Season 1 Greys Anatomy -

Seattle Grace Hospital. The lighting is clinical, almost blue. The pilot episode wastes no time. Intern Meredith Grey wakes up not to an alarm, but to a man’s arm draped over her waist. She turns. Derek Shepherd. Perfect hair, easy smile, a mole above his lip that will launch a thousand ships. They have chemistry that feels illegal.

The locker room. A herd of nervous, over-caffeinated twenty-somethings in short white coats that are too white. Cristina Yang, already diagnosing everyone’s posture. Izzie Stevens, former model, hiding her lingerie ads under a pile of textbooks. George O’Malley, kind eyes, desperate to be seen as a man and not a puppy. Alex Karev, leaning against a locker like he’s already bored of you. season 1 greys anatomy

“Which of you handed me a patient with a ruptured spleen and wrote ‘owwie’ in the chart?” Seattle Grace Hospital

“One night,” she whispers, sneaking out of his hotel room. “No strings.” Intern Meredith Grey wakes up not to an

He’s the attending neurosurgeon. Her one-night stand is her boss.

Silence. Alex smirks. Cristina doesn’t blink. Meredith’s pen falls to the floor.