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i also don't think Whittaker and Santos would tell anyone they're living together. Whittaker would be like i can't tell anyone i moved in with Santos or they'll find out i was secretly living in the hospital and Santos is like i can't tell anyone i let Whittaker move in with me that'll destroy my reputation. so they just silently agree to arrive at work separately and not discuss it at work.
eventually after like 6 months Whittaker lets it slip and everyone's very confused bcos firstly no-one thought they were friends and secondly why have they kept this totally normal thing a secret
has dennis seen the sea before. i dont think he has, especially coming from a landlocked state like nebraska. pennsylvania doesn't have a border that connects to the ocean. the only thing close is the shoreline on lake erie (correct me if im wrong). has he ever experienced the sandy shores of the beach, the call of seagulls circling overhead, the feeling of waves crashing against your legs and it's freezing cold but you look forward and the blue against blue seems to stretch on forever. it's a different sort of vastness from the corn fields he grew up in. its nothing like the mesmerizing, rippling digital blues he saw every night on the old tv they were supposed to throw out that he and his brothers snuck into their "secret" treehouse. it's breathtaking. and maybe he'll sit on one of those driftwood logs in cargo shorts soaked to the bone and just breathe, the salty sea air refreshingly unfamiliar. maybe make a sandcastle for the first time. dig up a giant hole in the ground with trinity and fill it up with sea water. and maybe when he looks at her when she laughs as he trips and falls face first into the water at some point, he'll see his older brother's face. think to himself, 'yeah, they'd love it here'.
idk man. growing up in california made me realize just how lucky i am to be able to experience such a variety of settings all in one state. and how it must feel for people well into their teenage or adult years to experience the beauty of the ocean for the first time.
the unfortunate thing about the second season being 10 months into the future is that we'll never see a bit where javadi gets to private investigator levels of nosy about why santos and whitaker are Like That and concludes they are dating. and when she tells them this, they both look at her like she's killed their childhood pets.
nothing more i want in the world rn than a looong outsider pov fic of the pitt crew each finding out that santos and whit are best friends. feed that shit to me slowly like grapes i cant stop thinking about them
do we share one mind, anon?
this is my favorite concept ever actually (as if my posts don't make that obvious). i'm going to gnaw on this for the next few hours if you don't mind.
THE PITT | S01E01 "7:00 A.M."
If that took her out, she'll be lucky to make it through this rotation. I got fifty bucks says she doesn't last through this shift. Come on! Put your money where your mouth is. Uh, no. I didn't say anything, okay? And I sure as hell don't have fifty bucks. I'll be this lady's age before I pay off my student loans.
did you really think i was letting you leave all of this in the tags? (@wittywallflower)
santos and whitaker scenes i want to see in season two:
sharing a tupperware of lumpia for lunch.
whenever one of them finds out about gossip, the first thing they do is try to find the other one.
santos, while trying to get a reluctant whitaker to do something for her: c'mon huckleberry! den, denny- c'mon.
silent communication using the eyes, even better if it's blatantly in front of other people.
santos turning to whitaker, about to ask him to fetch her something, and the camera pans to whitaker with said thing already in his hand.
just one mention of a shared spotify playlist between them. please.
both of them sitting in santos' car and silently decompressing after the shift.
santos and whitaker scenes i want to see in season two:
sharing a tupperware of lumpia for lunch.
whenever one of them finds out about gossip, the first thing they do is try to find the other one.
santos, while trying to get a reluctant whitaker to do something for her: c'mon huckleberry! den, denny- c'mon.
silent communication using the eyes, even better if it's blatantly in front of other people.
santos turning to whitaker, about to ask him to fetch her something, and the camera pans to whitaker with said thing already in his hand.
just one mention of a shared spotify playlist between them. please.
both of them sitting in santos' car and silently decompressing after the shift.
dennis neglected hamster whitaker…
the unfortunate thing about the second season being 10 months into the future is that we'll never see a bit where javadi gets to private investigator levels of nosy about why santos and whitaker are Like That and concludes they are dating. and when she tells them this, they both look at her like she's killed their childhood pets.
How cute would it be if Dennis started calling Trinity “Tom Sawyer” as a nickname since her initials are T.S. and since she already calls him Huckleberry? 🥰
i had not considered this. we're so back.
the unfortunate thing about the second season being 10 months into the future is that we'll never see a bit where javadi gets to private investigator levels of nosy about why santos and whitaker are Like That and concludes they are dating. and when she tells them this, they both look at her like she's killed their childhood pets.
adding dr. dennis whitaker to the list of men I want to put in a jar and shake
being a true whitaker fan means that you are required to be a santos defender. it's what he would want.
