I need you (a meradd story)

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"glued to her"
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Meredith jolts awake to the sound of Addison's cries, she is in brutal, horrible pain. The doctors are worried that too much morphine will affect the healing of her concussion, so they lower her dosage, the result being mind-splitting pain across the entirety of her face and body, She can no longer speak because it hurts too much to move her mouth, even a fraction, she just moans and whines like a hound till she passes out from exhaustion. Meredith stays with her the majority of the time, with either Amelia, Archer or her mother taking over every so often, giving Meredith some time to freshen up, stretch her legs, etc.

Meredith does what she can, offers a hand to squeeze, attempts to distract her, but all Addison had been longing for since Merediths arrival was for her to hold her.

She hadn't just bonded with Meredith, she'd fell in love with her.

The captain succeeded in getting the best plastic's surgeon across the entirety of the US to take her case, she was going under in a few hours. Even though it's plastic's there's risk with every surgery, and it worried all close to Addison, Meredith held her hand, running her thumb over her knuckles to comfort her, she was scared, this would be the first time she'd be the one on the table.

The time of Addison's surgery came all too fast, Meredith walked at the side of her gurney till they reached the OR, and they said their goodbyes, with Grey promising she'd be there when Addison woke.

Meredith had been waiting anxiously for Addison to come out of surgery, and the second she saw her being wheeled out, she rushed to her side. The operation had gone as planned, there would've been heads on sticks if it hadn't, and Addison was given her face back, though it's pretty swollen and stitched together near crudely, but the swelling will go down, and some of the scars will heal...some of them.

They got back to Addison's room, and Mer was once again glued to her side, taking one of Addies hands back into hers, whilst Bizzy took hold of the other. truth being, Meredith was just as in love with the redhead as she was her, if not more.

hours passed and Addison's eyes began to flutter.

"how are you feeling Addison?" Her mother asked.

Addison gave a grateful look, she tried to respond though couldn't, given the painkillers she'd received her face was still extremely numb.

After a short while, her mother went back to her hotel, to update Archer and the captain on Addison's surgery.  and Amelia hadn't been able to come by quite yet, she'd been run off her feet with surgeries and consults all day, of course, she's carrying double the workload now Derek is MIA.

Medically, Addison is healing, Mentally they aren't quite sure.

A:N: short chapter, longer ones to come.