slow w requests and ao3 fics laptop is still down which means i have to be on my computer and my phone to write and that kills my back but im PRAYING it gets fixed within the next two weeks
🔥 “hide and seek”
Robby hears the sound of Gloria’s heels before he sees her.
Fuckkkk.
“Dr. Robby, a word?” He groans. Nothing good ever came from those words. “Sure, Gloria.” He mutters under his breath.
Gloria speaks with him in front of the nurse’s station with Dana attempting not to overhear. “Dr. Robby, is it true that there is a toddler wandering around the ED unsupervised?”
Word of Trinity’s shapeshifting abilities hadn’t really left the emergency floor. Only Walsh and Yolanda from upstairs were the only outside two that knew about it.
He didn’t really care, everyone had their ways of coping with their shitty lives. And she was always making people laugh in the ED big or little with her powers. He shrugs. "Uh, not that I've heard of."
Gloria gets that 'are you fucking kidding me' look in her eyes. "Well I've had patients report that they've seen a child just run around with a stethoscope." Robby has to bite back a smile. He didn't know how Baran was keeping her supervised when she was regressed. Sometimes she'd follow Yolanda to the elevator alllll the way up to the surgery floor and she wouldn't notice until she gowned up.
"I'm sure its just some patient's kid getting into mischief." He looks past Gloria's head and sees Baran with Trinity on her hip before her eyes go wide and she ducks into a hallway. Gloria rolls her eyes.
She obviously doesn't believe it but she didn't have the time nor patience to go on a manhunt for a child.
"Just handle it." She grumbles before heading back up to the elevators.
Dana smiles. "Smooth." Robby rolls his eyes and heads over. "What was I supposed to tell her? That we got an R2 shapeshifter who loves causing trouble?" The charge nurse just shrugs and looks back down at her iPad.
Robby glances in the corner of his eye to see Baran kneeling down and talking softly to Trinity.
Yeah. Right call.
"trauma bay." 🌄
Yolanda was preparing to put a chest tube in a patient that was just brought in. She can't remember the casualty, all she heard was 'chest tube' and she was all in.
The nurses next to her prep but the second she's about to make the incision the trauma door clicks open and she feels tiny hands wrap around her legs.
The abruptness of it almost makes her drop the scalpel. She looks down about to yell at the interruption before she sees who it is.
Okay, guess this is happening.
She starts the incision slowly. "Trin, uh who's supposed to be watching you?" Kim and Dennis are trying and failing to hold back their laughs.
"Mama." Trinity babbles, tugging on her scrubs. Yolanda huffs out her nose and continues the incision. "Wanted to play with Landa."
Dennis snorts.
'Well, uh, Landa's kinda busy right now you-you think you can find Baran?" She looks over at Kim for help. The nurse smiles and is able to pry the little from Yolanda's legs.
"Let's get some popsicles and then I can help with your charting!"
"Yaaayyyy!!!-" The trauma door shuts.
"Not a word." Yolanda growls to Dennis.
Dennis just smiles, mentally filing it away into his blackmail cupboard.
"ohh shit." 🧸
Dana walks over to the break room and sighs. Trinity was supposed to be back a while ago. She lightly knocks. "Santos, you okay in there?"
What answers her is giggling (?) and the sound of torn paper. Curiosity gets the better of her and she opens the door.
What she sees is baby Santos, ripping up some hospital files and squealing with glee. Dana instantly remembers that thing she told her about her age regression and how her shapeshifting sometimes played a part.
Dana just shakes her head. "Now little one how about we get you a snack?" Trinity looks up at her and squeals reaching up.
Dana swiftly picks the baby up, hoisting her on her hip. On the way to the charge nurse desk Baran catches sight of them and her eyes go wide.
"Mama!" Trinity squeals, squirming out of the charge nurse's grip to get to her. Baran immediately grabs her and starts mumbling apologies.
“Sorry her powers sometimes- agh I just-“
Dana stops her. “Oh, it’s perfectly fine.” She ruffles the little’s hair which has her giggling.
“She’s adorable like this.”
Baran kisses Trinity’s head and sighs. “We swore it wouldn’t happen at work.” She mumbles something over her forehead in Farsi and Trinity squeals and nods.
“Now I’m gonna get her some snacks.”
“She’s not leaving your sight I see?”
