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    “There’s nothing wrong with liking men, sir,” Dennis told him gently.

    “I wish that was the issue, Dennis, I really do,” Dr. Robby said. His use of Dennis’s first name was jarring, but the younger man felt a thrilling warmth at the sound. Then Dr. Robby was looking at him, communicating something with those crinkled and emotional eyes, a sad smile hiding in his beard. “It would be an abuse of power,” he said softly. “I’d be the kind of man I’d always detested. The one’s who don’t own their age… who want things not meant for them. Who even has the thought…”

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    Dennis Whitaker runs into his attending having a panic attack at a gay bar.
    Maybe his guidance is just what Doctor Robby needs in these trying times?

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    30 Jul 2026

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    If anyone asked, Robby could easily tell the story with a lovesick smile and eyes focused only on the younger man as if he hung the moon and stars himself. A rough hand caressing his arm before intertwining their fingers.

    “It was almost like fate.” He would say, awe in his tone, still surprised at how this man chose to be with him.

    If anyone asked Dennis, he would look at you with furrowed eyebrows and a slowly reddening face as he’d reply, “What do you mean? Dr. Robby and I aren’t dating.”

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    5 + 1 of everyone knowing that dennis and robby are together except for dennis

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    25 Jun 2026

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    Dennis Whitaker's path to becoming a doctor turned out to be more difficult and confusing than he had expected, and it was all because of senior emergency physician Michael Robinavich.

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    23 May 2026

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    During a lonely night on the abandoned 8th floor, Whitaker is spiraling. He decides to make a phone call.

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    “Whitaker, it's 2 AM.”

    Whitaker let out a shaky breath. “Yeah.”

    “Why are you calling me?”

    He didn't know how to answer that question. There was no way to answer that question without embarrassing himself.

    Sorry, Dr. Robby. I’m lonely. I miss my family. I'm thinking about all of the patients I’ve lost. I know you've lost hundreds more, and I know this is just part of the job, and I should just get used to it, but my fucking soul hurts. I feel like a failure. I miss my mom. I wish she loved me more than she loves God. Is that a fucked up thing to say?

    Maybe I’m not cut out for this.

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    09 May 2026

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    “I haven’t really been to a wedding where I’ve, uh… let loose. But, hey,” Dennis shrugged, “maybe I’m doing it wrong.”

    “If I hadn’t already agreed to go to this conference, I’d offer to go with you,” Robby said casually. “Show you how it’s done. I’ve got a good track record as a plus-one, too.” Dennis had to say something. To interrupt. To shut this down. But what was he supposed to say? No, you can’t be my plus one, because I lied about my cousin, and there is no wedding, and it seems a little weird to bring a date to a fucking funeral– “Apparently parents love it when you bring home a doctor.”

    And just like that, the bubble popped.

    “I’m not gay,” Dennis snapped.

    He had never hated the sound of his own voice as much as he did right then.

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    Or, Dennis is anxiously headed home for a "wedding" in Broken Bow, Nebraska, the details of which are increasingly fuzzy. Robby's got a medical conference in Omaha that same weekend. So they carpool. Seventeen hours both ways in an enclosed space with no way out except a tuck and roll. This'll go great.

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    05 May 2026