Author: Alright, so I'm already writing a set of drabbles for Grey's Anatomy concerning the pairing of Lexie and Mark. I did this for Season Four, and I might go back and do it for season five, but this is a very emotional season and I really just wanted to let out my feelings. I'll try to post at least a drabble for every episode, if not more, concerning couples or just people in general. The first one is on Alex and Izzie, because they're a couple that I've never really enjoyed, but I think that now... things are different. So, here you go.
Worry
Alex worried. He never really worried about anything in his life. He just did and he worked. He lived, and most basically, he survived. Then he met Izzie, and slowly he started to change, but it wasn't immediate, nor was it the right step at first. She wasn't always his to worry about. She had Denny, and then she had George. She never had him, until it was almost too late.
Even then, he didn't worry the right amount. The relationship was fresh, and she was an adult, and he assumed that she would take care of herself. The cancer came, and then the wedding, he was a husband, and she was dying. He worried, but the stress was too great, and it all came crashing down around him.
She died in his arms, and his own heart almost stopped. They brought her back, and things... things seemed alright, if not surreal. Alex worried less about her, though, when they were at home. Everything was going okay. It was okay and fine, and he didn't worry, but when she came to work and forgot her medicine and pushed herself to her limits, he worried.
Later that night in bed, he was still worried.
"I want you to keep doing what you love. You're a great doctor, and you have a fantastic future ahead of you. But, you've gotta step up and start taking care of yourself. You've gotta take your meds, you've gotta eat. You've gotta pace yourself, 'cause I can't be your nurse. I can't."
When she curled into his body, relaxing at his side without a word, Alex relaxed too.
Maybe he didn't have to worry so much.