“You know it!” Baran walks off but Trinity peeks from behind her and waves quietly at Dana.
oh god.. shapeshifter au— dana who keeps stuff for a particularly tiny trin behind the nurses station. whitaker who’s constantly having to pull stethoscopes and other medical supplies out of her mouth. night shift hand offs and baran is panicking because she can’t find trinity anywhere, only for ellis or abbot to show up holding a squealing toddler by the ankle- “did you lose something?”
Wait this is adorable omg
I’d think Dana has like pacifiers, teething toys and other toys stashed in a drawer that if she’s on Trinity duty she’ll give her. Trinity is a runner, so she’ll keep her on her hip while she’s answering the phones and running the nurse’s station.
Trinity obviously gets bored of this after a while and tries to squirm out but Dana has a vice grip on her. She’s taken care of babies before she’s got this.
Then she’ll distract her with that pacifier and pat her back so she falls asleep on her shoulder.
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When Dennis has to watch her it’s chaos. She’s always getting into something. He takes his eyes off her for ten seconds and she’s gnawing on an id card or a stethoscope.
Then he has to take it from her and of course she starts SOBBING. Has like 5 seconds to calm her down before Baran hears it and runs over.
He’ll then give her like a plushie and she’s immediately calm. She’s also more of a runner with Dennis because she knows she can slip past him easily.
Yolanda will usually find her first and be like, “Was Dennis watching you.” And Trinity will babble and giggle and she just rolls her eyes fondly.
“Now let’s go find your Mama.”
“Mama!!!”
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At shift hand offs Baran is tearing apart the ED looking for Trinity. Joy was supposed to be watching her but then she clocked out on time so who knows where the baby was.
Yolanda’s like, “Don’t panic we’ll find her.” And after a few minutes of searching Abbot rounds a corner holding her going like, ‘Y’all forget something?”
And he passes her over. “She was in the break room with Vivi eating gummies.” Baran sighs in relief and they head home.
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A bonus one I have is if there’s like a Code Pink up in maternity or something going on nearby that leaves the hospital on lockdown or something Baran takes no chances.
She has this wrap so she can wrap Trinity around the front of her so she can always keep an eye on her. Trinity hates this, she just wants to explore but Baran is too paranoid to let her run around when she was little. She’ll usually doze off after Baran hums a lullaby and massages her scalp.
She’ll even steer away from traumas and keep to easier cases so Trinity doesn’t have to be moved.
Other doctors will offer to watch her, but realistically she’ll only pass her over to Yolanda or Dana if she really needs to step away.
Emery doesn't always watch Trinity, but when she does she keeps her in sight. She kinda knows how to care for kids, being the whole 'has a bunch of siblings' childhood and Trinity reminds her of her younger sister that passed so she's always holding her.
One time toddler Trinity followed Yolanda all the way up to the scrub room and Emery had to scoop her up and keep her entertained. Trinity babbles and tugs on her scrubs as Walsh has to keep her from putting things in her mouth.
"Want Da!"
"Landa's in surgery missy, until then I got you."
Emery's favorite thing to do is keep Trinity on her hip while she's barking orders at med students.
"Dr. Walsh why do you have a baby?"
"And why are your stitches lopsided, you should be focusing."
Trinity coos and hold's Emery's finger and she looks down and smiles. "You could do a way better job then these losers, huh Trin?"
"Uh-huh!"
Trinity babbles and squirms in her grip sometimes but Emery learned from Baran on how to keep her from running off. The ED was chill, but the surgery floor had so many hazards and places she could get stuck in.
shapeshifter trinity...do you ever think she shapeshifts into a teen? and what does that look like in the Pitt?
I feel like Vic would be amused that she's no longer the physically youngest looking one in the Pitt, ha! ha!
i think i wrote a bit about this but what’s a lil more 😈
When Trinity’s a teenager in the Pitt it’s insanity. She’s more of a troublemaker than usual. Sticking kick me signs on people, running down the hall, causing chaos in triage.
Robby tries asking Baran to rein her in but she just shrugs. ‘You know I can’t control her Robby.’
‘She literally only listens to you!’
Baran rolls her eyes and puts two fingers in her mouth to whistle and Trinity sprints over. ‘Yes mama?’ She’d look like an angel if you hadn’t known about all the troublemaking she’d been up to.
‘Why don’t you go help out Donnie in triage?’
‘Okay mama.’ And then she sprints off towards there. For Christmas Yolanda bought her sneakers that can pop out wheels so she was using them like crazy.
