𝐒𝐔𝐍 & 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 | 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐨

𝐌𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞.

𝐌𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒,
𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞.

𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 Hotchner was more then happy with her morning, with Dr Adams on maternity leave and Dr Grimes on vacation, Averie spent the most of her morning with her hands inside somebodies stomach or chest cavity, it was her happy place.

Fixing hernia's, lacerated bowels and even a gun-shot wound, she glanced up from her surgery, raising a brow at Nathan as she re-attached the blood vessels of her patient, "Can I help you Dr Queens?" She questioned.

"I should take over, you've finished the repair, right?"

She frowned at the tone of his voice, "Yeah, just needs closing, is they another emergent surgery already?"

Nathan inhaled sharply, "Aaron's been stabbed" He stated, watching Averie with close eyes, she continued to work, beginning to clamp the skin together.

"Is he alright? Can you handle him? Use 3-0 sutures silk not vicryl, his skin gets irritated with vicryl" Averie ordered, beginning to stitch the flaps of flesh together.

"Averie he needs surgery, it's not life-threatening but bloods flooding his abdomen-"

She continued to suture her patient, "Page Dr Fredricks"

"He's in surgery"

"Dr McKnight-"

"Dr Hotchner, nobody is free but you" Nathan raised his voice, panic beginning to seep into his tone, he watched Averie as she finished her final suture.

"Nobody else?" Averie questioned, he answered with a shake of his head, "Ok, Dr Edwards, your first time closing always feels a bit scary but I have faith in you, the scrub nurses will help you if need be but I've already began for you, page me if needed but only if absolutely necessary " She stated, the 2nd year resident looked up in astonishment, taking the tweezers and needle from Averie's hands, "Dr Queens prep my patient and scrub in, you'll assist, I need verbal consent from Dr Fredricks, I'll meet you in OR..."

"OR 4"

Averie nodded, she scrubbed out of the surgery as fast as possible, taking a deep breath. She entered OR 2, clearing her throat to gain her superiors attention, "Dr Hotchner, can I help you?"

"I need privileges, I need your verbal consent as my superior to let me operate on Agent Aaron Hotchner" He looked up instantly, eyes connecting with Averie's in a look of horror.

"He's injured?"

"He has free fluid in his abdomen from lacerations with a knife, according to Dr Queens it's not life threatening yet but if we wait until any other trauma surgeon is free it could be" Averie explained, "I, I know its not ideal Dr Fredricks but your doing a surgery I haven't even watched yet, Dr McKnight is working on a conjoined twins in OR 5, I am the only one available"

Dr Fredricks sighed, as he continued to clamp the aorta, "Ok, you have privileges, you have my verbal consent and you will get written, as soon as I've wrapped up this I will be with you Dr Hotchner, have Dr Queens assist you, I want quarterly updates on his condition" He granted permission, Averie nodded, moving to leave from the OR, "And Doctor Hotchner? I believe in you"

Averie needed his encouragement, she entered the scrub room of OR 4, glancing through the window at Nathan as he prepped Aaron. He entered the room a moment later, "He was sedated in-field, medics did as much as they could, it-it's messy Averie" Nathan stated.

She pulled up her mask, wiping her hands on the blue towel, "Are you ready to get your hands dirty, Dr Queens? I know most residents like to watch rather then work but that's not my teaching method, I also need a sheet placed over his face - if I'm going to operate on him I need to dissociate it from it, from right now that patient is no longer Aaron Hotchner he is a John Doe, understood, Queens?"