Anon Prompt: Arizona gets assaulted after her patient dies and Callie is there to protect her. Set in season 8.

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I found this one tough, mostly because I can't think of anyone hurting Arizona! I hope I did it justice.

"Damn it!" Robbins yanks off her surgical gloves, throwing them haphazardly on the ground as she storms out of the OR. Karev watches, the shrill beeping the only sound in the silent room.

"Time of death; 14:52".

Arizona scrubs vigorously at her hands, silently berating herself for not doing more. If the parents had brought her in sooner, if they'd diagnosed her more quickly, then maybe the four year old lying dead on her table would still be alive. Her heart had been in bad shape, and despite the efforts of herself, Alex and Teddy, Arizona was now going to have to deliver the horrific news to the girl's parents.

After scrubbing out, she took a breath to compose herself before promising to go and visit her own daughter in daycare the minute this was over. She pushed open the double doors that separated the surgical area from the waiting room, and slowed her pace. She'd told countless parents that their child hadn't made it, but experience did not make it any easier.

Chloe's parents sat holding hands, whispering what Arizona could only guess were words of hope to each other. Chloe's mother spotted Arizona first, quickly rising to her feet as her husband did the same. The trust and expectation in their eyes was almost too much for Arizona to handle.
"Mr. and Mrs Richardson…"

"Can we see her?"
"Is she awake yet?"
"Was she scared?"

Arizona did her best to keep her voice from breaking.
"Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, we did everything that we could, but the damage to Chloe's aorta was too severe, we couldn't control the bleeding. We tried everything, but unfortunately she didn't make it." The PEDS surgeon watched as her words destroyed the two people standing in front of her. Her voice cracked as she spoke again.
"I'm so sorry for your loss."

0

As she'd promised herself, Arizona was up in daycare, watching her beautiful, healthy, perfect daughter sleep. She didn't have the heart to wake her, knowing that the inevitable separation would only upset Sofia. She still had work to do, so baby snuggles would have to be put on hold until tonight.

As she made her way back down to PEDS, a familiar face caught her eye.
"Hey pretty lady." Callie grinned, placing a chaste kiss on her wife's lips.
"How'd things go this morning?"

The blonde shook her head, causing Callie's face to drop.
"There was just too much damage. We couldn't do anything."

Callie took her wife into her arms, rubbing soothing circles across her back.
"I'm sorry. For what it's worth I don't know how you do this every day. You're amazing."

Arizona smiled wryly as she pulled out of her wife's embrace.
"I don't feel too amazing."

"Well you will later. How about we put Sofia to bed early and order lots and lots of take-out and just bring it to bed with us?"

Arizona smiled for the first time in hours.
"That sounds perfect, thank you."

Their happy bubble is disrupted by commotion behind them. Before Callie can react, Arizona is pulled backwards by her lab coat and thrown forcefully into the wall.
"You said you were sorry! You said there was nothing you could do and now you're here just smiling and laughing while my baby girl lies dead in the morgue! You're a murderer, Dr. Robbins!" Arizona makes a move to escape the angry, grieving man as he swings his hand towards her, but she is too slow and the back of his hand connects sharply with her face. Mrs. Richardson is crying; horrified by the actions of her husband. Nurses have run to alert security, but it is Callie who gets there first.

"Hey!" She yanks him back, pushing him against the opposite wall.
"That is my wife. My wife who has spent the last few days agonizing over how to save your daughter; my wife who was heartbroken when her efforts failed, and this, this is what you do to thank her!? Get our of my sight or I swear to God I'll break every bone in your body." The last words drip from Callie's mouth like venom as the grieving father is hauled away by two security guards.

Callie is at Arizona's side in moments, assessing her injuries.
"Talk to me, baby." She takes her wife's face gently in her hands, thankful that her back absorbed the impact of the wall instead of her head.
"I…" Arizona's eyes cloud with tears as she lifts her hand to her lip. It's burst and bleeding, but aside from that, she's just shaken.
"Hey…you did nothing wrong, do you hear me?" Callie soothes, gathering her wife in her arms as Chief Hunt approaches them quickly.
"Little Grey filled me in. Robbins, are you ok?"

"Physically, yeah." Arizona nods, unable to budge from Callie's arms. Hunt nods, grateful.
"Take her and Sofia home, Torres. I'll deal with the father." He stands to leave when Arizona speaks.
"Owen. I don't want charges pressed. He's grieving. They're good people." Hunt nods again before disappearing.

Callie brings her hand gently to her wife's lip, and Arizona winces in pain.
"We need to get this iced. I'll page Mark to have a look at it, I don't trust anyone else with your beautiful face."

0

"Don't let her itch the stitches, Torres!" Mark calls, leaving their apartment and heading across the hall with Sofia to give Callie a night of pampering her wife.
"I'm not five, Mark!" the blonde yells, huffing as Callie chuckles.

"How's it feeling?" Callie asks, gently bringing her hand to her wife's face for the millionth time that evening.
"The naropin is starting to wear off, so a little sore. I'm going to look so attractive in a few days when the bruising comes up." The blonde rolls her eyes, snuggling closer to Callie as they rest in bed.

"I'm so sorry I didn't realize what he was doing in time to stop him." Callie frowned.
"Don't you dare apologize, Calliope. The way you yelled at him? Seriously hot. And I promise, when my lip is healed and I can kiss you properly, I'm going to let you know just how hot."

Callie grinned, pressing a gentle kiss to her wife's cheek.

"I can't wait."