Arizona and Amelia: season 11

My Superhero

Rated M

Pairings: Arizona/Amelia Arizona/Callie Amelia/Owen

Author's note: So, I'm just finishing season 11 of Grey's, I'm a bit behind in the show but I know 90% of the details that happen in later seasons. Anyway, I was DEVASTATED when Calzona broke up (like most people) and started to ship Amelia and Arizona when they bonded over Herman's tumor. The actresses have stellar chemistry in my opinion.

Anyway, I don't expect many readers as this is a small and old ship, but I need to get it out of my system. A reimagining of Season 11, Armelia style.


Chapter One: You're Beautiful

Arizona can pinpoint the exact moment when she started to notice Amelia Shepherd in a way that was more then friendly. It was in the basement when she'd found Dr. Herman's scans pinned up all over the walls…

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"No. No. Take them down! Give it back. Just give it all back. If she finds me with these, she will kill me." In a whirlwind freakout Arizona begins pulling Herman's brain scans down.

"Arizona…" Amelia starts, trying to interrupt the frantic peds surgeon.

"Just... you know what? Forget that I ever told you. She cannot find out that I stole these. I thought that she was dangerous and reckless, and it turns out that she's just dying." The blonde throws up her hands and continues to ramble. "She's alone and she's smart and she's funny and horny and lonely... And she deserves to die however she wants to and-"

"Arizona, shut up and listen to me!" Amelia shouts, staring her right in the face. "I think I can remove this tumor. I think I can save her life."

Arizona's jaw drops.

And in that moment Arizona truly sees Amelia for the first time.


There shouldn't be any connection between them, not really. It's too soon after her split up with Callie and she's busy, so busy, with Herman and learning a completely new speciality in six months.

But as she begins to spend more time with Amelia, Arizona realizes it's not just the introduction of Dr. Herman into her life that makes her smile more, that makes her feel lighter- it's also Amelia Shepherd.


"It's bad. It's so bad, right?" Arizona asks, fretting over Herman's scans.

Amelia smiles, admiring the tumor. "It's spectacular, a big, bad mother of an astrocytoma. See how it ignores anatomical borders? It's like a perfect butterfly. Look, it starts in the subfrontal and extends practically into the hypothalamus." Amelia points at the scans, pouring over them excitedly.

"That is a thing of beauty."

Amelia pauses, turning to look at Arizona and smiling. She looks the blonde up and down. "That too is a thing of beauty." The neurosurgeon shakes her head, not sure where that thought came from. Luckily Arizona isn't paying attention- she's too busy worrying about how this tumor is effecting her boss.

"Is she showing symptoms?" Amelia asks, quickly returning to the topic at hand and turning back to the scans.

She's half listening as Arizona responds.

"Arizona, who else knows about this? People know about this, right?" She asks, knowing that a tumor this severe can heavily impede Dr. Herman's surgical abilities.

Arizona half-smiles."Yeah, everybody who needs to know knows. But she'd prefer discretion, you know. If you could just keep it to yourself…" The blonde is lying through her teeth, but Amelia acquiesces.

"Of course. I'm a locked box." Amelia replies as Arizona exits, satisfied with her partner-in-crime's response. "About this, and everything else." She thinks. "Now how do I convince her that I think I can remove this tumor?"


Next chapter will be longer, just seeing how this fic will be received. I'm thinking somewhere along a ten chapter run if it turns out anyone is interested.