𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 ellie sloan reunites with her older brother when her hospital merges with his
jackson avery x ellie sloan (oc)
season six ━ season seventeen
grey's anatomy
started: 1/11/22
republished: 6/5/23
finished:
spanish translation: @aliciame...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
chapter sixty-three ━ a happy surprise ( season nine, episode twenty-two )
❝Or musical theater ballads if I'm feeling particularly dramatic.❞
ELLIE LEANED AGAINST the bathroom sink, holding her stomach. She had been charting at a nurse's station when she felt an uneasiness in her stomach, which led her to the bathroom. She let out a breath and stared back at her reflection. She wasn't pale; she didn't have a fever.
But there was one potential answer.
An obvious potential answer.
Leaving the bathroom, she began walking to the ER where she paused, seeing Owen standing in the ambulance bay with a soccer ball in his hands. "You okay?" she asked, gently touching his shoulder and he jumped slightly.
He nodded. "Yeah." Ellie frowned at his response. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"I don't know," she replied with a shrug. "Maybe it's the fact that you normally play soccer with Ethan and you're standing out here with a sad expression while holding a soccer ball."
"I just feel bad for him, you know?" he said and she nodded. "He just wants his dad to wake up. And don't get me wrong, I do, too, but..."
"But you've grown attached to him," she finished softly, sighing when he nodded. "I'm sorry, Owen. I know how much you care about him."
Owen shrugged. "It's just... when his dad wakes up, then he'll leave."
"Yeah," she agreed, remembering their previous conversations about the young boy who was always with Owen. "But that's a good thing. It means that his father will be alive to see Ethan grow up."
"But what if I want to be that person?"
Ellie tilted her head. "You want to adopt him, don't you?" she asked and he glanced at her, nodding slowly. "Have you told anyone?"
He shook his head. "It's stupid."
"It's not stupid," she countered. "I wish there was something I could say to reassure you, but I got nothing. But if the time is right and it happens, I will be the first to congratulate you, and if it doesn't work out, I'll be the first to your apartment with a bucket of ice cream and sad movies. Maybe scotch if that's what you drink."
Owen chuckled lightly. "Deal."
She patted him on the shoulder and started for the door when she stopped. "This might be really awkward timing with all of this happening, but... can you do me a favor?"
"What's up?"
"Can you take my blood?"
☀️
ELLIE'S BLOODWORK WAS not ready yet, but she had other things to occupy her mind. Namely, hers and Derek's young patient. "Mm." She looked over from her computer at Derek who sighed quietly. "That's okay, Iris. Yeah, her arm is still weak from the T.I.A.s, but we—we'll take care of that. Brooks?"
