royalgems
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
”You know, there’s a rule about cowboys and their hats.”
“Oh, so you’re a cowboy now are you?”
“I grew up on a farm, we had cattle. Plus I have the hat.”
“What do they say then?”
“Wear the hat, ride the cowboy.”Dennis Whitaker moved in with Trinity Santos. After months of squatting in the hospital he finally had a roof over his head, and in honestly he felt guilty about it. That is until he sees an advert for a casual hours stable hand. Finally he can earn some money and repay Santos for her generosity.
After Pittfest Robby got in contact with a therapist. He was surprised with how well it was going. He’d always been the type to express the need to talk about things to his patients, but he never took his own advice. Then after a conversation about his last vacation, his therapist suggests that equine therapy might be a good option for him. Little did he know he would meet his med student there, and strike up an unlikely bond.
Or,
Dennis and Robby meet at Dennis’ second job. Robby gets to see him in a different light, and against what they both know they begin to build a bond. One they’re determined to keep away from the prying eyes of the hospital.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 71,141
- Chapters:
- 26/30
- Comments:
- 243
- Kudos:
- 864
- Bookmarks:
- 224
- Hits:
- 24,432
Bookmarked by royalgems
27 Feb 2026
-
Tags
Summary
They aren’t his family, not in the traditional sense. But the idea that they might be, that they could be, unsettles him more than he wants to admit. It’s the same quiet dread that hit him when Collins said he had helped raise Amy. He doesn’t know why exactly. Maybe because imagining them as a family implies imagining him and Jack as something. And that’s just absurd, right?
Or: Robby has been a quiet constant in the lives of Abbot and his daughter, filling a space that was never clearly named. As they drift into their fifties, he begins to recognize that his feelings for Jack may have deepened into something real and perhaps impossible. Now he’s left wondering if this almost-family could ever truly be his.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,795
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Comments:
- 263
- Kudos:
- 1,589
- Bookmarks:
- 391
- Hits:
- 14,540
Bookmarked by royalgems
22 Feb 2026
-
Tags
Summary
You had toyed with the idea of texting Emma to explain that you and Robby weren’t a thing, that you just worked together, just happened to be attending the same wedding in a cruel twist of fate. Then you’d thought it through, realized that those messages would be screenshot, sent across family group chat upon family group chat. You just couldn’t risk it.
So now, you have to find Emma, pray that Robby and whoever he brought with him haven’t arrived at the reception yet, and won’t make this situation even more difficult than it’s already going to be.
Bookmarked by royalgems
19 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Elijah Whitaker comes to Pittsburgh to mend old family wounds with his little brother.
He's in for some surprises.Bookmarked by royalgems
19 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Just like on the ice, Petey is always in control when they kiss. It’s only been a week, maybe, since they’ve kissed like this, but Quinn’s not sure he could have lasted another second.
Quinn never feels quite so at home as he does when he’s wrapped up in Petey’s embrace.
He remembers the first time they kissed vividly.Or: Quinn may be smart when it comes to hockey, but he's an idiot when it comes to love. It takes him years to realize the depth of his feelings for Petey.
Luckily for him, Petey is patient.Bookmarked by royalgems
18 May 2024