‘Is she supposed to be going that fast?’
Baran gives Robby a look. ‘Weren’t you the one complaining about doctors needing to be faster?’
Dana will usually give Trinity a few simple tasks like being a runner, getting patient’s things, and triage. Teenage Trinity is kinda prime adhd and energy so she’s gotta keep that up so she doesn’t get off track.
She’s banned from traumas when she’s that low because she can be a little reckless and Baran knows if she tries shapeshifting into another doctor to sneak in.
‘You shouldn’t be shapeshifting when you’re not in your normal headspace Trin, you won’t be in control.’
this is so silly but little!trin (shapeshifter or just little u pick) has very odd comfort items. loves her stuffies n blankets n pacis n stuff but. also has attachment to household items. she has a specific frying pan she's obsessed with and insists on dragging around the house. one time they found her taking a nap curled up with it. she loves tissue boxes but she'll get attached to the pretty pattern on the box and throw a tantrum when the box runs out. once in the dead of the winter they found her sitting in front of the fan, babbling softly into it. "whatcha doing baby" "fan is pretty n makes voice sound silly mama!!!"
this is ADORABLE
im doing shapeshifter! trin because that concept is j adorable to me
Trinity definitely has a few comfort items. She has this blanket Baran bought for her at like Tj maxx or Kohl’s or something and just drags it around the house. Usually she’ll end up napping under the dining table, Baran’s desk, or the bed.
She either has a frying pan or a rolling pin that she snatches from the kitchen. It’s always on days when they need it to cook something.
“Hun, Mama needs the rolling pin to bake do you think you could-“
“Mine!” Trinity babbles, and hugs it close from her hiding spot under the kitchen island. They wait for her to fall asleep before Yolanda does a clean swap Indiana Jones style and puts like a wooden spoon in her hands to replace it.
Baran will roll out dough and bake by then Trinity would wake up looking for it. “Mama where’s-“
“I used it to make cookies Duckling, want some?”
“COOKIES!”
And then she forgets all about it.
In winter she loves sitting in front of the fan and yelling in front of it. They have to stay inside anyways because of how cold it is but Trinity loves to find new games for them to play.
Trinity, a shapeshifter around 10 years old, continues to treat patients in hidden triage. She starts attending to all of them and even manages to convince one patient to let her stitch him up before anyone finds her.
this concept is so funny omg.
also! making an 18+ discord for pitt yuri fic writers lmk who wants to join and i can send that out when im all done 😈
Trinity still wears her scrubs when she shapeshifts at the hospital. Today she was a 10 year old, holding Baran's hand as she skips through triage with her. Baran's pager decides to beep when they get to a room.
"Ah, they need me in Trauma 2, azizam. You'll behave for Donnie right?"
"Uh-huh!" Baran pecks Trinity's head and smiles. "That's my girl. Be back soon!" She heads off then, saying hi to a few nurses on the way out.
Donnie gives Trinity some busy work. Filling out patient's charts, checking blood pressure, things that Trinity could handle easily in this form.
But that was boring. She wanted to do something more fun. Stuff that she got to do when she was big. Stuff that mama was likely doing while she was doing side quests in triage.
Donnie was currently occupied talking to a patient. Something about them both having kids on the same T-ball team.
Trinity was wheeling side to side on the spinning chair. After about five minutes she says, "I'm gonna go to the bathroom Don." Donnie gives her a thumbs up. "Hurry back though, or else Dr. Al will be after me."
She nods and steps out into the hall. On the way back from the bathroom she sees a patient waiting with a suture kit on a cart next to her. "Did someone help you yet?"
The patient shakes her head. "No, I was supposed to get two stitches an- who are you?"
Trinity tries to channel her big girl voice. "I'm um. I can stitch you up."
"My- um. Dr. Al-Hashimi showed me." The patient is very skeptical but she's been here for hours and she was somehow willing to have the ten year old stitch her up.
"Fine." She says. "Knock yourself out." Trinity eagerly swivels on the chair and gets the suture kit out. It was only two stiches. She threads it exactly how Baran taught her, and makes sure to stitch it all perfectly.
She finishes the last stitch when a voice appears in the doorway.
"Trinity Althea Santos!"
Trinity's head snaps up right as she snips the scissors.
"Did you suture that by yourself?" Baran was standing at the curtain, tapping her feet and crossing her arms.
