A discussion about a knee injury made me realise that I’ve never seen any ‘Ian as a Physiotherapist’ fic… 👀 which seems like a pretty decent ‘I can no longer be an EMT but I still have all this knowledge about fitness, the human body, how to deal with people, etc’ alternative… do you know of any? 🙏
Hey, thanks for the ask but we could only find one AU where Ian is a physical therapist but it's not really what you're looking for.
Here are some newer ones where he works in the medical field (but they are also not the post-canon scenario you are looking for):
The Thing About Living - In which Ian Gallagher donates a kidney just to get a date with Mickey Milkovich. That’s it, that’s how it goes. Everyone gets a happy ending.
The Horrified Nurse: Ian is a 26 year-old traveling nurse who’s tired of the same old dating routine he’s subjected himself to for what seems like a fucking millennia.
Sirens - Being an EMT during holiday season is bad enough without having a TV crew watching his every step, so Ian hates everything about his superior's new project.
Random Acts Of Reality - The aftermath of Ian losing his first patient as an EMT. Mickey is a good husband.
Think I Need Someone Who Can Handle It - Mickey is a bare-knuckle fighter. Ian is an EMT. They meet in a diner late at night.
Bandage your wounds (with salt on my tongue) - Maybe if he’d saved Mandy’s life, or Iggy’s, you’d be thankful for the first time in your own fucked-up life. But he saved Terry, and hating him is easy. Until he smiles. Until he’s soft. Until he's gentle. Until he looks at you like he gives a shit. And then you don’t hate him so much anymore.
Plus, check out the medical tag for some more in this genre.
Anyone wants to write a physiotherapy AU? 👀
