Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. This Hurt Can Teach Us Both by darlingwrecks

   Fandoms: Grey's Anatomy  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   30 May 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Addison Montgomery/Derek Shepherd
   • Addison Montgomery
   • Derek Shepherd
   • it’s giving angst and smut and pervasive sadness
   • that’s the house in the hamptons and the brownstone overlooking central park
   • that’s very generous of you
   • nah
   • generosity is not leaving your ex-wife to deal with the inside of those homes
   • because there is no way Derek brought all his personal effects when he moved to Seattle
   • that's indifference and being cruel
   • Savvy is in this via telephone
   • pull out that blackberry because 2006
   • Mark gets a few mentions
   • some kinda cute memories in between all the sads
   • there are lots of apologies from both parties
   • some details about the brownstone that atlas readers may recognize
   • but sorry i’m not gonna reinvent the wheel
   • a wheel i spent a crapload of time on
   • and then really good came
   • and so do Addison and Derek
   • many times
   • that prom dress was a hate crime
   • obligatory snowflake earrings mention
   • also a yankees history lesson per usual
   • again just making a guess on shepherd birth order

   Summary

   It is not the lack of love that has broken her. It is love itself. This angsty and smutty combo features Addison and Derek spending a day packing up what is still left in the brownstone, post-divorce. Legally, the home belongs to Addison, but the task of moving out and moving on belongs to both of them. It is a frustrating process to do this together, but it gets a little easier once they start doing each other.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   69,258

   Chapters:

   9/9

   Comments:

   27

   Kudos:

   141

   Bookmarks:

   21

   Hits:

   3,876