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  1. Public Bookmark 53

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    “Oh, there's a shovel in the closet at the front door. Salt also. On my off days, I’ll usually shovel my neighbour’s also, his back is bad, so he’s grateful.”

    Robby kept talking about his house. The words 'shovel' and 'salt' rang in his ears like an alarm. Shovel and salt..for snow. It does not snow before October 1st. The implication settled in his stomach like lead.
    “..if I don’t come back.”

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    Robby meets with Dennis to hand over his house key. Dennis needs Robby to stay and can't keep his secrets in anymore.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    I’m in tears this is so beautiful

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    Doctor Robby’s crush on first-year doctor Dennis Whitaker only strengthens upon learning about his bull riding hobby back in Nebraska. Losing his mind, Robby attempts to get Whitaker transferred to the night shift to save his sanity. Unfortunately for Robby, Dennis is too observant for his own good and has his own wants and needs.

     

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    Bull rider Whitaker rides Robby

    (I’m so sorry)

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    14 Jun 2026

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    The first couple of dollars that the machine ate up without remorse were an annoyance, something that made Dennis sigh and unzip his wallet without thinking about it to try again. By the time that the vending machine had eaten seven whole dollars, in coins, and Dennis didn’t have anything to show for it, he was close to thumping his forehead against the cool glass and hoping he could derive some sort of enjoyment or nourishment from simply just looking at the colourful packages as they remained firmly in their coils.

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    5 times + 1 that Robby buys something for Dennis and makes him feel like he's about to keel over, right there and then.

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    05 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 37

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    Michael had his fair share of moments where he purposefully made Dennis jealous, what if the roles we're reversed?
    Michael doesn’t like it, doesn’t like the way it feels, but he can’t stop himself from feeling it. Dennis looks at him, his blue eyes almost cold and calculating, hands shoved in the pockets of his jeans as he leans back on the wall, teasing smile on that pretty mouth of his, and Michael feels the blinding heat of his anger build and build.
    He steps closer to Dennis, leaning down just enough to get his face on the same height as Dennis’, “I’m gonna kill him and then you,” he mutters “just you wait, Whitaker.”
    Dennis snorts again, “oh, you look so serious, baby.”

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    Alternative Universe where Dennis Whitaker and Michael Robinavitch are the same age, can be read as a standalone.

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    04 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    (Formerly titled, "In Vein")

    The linoleum of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center didn't smell like the dirt back home. The smell of the Nebraskan plains at midnight is rich, it’s dirt, rusted iron, dry hay, and the metallic tang of something cold dying in the root cellar. Dennis Whitaker grew up with that smell, a native of a rural town where the horizon was a jagged line of silos and the isolation was relentless enough to swallow anyone.

    By the time he arrived at the Pitt as a fourth-year medical student, Dennis Whitaker had perfected the act of being almost normal. He knew how to stand just inside a doorway and wait half a second too long, long enough for someone to say, “Yeah, come in,” without realizing he needed them to. He knew how to laugh at the right times, how to reduce being from Nebraska to something simple and harmless—farm boy, cornfields, small towns, nothing worth examining too closely. Boring. 

    He met Dr. Robinivatch on the first day of his first rotation. Not in a moment that felt significant, not at first.

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    02 May 2026