Garsanshimi but it takes a long time.
Baran pursuing Trinity after her 3 month job-share is up.
Baran supporting Trinity through doing the work in therapy, reprocessing her childhood traumas.
Yolanda watching her improve on the sidelines because she doesn’t get to watch from beside her anymore. Because she’s something Trinity has had to heal from.
Yolanda watching Trinity finish her residency, get offered a fellowship.
And then maybe there’s a party, thrown by Baran or one of the pittlings, to celebrate. Maybe Emery drags her along because Yolanda is lonely and she’s tired of hearing about it.
And then Trinity and Yolanda talk. Actually, really talk. Yolanda apologizes, tells Trinity she misses her. She’s not trying for anything, sees how happy and stable Baran and Trinity are. Has heard Baran’s son call her mom.
And Trinity misses Yolanda, too. Misses what they could have been.
She goes home with Baran and they talk. Baran offers to share, assures Trinity that she wouldn’t mind, that Trinity isn’t a thing that needs to be split evenly.
So Trinity extends the offer to Yolanda.
The date is good. Slow in a way that they’d never allowed themselves before. No expectations, just getting to know each other again.
They keep going on dates, and eventually Trinity lets her kiss her goodbye.
They start having lunch together at work, share quick kisses hello and goodbye. Flirt casually in traumas.
Dana pulls her aside, demands to know what the fuck she’s doing, threatens to tell Baran if Trinity doesn’t handle it.
And Trinity laughs. Because Baran knows, of course she knows. Knows and supports it and debriefs dates with her when she gets home.
Robby retires, Baran gets the position.
And suddenly the lunch dates have three people.
Yolanda and Baran grow close, united in their adoration of Trinity.
Baran and Yolanda have lunch together even when Trinity is off. Yolanda starts packing extra food, enough for three, any time she cooks something exciting, something from home. She starts keeping Baran’s favorite trail mix in her locker alongside Trinity’s protein bars.
And one day, when she’s kissing Trinity goodbye after lunch, she kisses Baran too without even thinking about it. Their eyes widen and Yolanda starts blurting out an apology.
Trinity is cackling, absolutely and deeply amused, because finally.
Baran pulls Yolanda in for a second kiss just to get her to stop apologizing and oh. Oh. She could get used to this. No, she is used to this.
