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  1. Public Bookmark 19

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    What starts as awkward post‑shift check‑ins slowly becomes months of growing comfort, accidental intimacy, and two coworkers falling in love one message at a time.

    ****This fic is written in real time. Meaning every chapter is posted on the exact date and time Dennis and Robby text each other. If they don’t talk for a day, there’s no chapter that day. If they go a whole week without texting (because of some conflict in their story), then the fic goes a whole week without updating.

    Essentially, you’re reading their messages exactly as they happen until they eventually fall in love❤️

    UPDATE: Ok, SO. Quick update on how I’m posting this fic:
    From now on, each chapter will include the full day’s texts all at once. I’m still keeping the real dates and the natural timestamps in the story, but I’m not going to post them throughout the actual day anymore. As much as I love the aesthetic of dropping messages only when the characters text… ya girl has shit to do and I cannot be glued to my computer waiting for Dennis and Robby to hit send LOL
    So: same dates, same pacing, just delivered in one clean daily drop.

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    15 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 79

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    The summer before the events of Pittfest, Robby and Dennis meet in a coffee shop, and fall for each other hard and fast. Despite this, the both of them are trying to take it slow: Robby, afraid to mess it up, and Dennis, relatively new to relationships and Pittsburgh all together. Dennis's rotations go differently, and he's currently working in the NICU at PTMC when he attends Pittfest with some medical school friends.
    Robby, of course, is there when Dennis is brought in seriously injured. Their slow pace in the honeymoon phase comes to a crashing halt as they must figure out what comes next.

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    10 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 68

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    “Drinking and driving? On a fucking motorcycle? For what? For catharsis? Or just stupidity!?” Dennis snaps unconsciously.
    Robby manages a smile, his eyes closing. “That’s better?”
    “What?”
    Robby beckons Dennis with both hands. Dennis’ heart drops. His feet almost carry him forward across the rug, but he holds steady.
    “Call me out. Fucking lay into me. I’ve earned it.”

    Dennis receives a call in the middle of the night. He picks Robby up, and their dynamic might change completely.

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    02 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 49

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    One battle at a time, and currently med school and his living situation were the more important ones. Sex was helping him let go and relax, so that’s what he chose to focus on.

    He hurried out of the changing room after finishing dressing up, double checking his phone for the directions.

    Dennis had it all under control.

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    Or where both Dennis and Robby use casual hookups as stress relief, and not yet knowing each other meet up for sex. Things get out of hand and progress beyond a one-night stand, complicating things even before Dennis starts his rotation in the ED.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    Robby always tries not to get girlfriends gifts, doesn't like to give them the wrong idea, but—

    Dennis isn't a girlfriend, is he?

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    27 Jun 2026