"Lex stop, you've done this surgery hundreds of times."
Today was Lexie's first day back of performing surgery since she broke her wrist. It was a simple aneurysm clipping, but the nerves were eating away at Lexie's insides. Her wrist was better, but not totally healed. She still had another surgery that was scheduled for next week. Her physical therapist said she could perform surgery again.
She didn't feel ready to cut again, but Spencer and Caroline pushed her to at least try. Caroline's leg had healed, so she was already back to surgery. Lexie did want to go back, but she couldn't bare to hurt anyone because her wrist couldn't take a 3-hour surgery.
"You need to get up, can't be late." Spencer kissed her lips quickly, getting up to make Lexie coffee and breakfast.
"I'm not going!" Lexie called back.
"Doctor Grey, your patients are waiting! You have lives to save!"
Lexie laughed as she pulled herself out of bed. Pulling on her scrubs and surgical clogs. She furrowed her eyebrows when her scrub pants felt a little tight around her waist, but her shugged it off without a second thought. Pulling her hair into a ponytail, she looked herself over in the mirror, taking a deep breath. She could do this. As Spencer said, she's done this surgery at least one hundred times.
She looked down at her wrist brace. Slowly turning her wrist in her other hand. She slowly unbuttoned each part of the brace. She only had to wear it while sleeping, she needed to train her wrist to be without it. Once her brace was off she bent her wrist back and forth, she flinched at the pain. She knew the pain was just because she had the brace on all night.
"Lex? C'mon, we've gotta go."
Spencer's voice pulled her out of her thoughts. She put the brace into a drawer, taking one more deep breath. She could do this. Walking into the kitchen, she grabbed her travel mug and lunch she made last night. Spencer met her at the front door pulling her into a hug.
"You've got this. I love you," he whispered, looking down and pressing a kiss to her lips.
"I love you too. I'll text you when it's over." With that she walked out the door, ready to come back.
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Lexie tied on her purple scrub cap as she entered the scrub room. As she scrubbed her hands together using the hospital-grade bar of soap. She went over the steps of the procedure many times. Craniotomy, expose aneurysm, clip the aneurysm, close craniotomy. Once her hands were fully scrubbed, she pushed opened the OR door using her back. The scrub nurse handed her a towel to dry her hands. She just kept thinking, craniotomy, expose, clip, and close. The nurse gloved and gowned Lexie. She put on her headlamp and glasses. Craniotomy, expose, clip, and close. She was ready. She took a deep breath,
"Ten blade."
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"Reid, Morgan, we've got a case."
Spencer turned in his chair to see JJ and Hotch walking swiftly into the conference room. Garica not far behind. He sighed and followed Morgan into the room.
"Alright, my lovelies, we have a case very close to home today." Garica clicked the remote to the screen to show pictures of the team doing various things. Morgan at the grocery store, Hotch at Jack's soccer game, Emily at the salon. Spencer gulped when he saw some photos were of him and Lexie at the park. Every member had at least ten photos taken of them doing daily tasks.
"We are all being stalked?" Rossi asked.
"It seems so, these photos were mailed to the BAU this morning. No return address, just this letter." She clicked the remote again so a dirty letter showed on the screen.
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Pretty Genius ; reid x grey
Romance"i love you spencer reid." lexie grey and spencer reid both save lives for a living. they've both lost a great love in their lifetime. the two meet by chance, will they be able to stick together through thick and thin? spencer reid x lexie grey cr...