v. amor fati - ft @pittcaptain
Having briefly met in NO during the aftermath of Katrina, they started working together in 2009 when Jack joined PTMC. They quickly became close, though Jack stubbornly still clung to a "deployment" lifestyle. It made Robby question his attachment to what had become his best friend, only to realize that he was in love with him around 2013. That information would not be shared until Jack joined SWAT in 2017. They started a relationship, a good one. It lasted 3 years. Covid hit and grief and duty took over Robby's heart, guilt and surrender took Jack's. While their relationship died, their love for each other did not. Tip toeing around each other ever since, longing sometimes for the time they had, they remain each other's anchor in the storm, best friends. They have convinced themselves of that lie, that they both have moved on, that lingering and longing touches and gazes are only because they worry about each other. Between pittfest, Robby's mental health deteriorating and Jack realizing that the distance between them has grown even more, destiny really seem to see if they are meant to be.
their tag: s; querencia ¬ robbyxjack [romantic & platonic]
A place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn; a place where one feels at home.
headcanons
They have always kept their relationship private, no one knows besides Dana, Weylen and Elias. Others have clocked things but never confirmed.
They tend to check in with each other by usually a pinky touch to the others hand, or a hand to the back. That has not really stopped after their relationship ended.
Robby has learned how to deal with Jack's PTSD and has, much like Weylen, a full kit of Jack's emergency medication at the ready.
Jack never really oversteps Robby authority in the ED, but completes it, their eye conversation is on another level for thinks to say or not say or where Robby wants Jack to operate.
Nour has a 15 minutes welcome time with Robby, because she likes that beard. Old bud and Robby have a porch understanding and just exist in each other's presence when the weather allows it.
Jack used to call Robby by a specific petname he stopped using after their relationship ended.
Their routine living together was Robby doing breakfast, Jack dinner. One leaving the other food.
allegedly Jack has put mothballs into the gas tank of Robby's bike
