fic where its timeskip outsider pov and it’s a bunch of new med students starting their rotation at the pitt trying to figure out the dynamics between all the attendings and senior residents
Dr. Robby does his big speech and introduces the med students to the senior residents they’ll be reporting to; he introduces them to Dana (who is still there despite saying she’s going to quit every month). Then he walks over to a computer stand with an unreadable expression on his face,
“And this is the other attending on shift, Dr. Whitaker”
Dennis smiles and probably unintentionally woos some of the younger students with his boyish charm and easygoing nature. He glances at Robby with that same unreadable expression and goes back to a chart.
Dr. Whitaker ends up being their saving grace in more ways than one.
He listens intently as they present their cases to him. He guides them through difficult procedures. But most importantly, he saves them from the wrath of various staff members—specifically Dr. Robby, Dr. Santos, and Dana.
They’ll bring Dr. Whitaker over to chaperone as they ask Dr. Robby about a patient. For whatever reason, Dr. Robby seems to be intimidated by him and listens to him more often than not.
Whenever Dr. Santos starts getting snappy, they notice that Dr. Whitaker will get within her sight and she calms down slightly.
Dr. Whitaker sees that Dana is getting stressed and starting to scare the med students, so he casually asks if she’d like to join him for a smoke in the ambulance bay
They see little interactions between the staff and Dr. Whitaker and wonder how this small, mousy attending can bring such a calm to the storm that is the ED?
they find out one day through the nurses or smth that Whitaker and Santos were roommates for years and are best friends/pseudo siblings
they see little interactions between Robby and Whitaker and wonder how they got so close
One day Dr. Robby is in a particularly bad mood and is snapping at everyone left and right. Dana calls out to him,
“Robinavitch! Go take a lap, we don’t need that in here. Don’t make me get your hubby on the phone”
Santos walks by and adds, “Yeah, Huckleberry doesn’t come in until one for his swing shift. Chill out and let him sleep”
That’s when it all dawns on them.
They’ve heard Santos refer to Whitaker as “Huckleberry” more than his own name
Dr. Dennis “Huckleberry” Whitaker and Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch are married
idk i’m just rambling






















