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“Doctor Benton,” Carter whispers, terror rising. “You want me – you want me to perform a surgical procedure on myself? I can’t do that. That… that’s crazy.”
“Carter, you can and you will. I’m going to talk you through it. And then we’re going to get you out of there, and to the hospital, and then you’re going to be fine. But right now, we do not have a lot of time. So I need you to listen to me very carefully and do everything I say.”
Or: John Carter is trapped under a collapsed building and seriously injured. Peter Benton talks him through surgery... on himself.
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15 Jul 2026
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After learning about Carter's cousin's overdose in 4x16 "My Brother's Keeper", Peter Benton overhears the harsh words spoken to Carter by his grandparents. Struggling to keep his distance, Benton is forced to re-examine everything he thought he knew about Carter and his family.
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- Part 1 of Peter Benton, welcome back to the fold
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15 Jul 2026
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it's not the words you say, but how you say them by planesandgoggles
Fandoms: ER (TV 1994)
29 Sep 2025
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A slightly AU episode tag for 4x20, wherein Benton overhears the conversation between Carter and his grandmother when she asks him to leave medicine and take over the family business.
John and Peter do not look at each other. They both stare straight ahead, at the towering concrete wall of the hospital in front of them.
Finally, John says, quietly, “They never wanted me to be a doctor. They… expected me to fall in line, you know. To succeed my grandfather. My dad never wanted it. My brother died. Chase never had the focus. And somehow, my becoming a doctor became the biggest disappointment of my grandparents’ lives.” Carter laughs bitterly. “Champagne problems.”
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- Part 2 of Peter Benton, welcome back to the fold
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15 Jul 2026
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Peter Benton's anger over Carter's decision to quit surgery had been stewing for months.
Of course, of course today would be the day that that festering anger exploded out of him. Made him say everything he could think of to hurt Carter. Played on his insecurities, his need for Peter’s approval. Took all that rage and forged it into a knife aimed directly at Carter’s heart.
And now this.
Or: in the aftermath of a shooting in the ER, Peter Benton is finally forced to deal with his emotions - and his fractured relationship with a certain former student.
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 30- Head Injury
Carter gets a concussion.
Set in S2.
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- Part 30 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 18- Alt prompt: Blood Loss
Carter is kidnapped.
Part 3 (The finale)
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- Part 18 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 17- "Something's wrong"
Carter is kidnapped.
Part 2.
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- Part 17 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 16- Disorientation + Alt prompt: "This will hurt"
Carter is kidnapped.
Part 1.
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- Part 16 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 10- Next of Kin
He calls for them.
When he first awakens, weighed down by pain and anesthesia, he calls for them, and Peter doesn't know what to do.
“Mom.”
“Shh, Carter. It's alright, man.”
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When Carter wakes up from his surgery, he calls out for parents that aren't there- and is met with the one that is.
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- Part 10 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Medwhump May Day 31- "Stay with me"
There is no movement, no sound except the constant lament of the bent old woman he shoved away to reach his patient. It's a sound he's heard often after bad news has been delivered.
Too early for that, Benton thinks in a panic, snapping at her to be quiet and pressing his ear to Carter's chest. You're okay, aren't you? Of course you are. You're alright, man. You're alright.
He closes his eyes. Listens. Hopes.
Carter isn't breathing.
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A sequel/alternate ending to Day 26, Overdose.
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- Part 31 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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push me down into the water like a sinner, hold me under (and I'll never come up again) by maisiec33
Fandoms: ER (TV 1994)
26 May 2025
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Medwhump May Day 26- Overdose
Oh God. Oh God.
He's here, he's right here, because of course he is, this is his bedroom- Peter recognises it now and he wishes he didn't, and he wishes he didn't recognise-
Carter.
CarterCarterCarterCarter.
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The intervention doesn't go to plan.
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- Part 26 of Maisie's Medwhump May 2025
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15 Jul 2026
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Michael Robby Robinavitch doesn’t do well with anniversaries.
Some especially, are even worse than others.
