Big Shepherd, Little Shepherd

XL

YOUR POV

I really fucking hope we've pulled this off. I've got Carina perched on my hospital bed which we dragged outside.

- Richard : Okay everybody. Can I have your attention please? Thank you. I appreciate you all being here tonight. Grey-Sloan is a family and Andrew Deluca was a member of that family and his death, however brave, is still heartbreaking. We can't honour his life like we might have in the past but we can still honour him. Dr Perez.

Okay play the video Perez. Play the video.

- Link : Hey man. I couldn't think of what to say so I thought that I'd play a song

- Jackson : You pushed me out of the way of a speeding car. You saved my life. You risked your life to make sure my daughter had a dad

- Maggie : Compassion that you showed people. Lot of us build up walls around that part of ourselves for self preservation but you didn't and it didn't make you less of a doctor. It made you a better one

- Schmitt : You made me carry a guide wire around for months after loosing one in a patient. You wanted to make me the best surgeon I could be

- Owen : Deluca was just one of those people who keep going in the face of wall odds. It was an honour to serve with him

- Nurse : We talk about you. The nurses. We know who's good, who isn't. You were one of the good ones Dr Deluca

- Amelia : Andrew Deluca bought me my tumour in a jar so that I could see the thing that had threatened to kill me for so long was gone

Andrew impacted everyone and this is how much we didn't realise until he's gone.

- Jo : You were so brave and noble. I'm gonna miss you. We all will

- Richard : He went up against doctors who had decades of experience. All while weathering a personal crisis as well. He diagnosed my cobolt poisoning to save my life. That young man represented the best of what this job can be

Okay my bit. Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Mhm okay.

- y/n : Andrew is my best friend. I say is because he will live on in me, in his sister and most of all, in his daughter. He sacrificed so much for us all. For us to be safe or happy.

- Carina : Bella-

- y/n : Sh, there's a bit more

- Andrew : Hello. Um, my name is Andrew Deluca, and I'm thrilled to be applying to the surgical residency program at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. A bit about me. I'm Italian, but I grew up in Wisconsin. A lot of doctors come from my family, including my big sister, Carina. Um, I grew up stealing her game of Operation, so I guess you can say it's, uh, been a dream of mine for a long time. The idea of doing my training at Grey-Sloan and learning from surgical legends like Richard Webber and Miranda Bailey and Jackson Avery and Meredith Grey uh, well, it just doesn't get any better than that. I think the reason I want to become a surgeon is that I've always had this insatiable desire to help people.And I think I get that from my mom, who I lost too soon.And, uh, she had this really giving heart, and she always pushed me to do as much good as possible, so I guess I'm doing this for her.Now, you should be warned, I can be relentless at times, and very stubborn.But I promise that, if I match with you. I will give you the very best of me.Thank you.

Carina is sobbing into my shoulder and I can't say I'm not crying. I'm crying because I know what's coming next. A load of videos and photos of him and Isabella. And it just made Carina cry harder.

- Carina : Thank you bella

- y/n : It's fine Carina. I can't imagine not having a funeral for my brother. I'm sorry I had to make the memorial in the first place. He didn't deserve to die

Carina just nods before Arizona tries to escort her home. Carina being stubborn, she refuses to leave and curls into me a bit more. This is fine with me except that I don't want Carina getting COVID. Meredith has it and she's in a coma so yeah. Let's avoid COVID

- y/n : Carina you need to go home. There's a lot of COVID at the hospital so I'll be home in a few days and Isabella needs someone around. Preferably Auntie Carina

- Carina : What if I leave and then you die too?

- y/n : I won't die. I promise I won't die. Just go home and get some proper rest. I'm sure Isabella misses you

- Carina : Mhm. Please come home soon

- y/n : I will do

Let's just hope Carina can cope for a few days until I can be at home.

Authors Notes
Have a drink and snack
please x