Fans of Station 19 tune in weekly, not just to watch the firefighting action, but also — as with its Seattle predecessor Grey’s Anatomy — to vicariously live the romantic escapades of our heroes. And no couple is more swoon-worthy than Maya Bishop and Carina DeLuca, who even come with the Seattle-appropriate couple name “Marina.” With lots of tough storylines on Station 19 in Season 4, Maya and Carina’s relationship has been a bright spot, with Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato bringing the red-hot chemistry on and off screen. l
Early in Season 4, Marina decided to forgo their separate quarantines and move in together, and man do they make the domestic life look good. But fans have been going crazy for the couple ever since Carina watched Maya run into Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital carrying a severed nose, back in the Grey’s Anatomy Season 16 episode, “A Diagnosis.” The couple’s on-screen relationship packaged with their adorable real-life interactions on social media could make a Marina shipper out of the hardest of hearts. Let’s take a look as some of Carina and Maya’s cutest moments:
When Their Ad-Libbed Pillow Talk Made The Final Cut
The opening of Season 3’s “Poor Wandering One” showed Maya and Carina in bed, with Carina giving the firefighter a pep talk about speaking her truth at work. In an improvised moment, Carina said to Maya in Italian, “Basciami.” Maya’s response — an elated, “Is that ‘Kiss me?'” — was also unscripted. I love that the editors kept the ad-libbed moment, as it spotlights the actresses’ natural connection.
When Maya’s Mom Didn’t Understand Who Carina Was
In the Season 3 episode “The Ghosts That Haunt Me,” Maya and Carina were making out in Maya’s office when they were interrupted by Maya’s mother, Katherine. Katherine hilariously missed all of the social cues and asked if Carina was “one of Maya’s fire women,” before assuming she was Maya’s doctor. Carina said she was neither of those things, and as she walked out of the room gave Maya the funniest “WTF” look behind Katherine’s back.
When They First Said “I Love You”
Marina fans probably don’t like to remember the time Maya cheated on Carina with Jack and used that to push Carina away (we certainly don’t). But when Maya realized the error of her ways and went crawling back to Carina, we got the first beautiful “I love you”s from the couple. Arguably more heartwarming than the scene itself was seeing actresses Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato name that as their favorite moment of Season 3, which you can see below.
When Carina Stroked Maya’s Hair
Maya and Carina were absolutely on fire in the Season 4 episode “Save Yourself,” leaving Marina fans in fits with their longing looks and skipping and chin strokes. But it was Carina playing with Maya’s hair as they listened to Jack telling a story that really did the fandom in. Surely an unscripted choice, the hair stroking showed the intimacy between the actresses, and Maya’s giddy smile was everything.
