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Robby has been in a foul mood all week because his husband has been out of town and he doesnt know how to manage by himself after getting used to their routine. this leads him to be even more grouchy and irritable around the new students and even the regular staff

several threats have been made by Dana, Jack, and Trinity in an attempt to rectify his sour mood:

“Robby, take a breather or I’m calling Whitaker”

“You would hate for Whitaker to hear about how you’ve been acting, wouldn’t you?”

“One word to Huckleberry is all it takes” (They silently question this name but there’s not much time to dwell on it in the busy ER)

“Brother, relax. He’ll be back soon”

“Remember what happened last time he heard about you being mean?”

(The students don’t know, but last time Dennis was out of town and Robby was being pissy, he made Robby go around and apologize to everyone who called Dennis to complain about his rude behavior.)

They overhear nurses at the hub complaining;

“Ugh I can’t wait for Dr. Whitaker to get back. He really knows how to whip Robby into shape.”

“Seriously! I don’t know how he does it”

“Oh you know exactly how…”

“Ew!”

Dana cuts in, “Get back to work, you two! There’s still names on that board which means there’s still patients that need tending to.”

The nurses scurry off with mumbled “yes ma’ams” and Dana sighs. She shakes her head and laments, “Can’t wait for Whitaker to return”.

After everything they’ve heard, the new med students have started envisioning what this mysterious Dr. Whitaker must be like. They imagine he’s scary if he can intimidate Dr. Robby, the biggest most intimidating doctor in the Pitt.

On Friday, word travels that Dr. Whitaker will be coming in for a swing shift before returning to his regular schedule. They see Dr. Robby perk up at this and observe how he gets more anxious the closer it gets to 1 pm. He glances at the ambulance bay and checks his phone frequently.

Finally, at 12:45 pm, someone shouts out, “Whitaker! Thank God!”

The med students all quickly glance up in a nervous sweat, scanning the floor for anyone who looks even mildly scary. Imagine their surprise when they all look to see Dana walk around the desk at the Hub with her arms raised and tightly embrace a small, 5’7 mousy boy who looks like he could still be in college.

The boy—Dr. Whitaker, as they’ve recently discovered —chuckles and drops his bag at his feet before returning the hug.

“Was it that bad?” he laughed.

She pulled back and grabbed him by the shoulders, “Like you wouldn’t believe”

“Where is he anyways?” Dr. Whitaker looks around the floor and locks eyes with one of the students. His eyebrows raise and he turns back to Dana.

“I didn’t realize it was already time for the next rotation, let me go introduce myself.”

“You go do that, kid. I’ll find Robby. He’s probably hiding”

He walks out of Dana’s hold and picks up his bag before making his way toward the students. They straighten up immediately, unsure what to make of the doctor they’ve heard so much yet so little about.

He smiles brightly and waves, “Hello! I’m Dr. Whitaker, one of the senior residents here in the ED. I hope you’ve all enjoyed your rotation so far; I apologize for not being here at the beginning of it”

They all nod politely while taking a second to process. Seriously? This is the guy Dr. Robby was scared of?

As if they’ve summoned him, they see Dr. Robby walking behind Dr. Whitaker. It’s as though Dr. Whitaker can sense him, because he turns around and says, “And where do you think you’re going?”

Dr. Robby freezes. “Oh! Hey hun. I was just looking for you..”

“Hun”?? Now they’re really confused.

“Uh huh. You wanna tell me why I’ve been getting texts all week from Trin about you? About how you’ve been acting?” It’s like a switch flipped. Dr. Whitaker lost his friendly demeanor and has turned into something not unlike that of a teacher chastising a child. He looks expectantly at Dr. Robby with his arms crossed.

“Um, well you see..” Dr. Robby sheepishly started but Dr. Whitaker cut him off.

“Look, if you miss me that badly, just call me. Don’t terrorize your staff. Especially not while there’s new students. It gives a bad impression.”

He looks up at Dr. Robby and gives him an exasperated yet friendly smile. Though, friendly might not be the right word.

The students watch in shock as Dr. Whitaker reaches up and outright cups Dr. Robby’s cheek, patting it slightly before lowering his hand where Dr. Robby catches it and brings it to his chest.

“I didn’t want to bother you while you were at your conference.” They’ve never seen Dr. Robby this shy before. It’s like he’s a completely different man around this Dr. Whitaker person.

“Oh, c’mon. Don’t pull that. You know you could never bother me. Now go do your attending stuff and we’ll talk later. I need to put my bag away and say hey to Trin before she finds me and strangles me for ignoring her” He rolls his eyes and withdraws his hand.

Dr. Robby nods and looks as though he’s going to say something else but he just grabs Dr. Whitaker’s shoulder and squeezes it before walking toward Central.

Dr. Whitaker turns back to the students, who are all agape taking in the scene that just transpired.

