Against Protocol

Lyra Adair was never meant to blend in. Sharp-tongued, small in stature, and haunted by high-functioning anxiety, she steps into Seattle Grace Hospital as one of the newest surgical interns-alongside Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, and the rest of the original class. She's brilliant under pressure, except when the blood is her own. With trauma stitched into her past and ambition burning through her veins, Lyra is ready to fight for her place in the OR.

But nothing prepares her for Dr. Sebastian Thorne: the newest attending surgeon with a voice like gravel and eyes that see through every wall she's ever built. Assertive, commanding, and devastatingly magnetic, Thorne is everything she's not-and everything she can't seem to ignore.

As tensions rise in and out of the OR, and personal lines begin to blur, Lyra must decide what matters more: following the rules... or following her heart. But at Seattle Grace, nothing is ever simple. Not blood, not ambition, and certainly not love.

A slow-burn, character-driven Grey's Anatomy fanfic that explores emotional trauma, surgical pressure, forbidden romance, and what it truly means to survive "Against Protocol."

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Oc x Oc ( Lyra Adair x Sebastian Thorne )