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When a patient high on rut pills triggers an unplanned one in Robby, he must be ready for the worst.
The hospital requires him to take sick days to go through it with someone, but Robby wants to do it all by himself.Jack doesn't seem to agree.
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When his doctor breaks the news to him, Robby can’t say he’s surprised.
He’s not an endocrinologist, but he had put his diagnosis together before even booking his appointment. The hot flashes that left him dazed and sweaty, the random bouts of tachycardia that for once were not anxiety induced, the migraines whenever he smelled something strong enough to break through the haze of his meds -- he put two and two together and realized the warning label on his suppressants finally caught up to him.
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“Yeah, but this?” Robby lifts the photo slightly. “This is new. It's like I'm meeting part of you I've never known, y'know?"
Jack reaches past him, close enough that his arm brushes Robby’s side, to take the photo. He barely looks at it.
He slides it back into the box with careful precision and closes the lid on the box.
“Old life,” he says. Simple. Final.
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Robby spots some interesting stuff in Jack's storage unit and wants to see more.
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Whenever Robby enters the trauma room Dennis is in, he straightens his shoulders and lets his eyes drop to the nylon tiles. He only ever looks up when he is sure the older man is busy inspecting something else, like doctors are supposed to, like their job is to save lives and not stare down their colleagues. Sometimes, Robby catches him in the act, and it sends something straight from his gut to somewhere lower. Usually, they hold that eye contact for a few seconds, not moving or saying anything. He feels like he is on trial, seen and evaluated by something greater than himself. There is no air inflating or deflating his lungs when this happens. It feels like pain, feels like salvation. The momentary bliss of being the sole focus of his God after yearning for it all day. As if his prayers have been heard.
Then Robby blinks and looks away, so Dennis can breathe again.
Dennis stops Robby from going on his sabbatical. Things get complicated.
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Of all the plans Robby made for his three-month sabbatical, he never expected to end up on his own doorstep, trying to break into his own house.