He chuckles and shakes his head slightly, “I’m sorry about my husband. He gets grumpy when I’m away for too long.” He claps his hands in front of his chest, “Now! How about some introductions?”

Husband! It all makes sense for them now.

They introduce themselves and continue with their shift. Every now and then they look up to see Dr. Whitaker and Dr. Robby huddled together smiling and talking quietly.

After the shift ends, they can understand now how those two would be married. It’s like they’re two halves of a whole. During procedures, they worked as if they could predict each other’s moves. They passed surgical tools before the other even asked for it. During down time, they would catch each other’s eye across the floor and smile softly before returning to their individual tasks. Dr. Robby has never been more pleasant.

The med students don’t know what kind of man Dr. Whitaker is yet, but they sure are glad that he’s back.

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But now he's started dating Robby he really wants it to work because he's not felt this way about someone before. He's scared his true self will scare him off so he tries to keep it hidden. He keeps his distance and tries desperately to be casual. Restricting his contact to two or three messages a day, only spending one night a week at Robby's, being overly professional at work. He's convinced with this precautions in place he won't send Robby running.

Robby is so confused as to why his boyfriend barely wants to spend time with him. When they were just friends Dennis was so attentive and a constant presence. He'd send morning and goodnight texts, make sure their lunch breaks aligned at least three times a week, always looking for any excuse to spend time at Robby's. Now he's practically vanished.

Cue Robby spiralling because now he thinks Dennis never wanted more than friendship but felt he couldn't say no because at the end of the day Robby's his boss. It was Robby who suggested the first date, it was Robby who initiated the first kiss, it was Robby who wanted to become exclusive. Poor Dennis was just dragged along for the ride.

Eventually Robby tries to talk to Dennis, he's sure if they talk properly they can at least go back to being friends. He misses having Dennis around so he'd go back to what they had before if he had to. He asks him if he thinks it’s working between them or if maybe they were better as friends. Dennis panics and tries to work out what 'crazy boyfriend' shit he's done to push Robby away.

"Is it because I left my toothbrush at your house?"

"No, I didn't even notice."

"Were the home cooked packed lunches too much?"

"No, I loved those."

"Is it because I started using your aftershave?"

"No, I liked that."

Suddenly Dennis' heart drops, the list on his phone. Alphabetised baby names, each one ending with Robinavitch.

"Have you been on my phone?"

Now it's Robby's turn to panic, why would Dennis be so scared of him going on his phone. Unless there are messages on there that Dennis would rather he not sees.

"No, why? Are you seeing someone else?"

"As if! I'm far too in love with you to date anybody else."

Dennis realised what he's said, he's done it again and come on too strong. He's just about to apologise when suddenly he's being scooped up into Robby's arms as he whispers over and over how much he loves Dennis too.

Do not worry, the Granny is safe and sound! 😂

He really hopes this isn’t one of those cases where you’re suddenly hit with lung cancer out of the blue, since he’s never smoked, but when the X-ray arrives, and his colleague sits him down to look at it, the situation is worse than he could have imagined.

Because those bulbs growing in his lungs aren’t tumors, and they certainly aren’t operable. They’re flower buds that will bloom soon and cause him a slow, painful death, unless the hospital is kind enough to sedate him first.

Because there is no other alternative. Because he won’t go to Dennis to confess his undying love and then leave the boy feeling guilty because Dennis couldn’t save him -because Dennis doesn’t love him, obviously- so how could he even try to talk about it?

Word gets around -it’s hard to avoid- and everyone at the clinic urges him to at least try to say something to this mysterious person (but Robby smiles sadly, because no one knows it’s Dennis, or they wouldn’t even try to convince him), everyone except Dennis, who looks at him with sad, pleading eyes, but Robby doesn’t know what for.

Meanwhile, Dennis is developing the same condition.

Because Robby is about to die. Robby is about to die because the person he’s in love with doesn’t love him back, and why can’t that person be Dennis? Dennis would love him with every fiber of his being, but apparently, they aren’t meant to be together.

Dennis can’t tell Robby he loves him; what’s the point? Dennis also thinks he’s too young to die, that it’s not fair, and that he’s already been through so much in life; at the very least, God could have sent him a man who loved him back. But maybe this is his punishment; maybe God isn’t happy that he’s attracted to men.

Dennis and Robby glance at each other in the emergency room hallways when they think the other isn’t looking.

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“I was dreaming about you,” Dennis whispers in the dark, and feels Michael’s chest rise slightly.

But Jack does get that call.

Not as an emergency contact. But as his best friend. Because it’s Robby calling him from a small town in the middle of nowhere -Broken Bow, Nebraska- and telling him he’ll return at the end of his sabbatical, but only to pack up his things and move away.

my mother, completely deadpan: well are they reviewing the theatrical release or director's cut.

me:

A follower of mine asked me this months ago, now I found the time to do it X’D Soulmates AU when you have the name of your soulmate’s on you wrist <3