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Rather suddenly, with only an hour left on shift, Robby turns his wrath on Dennis.
Rather suddenly, Robby's three-month-long motorcycle-themed suicide sabbatical turns into three months of intensive outpatient mental health treatment.
His house key ends up on Dennis's keyring all the same.
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09 Aug 2026
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Robby is known to be a bit of white knight, sometimes to his own detriment. That impulse is certainly to blame when it comes to bringing a homeless Dennis Whitaker to stay in his guest room.
Turns out, Dennis can out white knight him any day of the week.
A series in which Robby and Dennis do their messy best to take care of each other. Canon divergence S1 series finale, best read in order.
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08 Aug 2026
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02 Aug 2026
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“Don’t you have Mateo’s number?”
That’s right. Dennis does have Mateo’s number. How can Dennis say that, at the end of the day, he would always want to run to Robby in a crisis?
“Er, I didn’t think he’d be awake?”
They both know this is a lie. Robby laughs, something mocking in the undercurrent. Somehow, even this unkindness is welcome, his voice acting like a soothing balm against Dennis's flushed skin. “Right. And an old man like me was definitely going to be awake at this time.”
“I knew you’d say the right thing, that’s all. I mean, I feel like you usually do. When it matters.”
or, Dennis calls Robby to be his fake boyfriend for the night.
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29 Jul 2026
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28 Jul 2026
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Dennis Whitaker is not responsible for what happens when you give him leverage. He knows when to step in, when to stay out of the way, and, apparently, exactly how to get his husband to behave.
Or: the Pitt discovers that sending Whitaker works – and Dennis discovers just how far he can push it.
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- Part 2 of Code Whitaker
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22 Jul 2026
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Dana Evans has seen it all in thirty years at the Pitt. She knows what works, what doesn’t, when to send someone else in, and exactly how long two idiots can dance around each other before it becomes everyone else’s problem.
Or: the unofficial rule every Pittling learns eventually – if Dr. Robby is in a mood, bring Dr. Whitaker.
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- Part 1 of Code Whitaker
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22 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.- Language:
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21 Jul 2026
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“Why does everyone keep looking at me like that?”
Robby’s mouth turns up at one corner, as if something about the question amuses him. “Probably because you’ve been walking around the floor all morning smelling like me.”
While out thrift shopping, Whitaker makes a purchase that shakes up the entire emergency department.
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19 Jul 2026
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Robby, after working a double-shift, looked like hell: deep dark circles under his eyes, greasy hair, hands so dry from the constant hand sanitizing and nitrile gloves that they were cracked and red. He smelled a bit sour, the way a person couldn't help when you've been awake too long and there wasn't time to wash away the stress sweat. His scrubs were stained with blood and mucus and dirt from saving his latest patient who'd been in a car accident.
And still Dennis wanted to hold him. Kiss him. Bury his nose in Robby's neck and breathe him in. Run his hands underneath his shirt to feel his belly and his hairy chest. Squeeze his subtle love handles and pull him close, so all Dennis could hear was his steady heartbeat, his quiet breathing, the rumble of his voice when he spoke Dennis's surname.
Dennis was in deep shit.
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17 Jul 2026
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“I put in 1095, but it won’t turn off!” Dennis shrieks, trying to be heard over the sound of the alarm. He knows that he didn’t get the numbers wrong because he’s staring right at them on the crumpled sticky note. “What am I doing wrong?”
“Did you push the off button?”
Dennis looks at the keypad, not seeing anything that says Off. “What?!”
“Put the code in and push the pound sign after.”
Dennis does as he’s told, except, in his panic, he hits the asterisk instead. “Shit.”
“It’s the hashtag,” Robby says, sounding entirely put out.
“I know what a pound sign is,” Dennis grumbles, hitting the button and noticing the word Off in the smallest font known to man under the #.
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Or, 5 times Dennis sets off Robby's alarm, + 1 time Robby does it himself.
