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Little things, Big things (Derek Shepherd x Reader)

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I am a doctor, I interned here at Seattle Grace Mercy West hospital, did my residency here, and for the past two years I've been an attending here. I love my job, the people I work with are my family Meredith, George, Izzy, Owen, Christina, Mark, and everybody else and I have an awesome best friend who is my go-to person, Dr. Alex Karev, and a wonderful, loving, caring, sweet boyfriend, Dr. Derek Shepherd. Alex is an attending, has been here the same amount of time as me and Derek is the head of neurosurgery here. Being a doctor has it's ups and downs, just like any job. When I woke up this morning it was my 2nd anniversary of becoming an attending, no big deal... yet Derek still surprised me with breakfast and a bouquet of my favorite flowers, It's the little things like that, that are life. However currently I was walking down the hall to deliver the heartbreaking news that a patient of ours, a man's wife didn't make it out of surgery. The part of the job no doctor likes, that no doctor ever wants to do, that every doctor dreads. "Are you sure you want to be the one to tell him? I can do it if you need a moment." Alex asked stopping me momentarily his hands on my arms looking me in the eyes. I took a deep breath and said" No, I have to, he looked at me, he asked me to take care of her, begged me, told me she was all he had, It's gotta be me, it's only right. I can do this, I have too." I said pep talking him as well as myself. "Well I'll be right there with you." Alex reassured me as we started walking again. As we entered the waiting room, I scanned around looking for the patient's husband, I spotted him looking out the window at the falling snow, he stood as he saw me approach. "H-How is she?" He asked. "Mr.Davidson I'm so so sorry..." He cut me off. "No NO s-she's okay, sh shh she's okay your here to tt to take me to see her right?" He asked tears already dripping down his face. I could feel a tear slip down my own. "W-We did everything, everything we could, she was just to-" I was cut off again, as he punched me in the face, "No NO NO NO YOU PROMISED YOU PROMISED." He sobbed as Alex stepped between Mr. Davidson and I. "Sir you need to calm down or I'll have to call security." Alex's voice echoed in my head as I turned and started running away. I ran as fast as I could to an on- call room. I slid into the room, flattening myself against the wall, the door shutting behind me shrouding the room in darkness. I slid down the wall and onto the floor as my legs gave out from under me. I could feel my nose throbbing in time with my heartbeat, the blood dripping over my lips and down my chin. Flashbacks were swirling through my head, I began to sob a constant stream of tears pouring down my face. My lips, cheeks, face, hands, legs, started to tingle and go painfully numb and tight as I hyperventilated, a cold sweat breaking out over my skin, and a sickly feeling lurching in my stomach I felt like I was going to be sick or pass out. I couldn't think about anything except the unrelenting flashbacks of my physically abusive father, slapping me, hitting me, calling me horrible horrible names. The panic was unrelenting. I barely noticed Alex come in the room or turning on the light. Both Alex and Derek knew about my past, about my father. Alex squatted dropping into my sight. "Hey, easy, you need to breathe, y/n I need you to breathe or you're going to pass out. In, and Out." Alex put one hand on my shoulder and the other was trying to gently dab some of the blood off of my face. Despite my logical side knowing he was right, and that I needed to breathe, I couldn't. I was spiraling and couldn't stop it. I just sat there sobbing, gasping for air and getting none. "Okay this is a bad one huh? I- ah NURSE!... SOMEBODY!" Alex called out. "Yes Doctor Karev?" an intern who's name I couldn't think of for the life of me at the moment poked her head in the door. Still rubbing up and down one of my arms with one hand and holding a piece of gauze lightly to my nose with the other Alex instructed the intern to go get Dr. Shepherd and then get my bag from my locker and bring it here. Alex kept talking trying to calm me down, but it wasn't working his words swimming through my mind in one side and out of the other. Finally after what seemed like an eternity Derek burst through the door. "Karev what's going on?" Derek asked. "It's Y/n." Alex said. Derek whipped his head around seeing me on the floor bleeding hyperventilating, and sobbing. His eyes went wide and he swept me into his arms. "Hey, Hey, Hey, Shh, I've got you, I'm here, I'm okay, Alex is okay and you're going to be okay, I need you to breathe with me beautiful, okay? Innnn and outttt." Derek rubbed my back and started coaxing me to breathe, breathing along with me holding me against his chest so I could hear his heartbeat and feel his chest rising and falling so I could follow his lead. He kissed my forehead and smoothed my hair as my breathing finally started to match his, air finally flowing in my lungs. His scrub top was damp and messy with my tears, snot, and blood. "What happened? Why is she bleeding?" Derek asked Alex looking over at him knowing I wasn't ready to talk yet. "We lost our patient and when we told the husband he punched her, he did it so fast it came out of nowhere." Alex said handing Derek a fresh gauze sponge. " I- I T-th-think it's b-b broken." I shakily said really beginning to feel the pain as my adrenaline began to wear off. "Alex go get Mark please." Derek asked. "Ok be right back." Alex said getting up and running to