Long John Silver’s is in rehab, so Santos will be stuck with the other two dweebs when there’s no attending probably…
ready for the trinity santos and dennis whitaker bestfriendship of all time on levels that no one else can comprehend. i need them to walk into the next season arguing about how trinity broke the coffee machine in the one singular way where it's unfixable. need dennis to talk about how someone tried to break into the apartment and trinity broke their arm in five places. they watch shitty medical dramas together and get genuinely angry at inaccuracies and use said inaccuracies to quiz each other. trinity took no less than 100 pictures on dennis's residency match day. dennis tells trinity that he's survived multiple tornadoes and her only reaction was calling him a loser because he's never been stormchasing. this isn't even all the thoughts i've had and i finished the finale 15 minutes ago
the pitt + text posts
yeah i think he does deserve a smoke break after that 1st hellish shift
kind of obsessed with whatever this pose is.
so, season two will be langdon's first day back from rehab, right?
i hope no one tells him about santos and whitaker. obviously when langdon comes back there's going to be some tension between him and her, like there was when he came back during the crisis.
so, whitaker's got constant one-sided beef with him in the first couple episodes. it's subtle enough that no one picks up on it, just hard stares across the room and terse words whenever it's just the two of them. and he's not even doing it for santos or anything—she would hate that—he just can't act like he doesn't see the way langdon behaves with her.
langdon's really confused. whitaker seemed like a nice kid when they met, so what gives?
then there's a scene where it's him, mel, and whitaker. mel asks whitaker what his plans are for after his shift and he offhandedly mentions movie night with a "trin" and eventually (an embarrassing amount of time, actually) langdon makes the connection and curses under his breath.
trinity and whitaker in ten months
thinking about whitaker half a year into the roommate arrangement. him gaining weight because he's eating more than stolen hospital food. the dark circles under his eyes lightening up because he's sleeping on a proper bed. not having to think about where he's crashing that night when he clocks out of work.
First hour -> Last hour The Pitt (2025 - )
bisexual dennis whitaker. bisexual dennis whitaker who got bullied by his older brothers for acting like a fag. bisexual dennis whitaker who fidgets with the cross on his neck whenever he sees a pretty guy. bisexual dennis whitaker who's honestly relieved that santos would rather talk about anything else than guys. bisexual dennis whitaker who winces when he hears the name nancy. bisexual dennis whitaker who doesn't think to experiment because he's still attracted to women. is this making sense? are you seeing my vision?
the unfortunate thing about the second season being 10 months into the future is that we'll never see a bit where javadi gets to private investigator levels of nosy about why santos and whitaker are Like That and concludes they are dating. and when she tells them this, they both look at her like she's killed their childhood pets.
do you think whitaker had someone close to him seriously ill or suffered a fatal accident and he couldn't save them due to the hospital being too far away in broken bow. do you think he held them in their last moments and that's why he took mr. milton's death so hard. do you think when he calls home he always feels so so guilty after because they need to work harder in his absence and he knows he's practically homeless but he's supposed to be "living it up in the big city" like one of his older brothers said. do you think living far distance from his family makes him anxious as hell because what if something happens and hes not there??? do you think when he closed his eyes at night on that rickety cot up in that empty hospital wing he tucked that raggedy blanket as close as possible to remind him of home, curled up by the fireplace and listening to the nightlife and rustle of the fields. do you think he sits outside in the park and just *listens* so he can pretend he's back in broken bow playing in the sun, roughhousing with his brothers. do you think he felt lonely when they slowly pulled away from him once they had to do more work on the farm. do you
hot take. Despite having the biggest saddest eyes and pathetic vibes, Whitaker is not shaking like a chihuahua nervous about life, he's actually pretty fucking steady and rolls with things as they happen to him. things just happen to him A Lot
i read a post somewhere that said something along the lines of “dr santos wants people to believe she doesn’t care but in reality she cares too much” and you can really see that when she invites whitaker over at her apartment. she lives alone in an apartment with a spare room. maybe it was a temporary situation, maybe she simply can afford it. it doesn’t really matter. she lives alone and it could stay that way if she just turned a blind eye. she could leave whitaker, pretend she didn’t see. people could argue that basically everyone in the pitt is kind enough to extend a landing hand and i believe that to be 100% true, but what matters is that dr santos did it. the one who everyone thought was heartless just for being arrogant. trinity santos saw this guy and said “fuck it. you’re coming with me. i’m not gonna stop making fun of you but if you don’t come with me now i’ll use my krav maga skills to bring you home myself.”
trinity santos the woman who had a close friend kill herself because of an abusive older man. trinity santos the woman who could’ve been that friend because mental illness has a hungry grip that spares no one. dr robby could be that person and dr santos doesn’t know. every single character could be that person and we wouldn’t even know because we, much just like dr santos, were allowed no more than a peek in these people’s lives. we only have a vague idea what they look like on the outside, what demons they’re fighting against. any day now, that person could be whitaker. could be any patient dr santos can’t save.
dr santos’ arrogance isn’t a lie, but it’s not a complete truth either; there are so many layers etched under her façade and it think whitaker is a great way to show that. they can be so beneficial to each other in terms of character exploration and development.