Meredith makes a small, startled sound, leaning forward to rest her head against his. "I'm sorry, okay?" she says. "It doesn't even matter when we're stuck here. I just know it'd mean you being away a lot and in danger and I'd miss you." He's doing his damnedest to make her forget why that is, even as she presses back into his hands, but it's still true. Most of the truth anyway, though she knows it's unfair when she intends to work such long shifts as soon as she can be back in a real O.R.