drmcperky:

When Teddy had replied with they were fine, she
sighed in relief, they were okay. Losing Aaron
was hard, he was one of her close friends on
her team and that was hard, very hard. But,
she was super glad that no-one else had 
passed away, she did have a feeling that
a lot of them were hurt though.

“You would have been bad ass and grieved
then kept going because you Theodora, are an
 amazing surgeon who saves so many lives.
But you’ve got nothing to worry about because 
I’m here Teds and I ain’t going away any time
soon. You’ve got me forever. And if I wasn’t
currently covered in blood from head to toe,
then it’d definitely be opening my arms for
you to come and join me in this bed for
a snuggle but I’m too bloody and broken
right now I’m sorry, very soon though”.
she smiled lightly in reply, her smile
not just reaching her eyes just yet but
she knew Teddy would understand she meant
sincerity.

“Then  let’s  get  you  fixed  up as quickly as
we  can,  so  you  can  go —”   She’d  nearly
said    h o m e .  But   home  wasn’t  here;  it
couldn’t  be.  Home  was  the  place  she felt  
s a f e ;  home  was  in  Henry’s arms, warm
in  his  embrace  —  and  ever since he died,
Teddy  had  felt nothing more than homeless.
The months she’d spent  watching  her  back
ever since she’d got here had settled heavily
upon her shoulders, and it’d driven her into a
darkened  state  she  could  have  sworn had
aged her twenty years.

Shaking  it  off,  Teddy  muttered:  “Let’s just
make  sure  you  don’t  get  an infection from
that shrapnel.”