Character: Meredith; Rating: K+; Prompt: Wave
Summary: Meredith remembers a childhood trip to the ocean. Pre-series.
One time, when she was little, Thatcher took her to the ocean.
Ellis was working, she supposes (and/or screwing the Chief before he was the Chief in an on-call room she may well have put to good use herself years later, which is . . . okay, not going there).
Anyway he took her to the ocean, and they watched the waves and the seagulls, and he held her hand.
It was an overcast day (typically, since they led an overcast life), but she didn't mind at all. The waves were grey – like us! she'd giggled, and she felt almost wanted, almost loved.