Dr. Carter Shea looks like she has it all together-bright smile, sharp wit, and signature pink scrubs that earned her the nickname "Dr. Barbie" long before she ever stepped foot inside The Pitt. She's bubbly, compassionate, and somehow manages to bring warmth into even the darkest trauma cases. But behind the charm and perfectly glossed smile is a woman running from an abusive past that nearly destroyed her. Starting over at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital is supposed to be nothing more than a fresh start. Keep her head down. Work the shifts. Don't let anyone get too close. Then she meets Dr. Jack Abbot. Quietly protective and impossible to intimidate, Jack sees the cracks beneath Carter's carefully crafted sunshine. What starts as teasing banter during impossible shifts slowly becomes something deeper-late-night coffee runs, shared silence after brutal cases, and the terrifying realization that Carter feels safe with him in a way she never has before. But healing isn't linear, and the past Carter escaped refuses to stay buried. As the chaos of the ER pushes them together, Carter must learn that surviving isn't the same as living-and that maybe Trauma Barbie deserves her own happy ending too.

After the shooting, Dr. Cecilia Bennett knows two things for certain: Dr. Jack Abbot survived, and she will never stop blaming herself for the leg they couldn't save. For three months, avoiding him is easy. Abbot isn't back at work, and Cecilia only has to stay away from the life he is trying to rebuild without her. Then he reaches out. Suddenly, guilt is no longer the only thing pulling her toward him. He is her former attending. Her mentor. Older. Still recovering from the trauma she feels responsible for. He is off-limits in every way that matters. And wanting him feels like one more way to hurt him. To hurt them both. TOP RANKINGS: #1 in jackabbot (17.08.2026)

Dr. Autumn Hall loved working at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital (PTMC) in the emergency room. After busting her ass to get through undergrad and med school early, Autumn found herself becoming a night shift attending in "The Pitt" just before her 30th birthday. Working alongside her close "friend" (maybe frenemy is a better word?) and colleague Dr. Jack Abbot, Autumn has cemented herself as a strong doctor and friend. What happens when a mass casualty event changes everything? Inspired by the lyrics "He looks like he works with his hands, and smells like Marlboro Reds" from the song "Crush" by Ethel Cain Mature themes, read at your own risk ;) Cross-posted to AO3

Dr. Grace Mercy has never struggled with focus. Not through early graduation, not in med school, not while training as a military officer. Discipline built her. Routine defined her. There was always a next step. Until now. Back in PittsBurgh for her sister's first year of college, Grace is trying to relearn something she was never trained for-being a civilian. Normal life feels unfamiliar, too quiet, too unstructured. So when a position opens at a trauma center in Pittsburgh, she takes it. Not to run, but to adjust. To find a rhythm that comes with orders. She expects long hours, chaos, and control. What she doesn't expect... is someone who understands her without explanation. Someone just as sharp, maybe just as guarded-and somehow, the one thing that pulls her off balance. For the first time, Dr. Grace Mercy isn't sure if losing focus is a weakness... or the start of something she never planned for... let's hope they welcome the new Attending with open arms.

The night shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center never slows down. Gunshot wounds, cardiac arrests, impossible choices and impossible losses arrive through the emergency department doors hour after hour, demanding everything from the people who work there. Among them is twenty-five-year-old nurse practitioner Lilly Christian. Calm where others panic. Gentle where others grow hardened. Brilliant enough to earn the quiet respect of every physician around her, Lilly appears to be exactly what every emergency department hopes for. What no one knows is that before Pittsburgh, she served as an Army nurse in Iraq. While her colleagues see only a compassionate young clinician, Lilly carries years of battlefield medicine, memories she can never forget, and a past she has no desire to discuss. When violence erupts inside the emergency department, instincts forged long before civilian life return in an instant, forcing those around her to realize there is far more behind her quiet smile than they ever imagined. As relentless shifts blur into one another, friendships deepen, families fracture, and old wounds quietly resurface, Lilly must discover whether a person can truly leave war behind-or whether some parts of it simply learn to wear a different uniform. In a place where every second can mean life or death, healing isn't only for the patients. ---- PN: I've realised in the third chapter that I wrote Abbott instead of Abbot. But I was too lazy to change it afterwards and to stay consistent I'll keep that up. Hate me if you must.

𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 despised real madrid. despite being born in bromwich, she has always been a barça fan. when, after working hard to build her career from scratch, she received the offer to play for barcelona, she didn't hesitate for a second. it was a dream come true. thanks to barcelona, she became one of the most successful female footballers in the world. everything was perfect until that one match against real madrid. she had played el clásico many times, but this match was not exactly ordinary. this match changed everything. 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐌 𝐗 𝐅𝐄𝐌!𝐎𝐂 [ enemies to lovers, forbidden love ] 𝗷𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟲' - ???

When Dr. Daniella Vale leaves behind the sun-soaked life she once shared with her unfaithful husband, she trades California warmth for Pittsburgh steel. Determined, brilliant, and newly free, she steps into The Pitt-one of the busiest trauma centers in the country-with a single promise to herself: never shrink again. What she doesn't expect is him. Dr. Jack Abbot is a legend in trauma surgery-cold, relentless, impossible to impress, and infamous for keeping the world at arm's length. Fellows fear him. Nurses respect him. Residents avoid him. But when Daniella arrives with sharp skill and a quiet fire in her eyes, the man who has forgotten how to feel finds himself... noticing. She's sunshine with edges. He's winter with a heartbeat. Thrown together in a world where every second matters, Daniella becomes the only person capable of softening Jack's defenses-and the one woman he knows he shouldn't want. She's younger, freshly healed, and far too bright for a man who's convinced his heart is past saving. But in The Pitt, where life and death collide, even steel can bend. And sometimes, the coldest hearts warm first.

Sometimes, the hardest person to save is yourself. After accepting a leadership position at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center (PTMC), Dr. Jack Abbot arrives determined to prove he belongs among the nation's best emergency physicians. Brilliant, disciplined, and driven by ambition, he believes success is measured by titles, achievements, and reputation. But PTMC is unlike any hospital he has ever known. Surrounded by an extraordinary team-including the compassionate nurse Elia, the wise mentor Dr. Robby, the quick-witted Dana, the dependable Liam, and the dedicated Maya-Jack soon discovers that medicine is about far more than diagnoses and procedures. Every shift brings impossible decisions, heartbreaking losses, unexpected victories, and patients whose lives will forever change his own. As friendships deepen and love quietly finds its way into his life, Jack begins to question everything he once believed about success, leadership, and happiness. Set against the relentless pace of one of Pittsburgh's busiest trauma centers, this unforgettable story is a heartfelt journey of courage, hope, healing, and the family we choose along the way. Because sometimes... the place you go to save lives becomes the place that saves yours.

Doctor Marina Chase doesn't do winter anymore. Not after a lifetime of brutal snow blizzards, not after the promise she made to herself. She built herself a life and a career on soft smiles, control, and impressive lightness. A life made out of the warm summer sunshine. She got hired as an attending emergency psychiatrist of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, and was excited to start her new job. She just wasn't told she'd have to deal with emotionally constipated doctors. Among them, the infamous Dr Jack Abbot. Dry. Guarded. Doesn't look away when her sunshine flickers. As the cases and long shifts blur into sleepless nights and professional boundaries being broken, Marina finds herself entangled into a dangerous web: she's getting too attached to her work mates, and worse: Dr. Abbot. It was terrifying, because her new friends were started to see her little snow storms. And it was terrifyingly intimate because Abott didn't want her summer at all. He wants the winter. Written in short, episodic chapters that slowly weave together, "caught up in this web" is a tale about love, trauma, relapse, and the quiet danger of needing someone who might actually stay.

QUINN doesn't do full moon night shifts. But when a colleagues kid falls ill, she just can't say no. Armed with a cup of tea and a new graduate she hits the streets. Heading from one crazy case to the next. Until one of those ends them up at the PTMC. Where she might just find that not all full moon night shifts are a disaster after all. •°•°•°•°•°•°• JACK never thought he would love again after his wife's death. So he threw himself into his work, saving the lives of those who come into the ER. So when he walks into one of the trauma rooms that night, he's expecting just another crazy full moon trauma. But he gets so much more. •°•°•°•°•°•°• A tale of love, grief and everything in between. •°•°•°•°•°•°• Please be aware there will be mature content in this story. Examples being: Explicit language, sexual content, violence and some more. In the disclaimer you will find a full list. This story will also have a bit of an age gap. (OC's at least 40, so the age gap might not be massive, but it's still there). Status: Finished Started: April 2026 Finished: June 2026