2 veteran Walsh and Garcia headcanons (feat. Samira and Trinity?)
1. thank you very much nonnykins that’s lovely of you to say
2. oooo I’ve never really considered garcia as one but that’s inchresting (I always more preferred parker but lemme see)
• garcia hates every part of being a combat medic. hates that they’re basically using whatever they can find to put people back together instead of actually saving their lives. it’s not medicine out here, it’s desperation.
• it really pisses her off when she’s trying to patch someone together who could’ve entirely avoided getting hurt. civilians mostly, if they’re lucky enough to be brought to her.
• on their downtime while in active service, garcia and walsh spend a lot of time trying to coax out locals but not to much success. they’re US army, of course people aren’t going to trust them. still, yolanda learns a good amount of phrases to help out the injured where she can.
• emery is a lot more subdued about the whole thing. she doesn’t want to connect, she simply wants to get out as soon as she’s able. she doesn’t need to remember the faces of the people’s lives she’s probably ruining by just being there.
• garcia adjusts pretty good back to civilian life. gets to start her fellowship, put all that horror in the past, get herself a girl <3
• emery, on the other hand, is fraught with nightmares. she can’t get through a night of sleep without someone else at least being in the house. after an IED injury that lands her permanently back on US soil, she’s being ferried back and forth to pittsburgh VA hospital by her mother where a certain doe-eyed resident is working ;)
• emery and garcia don’t speak for a bit after they come back. it’s not because they hate each other or anything like that, it’s just that they’ve spent 14 months in the middle of nowhere together and seeing each other’s face, well, it brings it all back.
• garcia hates loud sudden noises. she’s not going to hit the deck or anything but trinity sees how a car backfiring sets her back a few paces.
• walsh lives with her mother for a short period after she gets back from deployment. it’s nice to spend time with her, to get looked after by her mama after such a long time. it’s not so nice when her mom invites dr mohan over to their house without telling emery until samira was sat in their backyard. she blushes through their entire lunch and it only gets worse when ingrid walsh brings out her baby pictures.