Technically, their first real meeting is a train wreck. Lexie is a new intern, and Mark is still pining after his best friend’s wife. Not exactly a meet-cute. But you can feel the potential in the air, like static electricity before a storm.
Mark notices her brain first, which is weirdly adorable for a guy nicknamed “McSteamy.” He’s impressed she remembered a random medical fact. So, the seed is planted, even if neither of them knows it yet. It’s like watching a flower grow in fast-forward, but with more surgical scrubs.