Needing Her Help || Derek and Teddy

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Derek just blinked once. He had no choice in what was going on now. He couldn’t talk to say anything. He knew that she wasn’t going to let Amelia do anything for him. He knew the rules. He knew that she couldn’t operate on him. He just hoped this other surgeon would be just as good.

Derek let her take him up to CT. He lay there, not able to do much else. He looked at her and didn’t take his eyes off her. Derek was starting to panic a little. What if they did something wrong when operating on his brain? He knew he shouldn’t be thinking this but he couldn’t help it.

“Stay still — it’ll only be a minute,” Teddy called out of habit, though Derek probably knew his way around a CT better than anybody. She’d never thought of Derek as a man who needed saving, and it settled with her strangely to know that Derek needed her.

“Try to stay calm, Derek,” she said softly, sensing his unease. “I know it must be difficult for you, but you need to be still for the CT.” Teddy found herself throwing caution to the wind — how much comfort could she afford to offer him before it became condescension?