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Dennis hears the revving of a motorbike engine, disturbing his reverie and making him frown. It’s late — who in their right mind is out driving around on a motorbike? He waits for it to pass, so he can slip back into thinking about Robby and dinner and what they might do after dinner, when the engine cuts out. Dennis lifts his head, eyes opening, taking a second to adjust—
“Need a ride?” Robby asks him, holding out a spare helmet to Dennis. "Jack told me you only just left.”
He steps forward, taking the helmet from Robby. “So you’ve been spying on me?”
“The whole time I’ve been gone.” Robby nods, as Dennis swings himself onto the back of the bike. He winds his arms around Robby’s waist, tucks himself in against his back, and contents himself with the familiar warmth of his body as Robby starts the bike up again.
~*~
In October, Robby comes home. Dennis tries to decide what that means for them both.
A sequel to In a room full of people, I look for you
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19 Mar 2026
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“I don’t know what I want to do.” Dennis admits. He looks over at Robby, staring at the side of his face. They’ve been closer than this before, but being in the car together feels strangely intimate. “What would you do?”
“If it was me… I’d at least go for that dinner. But I’m not you. You need to do what’s best for you, Dennis.”
There it is again, his name from Robby’s mouth. It makes his attention linger, still staring at Robby’s face. Dennis is once again overwhelmed with the urge to just bury his face in Robby’s neck and pretend the world doesn’t exist, but that’s not the grown up thing to do. He squeezes his eyes shut for a second, rubs his temples with his fingertips as Robby continues, “Carry your patients with you as much or as little as you like. Find your balance. But remember that you’re human.”
Dennis opens his eyes to the countryside fading away and the city bleeding in. He knows Robby is right. That’s what he needs: balance.
In his last year of med school, Dennis learns to let go of the guilt that plagues him.
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18 Mar 2026
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The ER has always been where Dennis Whitaker feels most like himself—fast, chaotic, and full of people he trusts with his life. But with Robby gone and new leadership changing the rules, Dennis suddenly finds himself on the outside of the work he loves. Balancing a heart condition he can’t outrun, and feelings he’s never quite put into words, becomes harder than expected.
Or a story where three months apart turns out to be just harder than Dennis thought. His heart might break in more than one way.
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- Part 2 of Conditional Life
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15 Mar 2026
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Dennis struggles with a death in the family, an inappropriate situationship with his boss, and a shift that refuses to end.
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- Part 1 of i dare you try
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14 Mar 2026
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Whitaker quits smoking, gets a shiner by the ambulance bay, and falls in love with his attending. Not exactly in that order.
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14 Mar 2026