"Um."
The patient steps in. "She did a great job!"
Baran pinches the space in between her eyebrows and sighs before making sure the stitches are clear and discharging the patient.
She holds Trinity's hand and takes her back to the ED. "You know you shouldn't have done that by yourself, you're really little right now."
"I know mama."
They get back to the nurse's station and Baran kneels in front of her.
"But, those sutures were flawless. And I'm proud." She kisses her cheek and smiles. "Now stay by Dana, okay? Don't want you trying to use a defib while I'm gone." She pulls her into a hug.
Hello hi!!! I love your writing!!! Do you mind doing uh
Baran and Yolanda get into an argument and they keep stealing little (shapeshifter ger pls) trinity away from eachother to hog all her attention or whatever and then she gets stressed out and lowkey just runs to a different person when she sees any of them approaching her
"we promise." ✨──★ ˙
aww this is adorable!!
Baran and Yolanda disassemble her bed frame. "Ok, so bed is getting donated right?" Yolanda nods and unscrews a side. "Yep, don't really need it at your place." She glances to the side and sees Trinity who had shapeshifted to a baby playing on the rug and babbling.
Baran had luckily remembered to pack some toys to keep her entertained. Yolanda smirks. "You know Trini we could use some help over here." Trinity looks up at the sound of her name and scans around the room before picking up a candlestick and holding it up proudly, babbling something along the lines of 'Look, I did something Da!'
Yolanda snorts. "Awesome job my love." Baran unscrews a part of the bedroom and sighs. "Jesus, I hate Ikea beds they're a pain to disassemble." Yolanda glances up. "Yeah, but they're cheap so-"
"You can get the same thing at a thrift store for like 100 bucks Yolo."
"Yeah but they could break easily."
"That's literally the same excuse with an Ikea bed." They start bickering and Trinity looks up at them concerned. She hated when they argued.
Baran ends up dropping the screwdriver and getting up angrily. "I will get started on lunch. You finish up here." She scoops Trinity up who's babbling concerned. "Ma-Da"
"Shhh, don't worry Trini, you'll be back with your toys in a minute."
Trinity huffs and pouts. She just wanted to be with them and have fun without the bickering.
The next few days the move seemed to be stressing them out more and more. Trinity was on her laptop in the bedroom when Yolanda grumbles and flops onto the bed. “Baran is driving me to drink Trin I swear.”
“She’s trying to color coordinate all my clothes.”
Trinity snorts and keeps typing. “I don’t know why you guys can’t just-“
“Get along?” Yolanda finishes. “Simple. We’re opposites. She’s clean, I’m a mess, she alphabetizes everything, I throw everything in a draw and-“
“Oh my god.” Trinity huffs. She lightly kicks Yolanda. “Go do something about it and stop venting.”
Yolanda scoffs and smacks her with a pillow. “Such a Debby Downer Trin.” She kisses her softly. “I’ll leave you alone then.” She heads out the room closing the door behind her.
Trinity grumbles. What was it gonna take for them to get along?
It isn’t until a day at the hospital that things come to a boil. Trinity had shifted to a toddler and was at the nurse’s station with Princess.
She’s playing and cooing until Baran and Yolanda come around the hallway, walking past each other and glaring.
Trinity hugs Princess’s legs and hides so they don’t see her. “Trin? what’s up baby?” She picks her up. “Why’d you hide from them?”
“Mama and Da fight.”
Dana hears this and looks up. “Oh we can’t have that.” She comes over to take Trinity from Princess. “We’re gonna have a little talk.”
Baran’s already in the break room when Yolanda walks in. “Dana paged you here too?”
Baran nods confused. “…Yeah, I don’t know what’s up. Trinity was fine when I saw her last.”
Dana comes in, holding Trinity on her hip. “Trin has something she wants to talk to you about.”
Baran and Yolanda look over attentively.
“No fighting.” Trinity huffs. “Da and Mama.”
That’s all she really needs to say before Baran takes her from Dana. “Oh, baby, we’re sorry.” Yolanda nods and kisses her forehead. “The move has been stressful, and we’ve been taking it out on each other and worrying you.”
“We promise to do better, okay?”
“Promise?” Trinity holds her pinkie out and the two women giggle and intertwine them.
“We promise.”
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gonna try and put all the shapeshifter trinity bits either in a masterlist or an ao3 story.
