ER FIC :: "In the Palm of Her Hand" [Kerry/Elizabeth, Kerry/Sandy, G]
Title: In the Palm of Her Hand
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter
Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Rating: G
Pairings: Elizabeth/Kerry, ER
Date: 19 November 2009
Word Count: 343
Written for: licenseartistic
Prompt: November 2009 :: "Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death." -- General Omar Bradley
Summary: Elizabeth remembers the last operation Sandy Lopez ever received.
Spoilers: "Where There's Smoke"
Warnings: Character death
Website: http://www.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions only…all others ask for permission & we’ll see…
Disclaimer: “ER”, the characters and situations depicted are the property of Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Entertainment, Constant C Productions, NBC, etc. They are borrowed without permission, but without the intent of infringement. This site is in no way affiliated with "ER", NBC, or any representatives of the actors. This site contains stories between two mature, consenting adult females.
"In the Palm of Her Hand"
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter
It was the single most terrifying day I've ever worked: the day Sandy Lopez was brought into County, injured while fighting a fire from which she was saving children. I remember Donald telling me that he'd be joining me in her surgery. Sandy was practically family to those of us at County, thanks to her relationship with Kerry.
I have worked on countless people in this kind of life or death surgery. But never on someone I've known. By rights, I shouldn't have performed that surgery because of said familiarity, but I couldn't just stand by and let Sandy die without a fight. If there was a time in my career where my hands shook more than they did that day, holding Sandy's very life, I don't remember it. What made it worse was that Donald's hands were shaking nearly as badly as my own.
No, what made it worse was that we couldn't save her. Kerry had to tell me to stop, that Sandy was gone. I shouldn't have allowed her to observe. She forced me away when Ella was near death, and I should have done the same for her with Sandy. But she wanted to be there, wanted to be with Sandy until the end. I did the same thing with Mark, how could I possibly deny Kerry that same right?
Once we'd finally called the time of death, there was a part of me that wasn't honestly sure if Kerry would hate me for not trying harder. The other part of me wondered if she'd just shrivel up and die right there next to her lover. But, just as when I dealt with Mark's death, Kerry persevered for Henry's sake.
In retrospect, I have to wonder if Kerry didn't feel that same sense of disjointed disappointment in herself for letting me stay so long when the people in the ER tried to save Ella's life. But Ella is still alive and well…
Thankfully, Kerry doesn't seem to hold any kind of grudge against Donald or me for Sandy's death.
Author: A. Magiluna Stormwriter
Email: stormwriter@shatterstorm.net
Rating: G
Pairings: Elizabeth/Kerry, ER
Date: 19 November 2009
Word Count: 343
Written for: licenseartistic
Prompt: November 2009 :: "Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death." -- General Omar Bradley
Summary: Elizabeth remembers the last operation Sandy Lopez ever received.
Spoilers: "Where There's Smoke"
Warnings: Character death
Website: http://www.shatterstorm.net/
Archive: ShatterStorm Productions only…all others ask for permission & we’ll see…
Disclaimer: “ER”, the characters and situations depicted are the property of Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Entertainment, Constant C Productions, NBC, etc. They are borrowed without permission, but without the intent of infringement. This site is in no way affiliated with "ER", NBC, or any representatives of the actors. This site contains stories between two mature, consenting adult females.
"In the Palm of Her Hand"
By A. Magiluna Stormwriter
It was the single most terrifying day I've ever worked: the day Sandy Lopez was brought into County, injured while fighting a fire from which she was saving children. I remember Donald telling me that he'd be joining me in her surgery. Sandy was practically family to those of us at County, thanks to her relationship with Kerry.
I have worked on countless people in this kind of life or death surgery. But never on someone I've known. By rights, I shouldn't have performed that surgery because of said familiarity, but I couldn't just stand by and let Sandy die without a fight. If there was a time in my career where my hands shook more than they did that day, holding Sandy's very life, I don't remember it. What made it worse was that Donald's hands were shaking nearly as badly as my own.
No, what made it worse was that we couldn't save her. Kerry had to tell me to stop, that Sandy was gone. I shouldn't have allowed her to observe. She forced me away when Ella was near death, and I should have done the same for her with Sandy. But she wanted to be there, wanted to be with Sandy until the end. I did the same thing with Mark, how could I possibly deny Kerry that same right?
Once we'd finally called the time of death, there was a part of me that wasn't honestly sure if Kerry would hate me for not trying harder. The other part of me wondered if she'd just shrivel up and die right there next to her lover. But, just as when I dealt with Mark's death, Kerry persevered for Henry's sake.
In retrospect, I have to wonder if Kerry didn't feel that same sense of disjointed disappointment in herself for letting me stay so long when the people in the ER tried to save Ella's life. But Ella is still alive and well…
Thankfully, Kerry doesn't seem to hold any kind of grudge against Donald or me for Sandy's death.