Swipe Right on Shepherd

Notes: Just a little one-shot inspired by Rolivia93 's tweet and dedicated to all my fellow mutual Amezona stans on twitter. You guys are the best. Happy 300th Episode Day!

AU Set during: 14x06 (For the sake of this story Amelia and Owen are already split up)

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Arizona and April are leaning against the nurses' station across from the surgical board browsing through Tinder.

"Woah! Way too young." Arizona sighs, swiping left. "Ugh, I hate being single. I hate it more then sharing a bathroom."

"What?" April asks, glancing up from her own phone.

"I broke up with Carina, on accident." Arizona explains. "I just needed some space, like physically, in my home, because Sofia's coming home. But apparently she thinks that means I broke up with her. So now here I am, swiping, instead of having sex with an Italian orgasm scientist."

April chuckles at her friend's antic. "That's a pretty bad accident." She comments, before getting back to some swiping of her own.

"Well, I shouldn't be dating anyway." Arizona tries to rationalize. "I should be getting ready for Sofia."

"I am so ready to be dating ANYONE who doesn't work in his hospital." April chimes in as Maggie comes over to join them.

"Hey, who's Tindering?" She asks, new to the online dating game. "I set up a profile but I'm afraid to actually swipe."

April looks over her shoulder at Maggie's screen. "It's pretty straight-forward, left for no, right for yes."

"Yes for what? Yes I'll sleep with you?" Maggie seems far too concerned with the logistics. It is just a hook-up app after all.

"Well, it's not a binding contract." Arizona chimes in causing April to laugh.

"What're you all doing? Standing around, leaning against things, this is a hospital." Bailey interrupts their little gathering.

Arizona glances over her shoulder but gets back to swiping as she listens to their conversation in the background.

"It's a slow day." April address her boss, shrugging.

"What're you doing?" Bailey asks, curiously. "Oh." She snatches Maggie's phone. "Too young, waaay too young. Oh! Hello, Idris Elba!"

Skimming through the next few matches Arizona swipes left. Too young, too old, looks too much like an ex- her usual reasons for match dismissal. Then she freezes, the chatter in the background turning to a hum as her app lands on a familiar face. No, it can't be… But sure enough, there's Amelia Shepherd smiling back at her- crooked grin and sparkling hazel eyes. She's cute. Well, Arizona has always found Amelia attractive, ever since med school, but she didn't know the brunette swung both ways. She pauses, debating… and then swipes right, sliding her phone into her pocket just as a patient comes into the E.R. and they all clamor for the case.

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After a long and ridiculous day, Arizona leans against the nurses station in the ICU finishing charts on her tablet.

"Hey, heard about your strange case."

Arizona jumps, startled by the sudden company and a familiar voice. "Oh, uhh yeah. Who would ever think?"

Amelia laughs. "Right? Gun in the vagina." She shakes her head, just as perplexed as everyone else seemed to be by the patient's ridiculous decision.

Arizona chuckles nervously. "Yup, never thought I'd end up delivering a gun instead of a baby." Maybe it's all in her head, but Amelia seems to be invading her personal space. It isn't an unwelcome invasion, not at all. She catches the scent of honeysuckle- what must be the brunette's shampoo and can practically feel the body-heat radiating off the neurosurgeon as she leans over her shoulder.

"Nearly done charting?"

"Mmhm." Arizona nods, swallowing hard. This is ridiculous, she shouldn't be so nervous. She's had flings with quite a few coworkers before. She just doesn't want to have to be the one to bring it up first.

"So, Tinder, huh? What happened to Carina?"

"We broke up accidentally." Arizona explains, setting down her tablet to finally look at Amelia.

"How do you break up with someone accidentally?" The brunette smirks in amusement.

Arizona shrugs. "Something only I could manage. Lately, I repel women like the plague."

Amelia chuckles. Arizona might be imagining it, but there seems to be a sparkle in the brunette's eyes, a hint of playfulness.

"So, you move on quickly." The blonde comments, trying to seem nonchalant.

"Oh, that? It's an old account. But Owen and I are separated, if that's your concern." Amelia explains. "Why, was the swipe an accident?"

Arizona shakes her head. "No!… I mean, no I was curious. I mean, I didn't know you were bi." Wow, way to awkwardly scare away another potential hook-up.

Amelia shrugs. "I mean, not since college. But I have horrible luck with men, figured I might give the fairer sex another go." She tosses the blonde a wink.

"Mmhm." Arizona nods, finally meeting the brunette's eyes. She can't help but return Amelia's smile.

"So…?"

"Are you expecting me to pull you into an on-call room? Not very romantic is it." Amelia snarks, picking up on the blonde's innuendo. She's trying to keep this as light and playful as possible. There's no pressure, no expectations.

"Tinder isn't exactly meant for romance." Arizona rolls her eyes, but if Amelia asks she won't say no. After a long, tense day she could use a bit of sexual release.

Amelia leans over, nudging Arizona gently, sincerity in her eyes. Arizona might be able to get lost in those eyes. "Well, what if I want to romance you first?"

"You do?" Her heart speeds up as she meets Amelia's intense gaze. She shouldn't be dating, not now, not when Sofia is coming home so soon. Plus, her last two relationships had been an absolute disaster, still, there's just something about Amelia…

"Alright." Arizona nods. "Dinner." Remembering that Amelia doesn't drink, besides drinks usually lead right to sex, and a quick hook-up doesn't seem to be what either of them are looking for.

"Dinner sounds good. Tomorrow. It's been a long day." Amelia agrees; she leans up to place a quick, unexpected kiss to Arizona's cheek. "I'll text you."

Amelia's brilliant smile is the last thing Arizona sees before the brunette leaves her, flustered and completely smitten.

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Notes: Hurray! I finished. Work was actually busy, for once. Go figure. There's going to be a second chapter with an alternate smutty ending, so yeah, look forward to that later tonight. Thanks stans. May Amezona rise!