Tiny Heartbeats | Grey's Anatomy

"People think heartbeats are simple. Steady. Predictable. But the truth is... some of the most important ones are tiny. Easy to miss. And sometimes the smallest hearts end up changing everything."*

Delaney Rose Shepherd spent her whole life trying to prove she belonged.

Adopted into the Shepherd family as a child, she never felt like Derek's *adopted* sister - she was simply his sister. His shadow. His person. The one he protected long before either of them understood what family really meant.

Now years later, Delaney - better known as Lane - arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital ready to make a name for herself. Not as *another Shepherd*. Not as Derek Shepherd's little sister.

Just **Dr. Delaney Shepherd**.

While everyone expects her to follow in Derek's footsteps, Lane chooses a different path: Pediatrics and Neonatal Surgery, where the smallest patients often fight the biggest battles.

But Seattle Grace doesn't make things easy.

Between impossible cases, heartbreak, family drama, and finding where she belongs, Lane suddenly finds herself caught between two very different people:

One who drives her absolutely insane.

And one who slowly begins to feel like home.

At Seattle Grace, hearts break every day.

Some stop beating.

Some start beating.

And some people change your life with just a single heartbeat.

Alex Karev x OC
Lexie Grey x OC
Callie Torres x OC
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Warnings:

medical trauma • canon-typical injuries/deaths • emotional themes • grief • romance • language • Grey's Anatomy drama • possible mature themes later on