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    Dennis Whitaker stumbles onto Dr. Jack Abbot having a panic attack on the hospital roof and helps him through it.

    After that, Abbot can’t stop noticing things.
    How tired Dennis looks.
    How often he skips meals.
    How he never seems to go home.

    So Abbot comes up with a plan: offer Dennis a highly exclusive position as his in-house research assistant in an effort to help Dennis get back on his feet. Strictly for therapeutic reasons, of course.

    (Not therapist approved.)

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    21 Jul 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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    20 May 2026

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    First, Dennis accidentally taps Dr. Robby on Grindr and Dr. Robby offers to help him with his profile.

    Then, things get complicated.

    [a social media au]

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    04 Mar 2026

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    In Robby's absence, Jack Abbot's roof contemplation feels colder, more tempting than before. He expects another brisk solitary evening, but instead finds a resident breaking in his spot. He really can't help but comfort someone else, can he?

    -or-

    Jack Abbot and Dennis Whitaker have sad lives. At least they can share them.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    “Do you actually have a place to live?”

    Dennis has never been a good liar, and Jack Abbot’s unrelenting stare might as well be a polygraph test.

    “I’m currently between places,” he admits.

    Abbot works his jaw, head tilting to the side as he continues to assess Dennis like he’s a patient in his ED.

    “Do you own a car?” He asks, his voice sounding softer to Dennis but maybe it's just dampened by the sound of his own pulse in his ears.

    “Not at the moment, no, I’m actually-”

    “Between cars?” Abbot finishes for him.

    Shame pushes Dennis’s head down. “Yeah, something like that.”

    Abbot continues to stare at him -does this guy ever blink?- before he sighs and shakes his head.

    "Alright, pack your shit," He orders, clearly having heard enough.

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    Jack discovers Dennis instead of Trinity. Behind closed doors, neither of them is really holding it together, and an unlikely support system is formed.

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    12 May 2026

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