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It’s been almost fifteen years since John Truman Carter III has disappeared from the lives of his former colleagues and friends, asking for them not to try and contact him, and, for almost a decade and a half, Peter Benton and the others have painfully honoured his wishes.
But when the old County General crew sees him on the news, working at the PTMC during the Pittfest shooting, they can clearly see the man is not fine.
And then, Valentine’s Day arrives.
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Or, Peter Benton finally goes to get his pupil back just at the right time.
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14 Jul 2026
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In the critical moment after being confronted about his addiction and given his ultimatum, Dr. John Truman Carter III makes a different choice and refuses to go with Benton and get the help he desperately needs. This decision changes the future for both of them, and Benton is left picking up the pieces and longing to understand how it all went wrong.
Set at the end of Season 6 and beyond, what would happen if Carter chose not to enter rehab and changed the future for everyone involved?
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14 Jul 2026
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Dennis peeked into Robby’s office slowly. He had moved the coffee table that usually sat next to the small green couch he kept. Instead sat a large metal table covered with a thin sheet of white paper. His desk was empty save for a metal tray with things that Dennis could not see at his low level.
Robby stood behind the metal table with a completely neutral expression on his face. He held a small golden bell in his hands.
“Well, hello there, puppy. Where's your master? Someone leave you here all to your lonesome?”
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Dennis has had a terrible, no good, very bad week, and is looking forward to a medical scene of his own choosing, when the stress of the PTMC bleeds into his and Robby's playtime.
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- Part 2 of Hucklepuppy In Love
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14 Jul 2026
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After being assaulted, Robby helps Dennis with his healing process. However, Robby helps him heal from more than just that night.
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13 Jul 2026
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"But I need to understand when I can power through and when I need some help from you" by slugbuggy10
Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)
10 Jul 2026
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"He doesn’t notice the tears rushing down his face until he watches one fall onto his exposed hip and the clear salty droplet turns pink as it flows with the blood streaming down his hip and soaking his black scrubs, somehow turning them darker.
He has to call somebody or go somewhere. He pulls his phone from his pocket, unlocking it and dialing those familiar numbers that he’s ingrained into his mind. A number he’s only called when drunk or he needs a sick day. Robby’s number."Bookmarked by PureConfusion
13 Jul 2026
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His breathing was erratic now, as he bumped into a monitor next to a patients bed. His skin was fuzzy, all across his face. His vision started to cloud as he stumbled into an empty room. Ripping the curtain across the bay.
His nails digging futher and further into his skin. His pockets starting to drip with blood and he relished in the pain.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…” he mumbled, hands shaking as he collapsed. sliding down the wall of the bay. His silent tears turning into sobs as he curled in on himself.
”I-i-im sorry…” He whispered out to the empty Room. “I shouldn’t have liked it. I shouldn’t have liked it. I shouldn't have wanted him to say that again. That’s dangerous, its temptation. That’s how people fall. Please My Lord, I’m begging you. Take it away. Please God, Take this feeling away. Take me away” His Sobs drowning out his feeble voice.
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- Part 1 of We’re not meant to be alone
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13 Jul 2026
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Dennis whitaker you party animal. Look what happened. You got drugged, skinny ass bitch? How did you Overdose? And you've been hurting within, well its out now. Robby is pittying you. Everybody is worried.
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Dennis has a medical emergency, ends up in the pitt and things hes been hiding for so long come out.
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13 Jul 2026
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E is for Epidural Hematoma
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“Carter’s here.”
Mark hums again, still distracted by the rhythmic motion of thread through flesh. “He's a little early. His shift doesn't start ‘til eight.”
In his peripheral vision, he sees the nurse shift uncomfortably on her feet. “No, I mean- he isn't here to work. Apparently he fell down the stairs? He's with his father.”
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An alternate version of 'the family you'll never be in, and you never get out'.
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- Part 5 of The A-Z of Wyle Whump
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12 Jul 2026
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Peter pops his neck, runs a palm over his scalp. He didn't ask for this.
This is not the way his day was supposed to go.
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12 Jul 2026