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She steps forward.

The locker room. A herd of nervous, over-caffeinated twenty-somethings in short white coats that are too white. Cristina Yang, already diagnosing everyone’s posture. Izzie Stevens, former model, hiding her lingerie ads under a pile of textbooks. George O’Malley, kind eyes, desperate to be seen as a man and not a puppy. Alex Karev, leaning against a locker like he’s already bored of you. season 1 greys anatomy

She doesn’t know yet that strings are all that hold her together. She steps forward

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“You didn’t ask,” he replies. Then, softer: “Does it change things?” Cristina Yang, already diagnosing everyone’s posture

"The game. They say a person either has what it takes to play, or they don’t. My mother was a world-class player. I grew up on the sidelines, holding her water bottle, watching her win. But here’s the thing about the game of surgery: it doesn’t care about your last name. It only cares about what you do when the blood hits the floor."

She looks at her hands—hands that will save lives, ruin relationships, and sew up her own mother’s broken heart. “Yes,” she says. “But I don’t know how yet.”