elevator love letter

I hate to admit it, but occasionally...may I repeat, OCCASIONALLY, grey's anatomy has the capacity to make me all soft and gooey inside. and "elevator love letter" hit some pretty great notes. When Derek (who was stuck in a rut after letting a pregnant patient die, and realizing more of his patients have died than lived) picks himself out of the rubble, it's a pretty beautiful thing. and the way he proposes is even better.

he decorates the hospital elevator with CT scans and medical reports, documenting how far their relationship had come. from their very first case together, to most recently convincing him to get his act together to save a fellow doctor...the proof was in the details (yes, medical ones). It was very sweet - and demonstrated how love is about willing to stick it through. thick and thin, between darkness and light...and love is being able to be honest about our darkness, and be loved despite of it.

Here's the exchange:


Derek: Hey. Come on in. This is a CT of Katie Bryce. 16 year old female, subarachnoid aneurysm.

Meredith: From a fall during rhythmic gymnastics. I remember.

Derek: I remember, it was the first surgery we ever scrubbed in together on. Our first save. Right here is a cerebral cyst. Tough save, but we did it. I kissed you in the stairwell after the surgery. And this right here is where Dr Bailey kicked you out of the surgery, because she caught us in your driveway, in my car. And right here, this is a seven hour craniotomy. You held the clamp the entire time, never flinched. That's when I knew you were gonna be an incredible surgeon. Beth Monroe, made our clinical trial a success by surviving. You talked me into putting her under. That's when I knew I needed you. And this is today, post op head CT of Izzie Stevens. You see that? Right there. Tumor free. Because of you. You got me into the OR. If there's a crisis, you don't freeze, you move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward. Because you've seen worse. You've survived worse, and you know we'll survive too. You say you're all dark and twisty. It's not a flaw, it's a strength. It makes you who you are. I'm not gonna get down on one knee, I'm not gonna ask a question. I love you Meredith Grey, and I wanna spend the rest of my life, with you.

Meredith: And I wanna spend the rest of my life with you.