go get SGMW's top plastic surgeon. Derek continued to soothe me as we waited rocking me lightly back and forth, continuing to rub up and down my back. "I- I had f-flashbacks." I whispered. "Oh baby, I'm so sorry." Derek said hugging me a little tighter. "I've got you, and I'm not gonna let you go, I'm not going to let him hurt you again or let anyone hurt you like that ever again. I promise you're safe with me. I love you so, so much. No one should have to go though that, you especially. My strong, sweet, loving, beautiful girl." He comforted me now knowing how fully freaked out I was. "Thank you. I love you too." I whispered hiding in the crook of his neck and curling into him for a bit. The door opened  again and in Alex came  with Mark in tow behind him. "What do you need Dr. Karev?" Mark asked looking from Alex, to Derek, to me in Derek's arms still shaking a bit. "Not me, Y/n, a patient hit her in the face, pretty sure her nose is broken." Alex explained. "Oh well can I take a look, Y/n?" Mark asked gently reaching out and softly putting a hand on my shoulder as not to startle me. I took in a deep breath and brought my face out from under Derek's chin so he could look. "Please." I said weakly. "Alright... yep it's definitely broken, but I don't think you'll need surgery, I'll just need to pop it back into place and you'll have to wear a splint for about two weeks and you'll look like a raccoon with two black eyes for a bit, but I think you can rock it, you little bad ass you." Mark concluded. I let out a little chuckle at Mark being Mark and nodded. "Yea I can handle it, Thanks, and Thanks for coming so quickly." I said. "Of course what are friends for? I'll go grab the supplies real quick then I'll be back to reset and brace. BRB." Mark said slipping out to go get the supplies. "Alex, thanks for standing up for me, going and getting Derek, and Mark. Sorry you had to witness that." I thanked Alex. "Hey no don't mention it, we're a team remember? I'm your person, you're my person, your problems are my problems, and my problems are your problems." He smiled lightly mussing my hair. I playfully stuck my tongue out at him. "And thank you Derek, I love you so much, and you didn't have to come and stop doctoring on my account." I said giving him a peck. "Hey no I'm your boyfriend, I want to be there for everything good or bad, just like I know you're here for me. There's no one else I want to be with, no where else I'd rather be." He softly chided kissing my forehead again. "Ok you ready Y/l/n?" Mark asked sitting back down in front of me again. "It's gonna hurt a bit and I'm sorry about that but I'll let you call me an ass hat after if it makes you feel better." Mark quipped continuing to try and make me laugh. I nodded and Grabbed Derek's hand and Alex's hand. Mark placed his hands on either side of my nose, "So did you know Derek was too much of a wimp to ask you out originally? I had to threaten him that I was going to ask you out to make him man up and do it." Mark stated. "He Wh- OW AH MARK YOU DICKHEADED ASS HAT." I shrieked as he reset my nose. "Rude, I said you could call me an ass hat not a dickheaded one missy." He laughed. "Also true story just ask him Y/n/n" Mark said as he splinted my nose and wrapped it making me look like a half mummy. "What can I say you were and are intimidatingly stunning, I'm still shocked and so, so happy you said yes." Derek chuckled kissing me. "Psh I'm the one who was shocked the handsome, intelligent, sweet, and not to mention hot Dr. McDreamy asked me out. The Dr. Mc Dreamy that could have his pick of any girl in this hospital." I countered back. "How could I not? the moment I laid eyes on you it was like there were no other girls in this hospital, and I definitely couldn't let this dickheaded ass hat clown ask you out." He smiled at me getting lost in my eyes. "Hey ow offensive." Mark joked placing a hand on his chest pretending to be offended. "Oh you love us." I sassed. Meredith, Christina, Lexie, and Bailey came in to check on me and ask me how I was holding up. I looked around and smiled at my little family. "Ok you little miss tough, Derek here is going to take you home for the evening and the next two days so you can heal up a bit, don't scare us like that again and next time you have to go tell any patients or patient's family members anything, take Dr. Karev and use him as a human shield got it? Dr. Bailey laughed patting my shoulder. "Hey!" Alex said in mock offense laughing too. "Ok thank you everyone." I said giving everybody hugs and returning to Derek who had somehow already gotten all of our stuff together. "C'mon let's go home I want to cuddle and watch movies with you." Derek smiled at me kissing me again. "Okay. But can I lean on you? My legs still feel a little jello-y." I asked. "Better yet, hop on." Derek said bending down and motioning to his back. I giggled as he lifted me onto his back piggy back style. "Well goodnight everyone, I'm going home to cuddle with this beautiful lady." Derek said saying goodnight. I said thanks one more time to everyone as Derek started walking down the hall. "You guys are disgustingly cute." Mark yelled after us. "I love you Derek Shepherd, thanks again for everything today." I said kissing the top of his head. "And I love you Y/n Y/l/n." Derek kissed my hand and we went home to do nothing but cuddle and watch movies for the next few days. However I fell asleep on him before we even made it to the car. "You've got me, I've fallen for you bad, and I'm still falling deeper and deeper everyday." He chuckled quietly to himself shaking his head lightly as he carried me to bed once we arrived home.

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