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    robby lends whitaker his jacket during a particularly hard shift in the ER. when he gets it back the next day, he finds whitaker's notepad still tucked in the pocket, filled with absent-minded doodles and half-finished to-do lists.

    instead of returning it right away, robby adds a small note of his own.

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    "You do belong there."

    "In the ER?"

    "In my life." The words come easier now, once they've started. "You belong in my life, Dennis. That's what this was. All of this. I didn't know how to tell you, so I built you a farm instead."

    "It's not my farm."

    "It could be." Robby reaches out, slow enough that Dennis could pull away. He doesn't. Robby's hand lands on his, warm and calloused and real. "It could be ours. If you want it. If you want—"

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    04 Apr 2026

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    “Too hard to sleep knowing I’m there?” He teases, Robby smiles. Flicking away the ash as he lets out a low chuckle. “Something like that.”

    Dennis snorts, staring at his fingers as he tugs at the edge of his blanket. Robby keeps his hands to himself for a bit, it registers distantly that his face is slightly numb from the cold. But Robby is out here, and the bed is far colder when he’s alone than the balcony is when Robby is next to him.

    Robby sets his lips, stroking his beard in thought for a moment before he speaks. Far too calm.

    “Did you know I never wanted to get married?”

    Dennis looks up, the words falling flat between them.

    Oh.

    Well, no. He didn’t know that.

    “Uh, no.” Dennis stills, his jaw surely hangs open. His eyes sting inexplicably at this revelation.

    Or maybe it isn’t so inexplicable. Maybe he knows why it hurts. Of course he does. Because Dennis does want to get married. And he can’t imagine that with anyone but Robby.

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    Robby never wanted to get married, that is, until he met Dennis. He tells him as much, albeit inefficiently at first.

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    03 Apr 2026

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    “I didn’t break in,” Dennis protests, sounding mildly put out. “You gave me a key.”

    “Yeah,” Robby grumbles. “For emergencies.”

    “This is an emergency,” Dennis shrugs. He takes off his jacket and drapes it over the back of the chair.

    “It’s not an emergency,” Robby sighs. “It’s just a strained muscle.”

    “I don’t know,” Dennis says, staring down at him from narrowed eyes. “Looks like an emergency to me.”

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    03 Apr 2026

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    “Hey, Doctor Abbot.” Dennis said, trying to keep his voice steady. “Can I speak with you about something before you go?”
    Jack turned toward him immediately, following him back to the break room. “Everything okay?”
    “I… don’t know.” He hesitated. “I’m concerned. About Robby.”
    Something flickered across Jack’s face. For a moment, it was unmistakably grave, but just as quickly, he smoothed it over. “Why do you say that?”

    Or, Dennis sounds the alarm, and Robby’s 3-month sabbatical turns into a 2-month psychiatric hold.

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