93. Chapter 93

“Where have you been? I had this whole thing where I was gonna build us a house, but I don’t build houses, because I’m a surgeon!” Meredith Grey is ranting on their TV screen, and Maggie chuckles affectionately at the scene she knows all too well.

Maggie feels Alex’s body tense throughout the scene, and she furrows her brow and she glances at her, and as Meredith tells Derek fiercely that she believes they can be extraordinary together, rather than ordinary apart, Maggie turns to look at Alex to find her eyes flooded with tears and her jaw set with effort.

“Babe. Are you crying?” she asks as the couple on screen kiss.

“Me? Pfft. No. To this? No, absolutely not. I’ve got eye allergies.”

“Eye allergies that somehow never bother you except when romantic overtures are happening on TV?”

“Pfft.”

“Do you wanna be extraordinary together rather than ordinary apart, babe?”

“Thought we already were.”

“Oh, we are. Just checking. Just checking.”