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Dennis Whitaker grew up learning that love could hurt—and that silence was the only way to survive it.
On a quiet farm in Broken Bow, the only place he ever found peace was a hidden lake beyond the apple trees. It was there he met Derek, his first love, a boy who made him believe in something more. In escape. In freedom. In a life beyond the one chosen for him.
But when their secret is discovered, Dennis is forced into an impossible choice—one that will follow him for the rest of his life.
Sent away to be “fixed,” he learns how to bury what he’s done. How to silence desire. How to become someone else.
Years later, he’s still trying to walk the path he was given.
But when he meets two men who make him question everything he thought he had buried— maybe the right path was never meant to be straight.
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19 Jun 2026
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It's his very first shift and Dennis has already discovered an issue with his ED rotation.
Every time their attending, who he is expected to report every damn decision to, glances in Dennis’ direction, his breath catches and stomach flutters. And if that wasn’t enough, it gets drastically worse whenever the man speaks directly to him. The first time Robby asked Dennis a question, he’d blushed. Blushed.
Or, Dennis has a heart condition and maybe also a crush. Or two. He's used to dealing with everything alone, until his two married attendings prove he doesn't have to.
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11 Jun 2026
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Dennis Whitaker tried to find answers in God. When that didn't work, he turned to medicine.
And when that didn't work, he turned to the two married attendings.
Or I heard we were making Dennis Whitaker have religious trauma and I decided to help out.
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- Part 1 of i retract and repent in dust and ashes
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11 Jun 2026
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It’s nearing the end of his shift. Only two more days to the ER rotation. Dennis is beginning to see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Starts to feel the clean, crisp rays of freedom, he could almost reach out and feel them lapping at the tip of his outstretched hand.
But then, he takes a sharp turn, his foot slamming oddly against the floor. He’s on his way to see a patient, a young girl, is about to sign off and tell her mom pedes has a room for her. But he probably stepped wrong, each next step he takes marred by a dull throbbing pain that shoots up his right leg and sits in his hip.
He gets a brief spell of dizziness, followed by a shock of goosebumps racing up his arms. The overhead lights in the hallway are scorching his eyes, and when did it get so cold in here? And why was the floor spinning, and getting so close to his face?
And that was the last he remembered before everything went dark.
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- Part 1 of Baby, it’s alright
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27 May 2026
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"Jack certainly hadn't been expecting his husband to bring home a stray. But, he'd taken one look at the kid, bag slung over his arm and looking like a deer in headlights, and knew in an instant they'd be keeping him for a while."
Jack and Robby are the happily married attendings.
Whitaker is the homeless, broke third-year intern.
Of course they were always going to take him home.
Just not like that.
Right?
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12 May 2026