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There's this feeling in her chest, something heavy, yet hollow. Something that tells her she doesn't fit anymore - she used to, she knows that. She used to feel at home in this ER and with these people. But now, now there's a distance in the glances she gets, a quizzical judgement. Almost as if they're asking why she's still here.
I don't know! She wants to scream at them. But I also don't know where else to go. She admits to herself quiety.
It fills her brain with static and her body with discomfort.
But it's funny. All of that stops.
The noise. The frustration. The worry.
It all stops when she looks at him.
And he stands there, like a safe haven. The eye of the storm, nothing but pure calm laced into a prosthetic with salt and pepper hair.
It calls to her like a lighthouse, beckoning her in with nowhere else to go.
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01 Jun 2026
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"I don’t think I’m used to people touching me anymore.”
“I know what you mean,” she says. “Obviously, I’m touching people all the time but it’s… different, right? When it’s patients and their families?”
“Yeah.” He scrapes at the label on his beer bottle with the nail of his thumb.
“When I was in undergrad, I read this article about people needing… well, I guess it was women, but I’m not sure that matters… a certain number of non-sexual touches every day. It was mostly about mental health, but I think about it a lot.”
He thinks she’s probably thinking about her mental health a lot more lately than usual, too. “What’s the right number of touches?”
“Thirteen,” she says. Her voice sounding a little defeated. “Thirteen non-sexual touches every day. But not just any touch. It’s going to be purposeful touching. And it should be someone you’re close to. Family. A partner. Friends. Just brushing up against a stranger or shaking hands with a colleague isn’t enough to start the flow of dopamine and oxytocin.”
“Thirteen. That’s not so many.”
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30 May 2026
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“He's probably one of those men who’s obsessed with their wives,” her friend had said sagely.
Twist of the wrist. Her wound jagged now. Harder to stitch back together. It was all so stupid. She asked Mandy to tell her that. Get it in my head that I’m being so fucking stupid.
“Show me a picture?” Mandy had asked instead. So Samira did. A goddamn screenshot she took from his public Facebook profile picture, because of course that was the only place she could find a picture of him. But he wasn’t holding a fish in it or anything. It was, inexplicably, an artsy affair clearly captured on real film, no filter. He was sitting forward in a chair below a gallery wall of oil paintings, a trailing plant a paid actor rounding out the top right corner. His elbows were on his knees, flash illuminating his eyes, throwing the corded muscles of his forearms in shadow as he clasped his hands just in front of his chin. Candid and casual. At fucking ease, with his stark wedding ring in center frame.
Oh shit, oh shit, her friend had texted back. I’m sorry, that’s devastating.
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Abbot's married. Extremely married. Samira gets through it.
(aka how they became inseparable)
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- Part 2 of comeback kid
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29 May 2026
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Jack Abbot is a gentleman.
This wasn’t something he was born with, obviously. His sisters whipped him into shape growing up, not to mention Mama, who would always fix him with a steely look if he gave her lip. Jack Abbot— no, Doctor Jack Abbot is charming. He’s direct, but not insensitive. He’s realistic, but not depressing. Finding that balance there, somewhere between confident and efficient, that was where he filled in. That translated eventually to reassuring residents, offering them advice in a way that wasn’t harsh, like Robby, but helpful. Constructive. That translated to mildly flirty conversations with Myrna, handing off a lighter to Dana in the smoking area, patting Robby on the back after a long day (or night, depending on the shift).
And apparently, being a gentleman translated to completely ignoring his crush on Samira Mohan.
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26 May 2026
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Dr. Samira Mohan agrees to one night out.
Dr. Jack Abbot attends to make sure she gets home safely.
Neither of them is prepared for what happens when nothing goes wrong.
(eventual canon divergence - written before 2x09 was released!)
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24 May 2026