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16 Jul 2026
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“Santos recently got into soccer and she’s been pulling Dennis into it,” Robby elaborated, and Dana couldn’t tell you why she didn't question in that moment why he knew that fact. “We’re talking about which team to support, since Pittsburgh doesn’t have one.”
“Robby doesn’t even have a team,” Whitaker complained, and the lack of honorific was so obvious in hindsight, though right then Dana had hardly questioned when the resident had gotten so comfortable with the attending. “He just roots for whoever is playing against Philly.”
“City loyalty,” Robby emphasized again, causing the younger man to roll his eyes once more and huff out an exasperated sigh.
“Sorry, kid,” Dana offered to Whitaker. “I’m with Robby on this one. Fuck Philly.”
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Three times Dennis and Robby's relationship should've been obvious to everyone around them, and the one time nobody could ignore it anymore.
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14 Jul 2026
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Robby: Myrna knows about us.
Dennis: how do you know
Robby: She asked me if we plan on hyphenating as Mr. and Mr. Fruitcake-Pussycat.
Dennis: i actually think it’s better than most of the options we haveOr: an entire year of Robby and Dennis's relationship, told entirely through text messages.
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- Part 1 of One Text at a Time
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14 Jul 2026
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“Who are you talking to? Mystery man?” Trin asks, turning her head towards him.
Doesn’t know how to answer her. Can’t just say Robby, because she’d think that’s weird. Not that he’s texting his boyfriend, because that’s not weird. But that he’s texting their boss, because she doesn’t know that he’s his boyfriend. No one does.
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- Part 26 of June of Doom
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14 Jul 2026
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Robby didn’t even like avocados. They were bitter and mushy, and the sickly green reminded him of the old, worn chairs in the waiting room.
Somehow, he couldn’t stop buying them.
It was all Santos’ fault.
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13 Jul 2026
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After the Fourth of July, Robby leaves.
Whitaker follows.
Somewhere between Pittsburgh and the Great Plains, Dennis convinces him to come home.
Or: A getting-together oneshot that turned into a series about Robby and Dennis figuring out what they want to be to each other. Featuring yearning, hurt (but also comfort), Jack Abbot serving as Robby’s unlicensed therapist, Trinity Santos suffering more than Jesus, quite a lot of smut, actually, and gratuitous references to the great state of Nebraska.
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11 Jul 2026
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Dennis Whitaker will never be the man Amy Miller needs him to be, no matter how hard he tries.
After an awkward kiss turns into a crisis about what he does (or doesn’t) want, he turns to an unexpected source of solace: his boss, currently halfway across the country on a road trip rapidly turning into an existential crisis.
The ensuing phone call changes everything.
Or: A (smutty) thesis on Dennis Whitaker, masculinity, and compulsory heterosexuality.
Now with a Part 2!
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10 Jul 2026
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Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
21 Jul 2026
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Grace has always been a teacher and it's not any different on Erid.
These are his adventures with his pebbles (and Rocky and Adrian of course)
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25 Jun 2026
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A Journey Unknown by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
21 May 2026
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“What is a ‘field trip’?”
The unexpected question makes me stop in my tracks. I stumble over my own two feet and almost bite my own tongue which is a new low, even for me. If I keep going like this I am never going to beat the clumsy human allegations. At least Rocky is not here. If he’d witnessed my latest embarrassing blunder he would have found ways to tease me about it for a week straight. It’s unfortunate that my class has to see me like this but they are a lot more forgiving and understanding of their ungraceful teacher than my best friend. A fact I like to hold over his head from time to time.
Not that he cares. He maintains that he’s earned the right to mock me as much as he likes after having to watch me stumble and fall repeatedly over the same threshold for four years.
And maybe he’s not wrong.
Don’t ever tell him I said that.
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There is no way Grace can take the pebbles on a field trip. At least not without help.
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- Part 2 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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28 May 2026
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The Greatest Act of Optimism by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still.
A child, I realize with a start.
That’s a child!
“Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.
“Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students.
Used.
The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”
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How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongsSeries
- Part 1 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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28 May 2026