𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗘, greys anatomy

true colors.

ch 20. true colors.
time skip | year five | sixteen

While charlotte may greatly prefer coming to the hospital over going to school, it often tended to grow extremely boring, especially being confined to just a few rooms. now that she was sixteen, however, charlotte was trusted to have a bit more free range of the building. this time was normally spent sneaking into o.r galleries, following around whichever surgeon wasn't already currently fed up with the teen, or harassing webber for vending machine money.

thankfully today charlotte didn't have to do too much harassing, seeing as the surgeon immediately dug three dollar bills from his coats pocket and handed them off to the teen as soon as he noticed her approaching.

as charlotte made her journey to the nearest vending machine, she heard movement and painful groaning coming from inside a patient room. not noticing any nearby doctors or nurses to help the patient, the teen took it upon herself to see if she could be of any aid to the injured man inside.

"hey, hey, you need to get back in bed." charlotte spoke gently upon entering the room, trying to put the man back in his bed.

the patient warily looks up at the girl, noticing her plain clothes in contrast to the keycard dangling from its lanyard hanging around her neck. "are you a doctor?"

"oh, no. i just hangout here a lot, but i know all of the doctors." charlotte tries to explain in short. "my names charlotte. what's yours?"

"keith. i need—i need to be there for allison when she wakes up. please. please, you have to take me to her." he begs.

charlotte had heard about the patients brought in due to their car plummeting down a cliff while they were mid-sex. while the teen thought it was a rather hilarious story, her surgeon friends were quick to reassure her of its pure stupidity. and while she appreciated the man's concern for his girlfriend, she knew hospital rules.

"i'm sorry, you have to rest right now. i'll get someone to bring you to allison as soon as it is safe for the both of you to do so."

"please." keith continued to beg, "i need to be there when she wakes up. she'll be so scared."

charlotte cursed her soft spot for love stories as she aided the man into a nearby wheelchair, pushing him out into the hall.

"the icu is for family only, so you'll have to follow my lead." charlotte plots.

keith nods. just then, security guards rush past the pair urgently.

"hey, brody." charlotte reaches out and grabs the arm of a passing intern. "what's happening?"

"a patient was raped and their looking for the rapist. he's on the loose."

"there's a rapist running around the hospital?" charlotte is incredulous.

brody nods before running after security. once the hallway is clear, keith rises from his wheelchair. as soon as he does charlotte rushes to support him. "hey, no no, don't get up," she tells the patient gently.

suddenly keith slams charlotte against the wall, pulling out a scalpel and holding it to the teenagers neck. "you're gonna show me the way out of here, okay?"