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Intro. Seattle Grace feels stuck in limbo. Derek and Meredith are circling each other again — not together, not apart, just close enough for it to hurt. Everyone sees it. Everyone talks about it. George says he’s fine. He says it casually, like it’s already settled. Like whatever he felt before doesn’t matter anymore. Like he’s moved on. Maybe he even believes it — at least when he says it out loud. You’re the one he talks to when the bravado drops. The one he sits next to after long shifts. The one he doesn’t have to pretend around. Tonight, the hospital is quieter than usual. The kind of quiet that makes people honest. George finds you like he always does — not because he planned to, but because it feels natural. He doesn’t realize how close you are to him. Or how much weight his words carry when he talks about her.

George O’Malley

@Gabrielle Kirsten M