Ex-Amish Whitaker
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On Dennis Whittaker’s 21st birthday, his mother hugged him, told him she loved him, and said they would never speak again.
Dennis said he understood, even though it hurt more then he'd ever thought a human heart could bear.
His Meidung began on the porch of the house his great-grandfather built with his bare hands.
And he hasn’t spoken to his family since.
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Or: Dennis grew up Amish and left his home to become a doctor. An exploration of what it means to leave, and what it takes to stay.Series
- Part 1 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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Mel’s sister has gone off the deep end with her pickling obsession, and Mel is one more jar of Lisa Frank cucumbers away from snapping. Luckily, Dennis has some surprisingly practical advice, courtesy of his upbringing.
Or: Dennis used to be Amish, and it turns out he’s got some good tips about food preservation.
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- Part 2 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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Dennis walked away from everything he knew and everyone he loved to become a doctor.
And he's done a decent job keeping that part of his life under wraps. Not because he’s ashamed of it (lie, to be unpacked later), but because it’s easier to let his coworkers think he’s just a quiet farm boy from Nebraska and not someone who gave up the only world he’d ever known to chase something else entirely.
At least, until now.
All it takes is a shouting match and one ER full of bored medical professionals and suddenly The Pitt's rumor mill has a new favorite subject.
Him.
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- Part 3 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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"Did you, like, make your own shoes?" Victoria inquires.
“Uh, no. We bought them like normal people,” Dennis says, taking a sip of his drink. “But mostly we went barefoot, especially in the summer, unless we were working. But my mom wore crocs.”
"Crocs?"
“Yeah. Dunno why, though. I think she liked putting them in sports mode.”
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Dennis gets coerced into going to Girls' Night by Trinity. They use the opportunity to interrogate him on his religious life before he became a doctor. Nothing like getting held hostage by four women at a sports bar to round up an eighteen-hour hospital shift, right?...
He's gonna to need another margarita to get through this eveningSeries
- Part 4 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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Dennis is 21 years, 345 days, and three hours old when his plane lurches down the icy runway of Eppley Airfield. After leaving everything behind, he’s on a one-way flight to Pittsburgh, betting against hope that he’ll get into medical school.
Luckily his seatmate is a good listener.
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Or: Dennis has a one-way flight to Pittsburgh after leaving Amish, decides he hates flying, and meets someone who knows what it means to be a doctor.Series
- Part 5 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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“They’re lucky no adults were around,” Dennis says without thinking. “When I was a kid, if I got caught doing something like that, my dad would make me go to the woods and find a switch.”
There’s a tiny pause before Trinity says, “Wait, what?” Her voice isn’t teasing anymore.
“What do you mean?” Dennis asks, genuinely puzzled.
“What do I mean? You just said your father whipped you.”
“Well, not really-,”
“No, you literally just implied he used to make you go outside, find a branch, and then hit you with it.”
“Well… yeah. But it’s not like he was abusing me or anything. He loved me.”
OR: During movie night with the girls, Dennis lets something slip about his childhood. The girls react.
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- Part 6 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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“Since when can you knit?"
“Since I was a kid,” he admits “ I picked it up again in my teens because it helps anxiety. The repetitive motion and stuff.”
Kim tilts her head. “So why are you teaching McKay?”
"Uh," Dennis says.
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OR: Ex-amish Whitaker teaches McKay to knit. It goes as well as you think it does.Series
- Part 7 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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“Is this going to be public record?” Dennis asks. If it is, anyone could access it. Then he’d be in trouble. He feels goosebumps raise on his arms. Because he really, really doesn’t want to talk about how he grew up under oath during this deposition.
Maybe he can lie.
What’s so bad about prison, anyway?
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Or: ex-Amish Dennis gets sued by a man whose life he saved during Girl's night. He's forced to testify about his past.Series
- Part 8 of Ex-Amish Whitaker
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Fucking Whitaker. He has this thing about downplaying everything, and Trinity can’t stand it. First it was him being literally homeless described as “being in-between places,” then his semi-abusive dad “who did his best,” and now this "ex-boyfriend who wasn't nice to me".
It’s like he doesn’t want anyone to think he’s capable of being hurt.
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Or: Ex-Amish Whitaker is taken advantage of during his early years after leaving the faith by someone manipulative. Years later, Dennis thinks he’s in the clear, but it all comes to a head when his stalker ex makes a sudden appearance. It'll take the entire Pitt department to help keep him safe.Series
- Part 9 of Ex-Amish Whitaker