You’ll Never Look at The Pitt’s Characters the Same Way

The next season of the hit medical drama The Pitt will air in January 2026. While that’s a lightning-fast turnaround by Max’s usual streaming standards, it’s still much too long for megafans to wait. If you are desperately missing heroic Dr. Robby; sweet Dr. Mel King; disgraced, semi-redeemed hottie Dr. Frank Langdon; mildly suicidal Army vet Dr. Jack Abbot; sassy Dr. Samira Mohan; annoying, hot Dr. Trinity Santos; or really anyone from the show’s enormous and uniformly magnificent cast, you’re going to have to continue their story lines in your own mind for now. But there’s help! The internet exists, so a lot of other people have already committed to filling the gaps in your imagination — as long as you’re down with the possibility of these characters having sex with one another.

For your convenience and pleasure, I’ve compiled some of the best, most satisfying, most elaborate, and most straight-up bizarre Pitt fan fiction on the internet. Charge your favorite devices and get to reading!

For those who for some reason want to imagine Dr. Mel King as a sexual being

Personally, all I want is to think about kind, straight-arrow Dr. Mel sitting on the couch with her sister while eating pizza and watching Elf. Taylor Dearden, who plays Mel, has described her character as “asexual.” Fan-fiction authors disagree with her, and with me, very strongly. Mel-Langdon is one of the most popular ships going. If that’s what floats your boat …

• This well-written, PG-rated story is a great place to start. The author really nails the characterization, the medical jargon, and the show’s frenetic pacing. Set in a season-two world in which Langdon is divorced, has successfully completed drug rehab, and is crashing on Mel’s couch, the romance between Mel and Langdon feels entirely plausible. Nothing graphic or steamy happens in this one, just a tender kiss and some palpable longing.

• Beneath Dr. Mel’s quiet exterior lurks sexual repression so extreme that she needs to spend a whole weekend masturbating while fantasizing vividly about Dr. Robby, Dr. Langdon, Dr. “Huckleberry” Whitaker, and naughty Dr. Santos. But somehow this author makes it work. As a bonus, the doctors are also all participating in a funny group chat while watching a made-up steamy medical show on TV.

Can I interest you in a Dr. Santos–Dr. Garcia enemies-to-lovers subplot?

On the show, Dr. Santos memorably flubbed a procedure so badly that she dropped a scalpel into Dr. Garcia’s foot — there’s no love lost between the feisty intern and the salty resident. But there’s a thin line between love and hate. Here’s a representative sample: “They’re curled up together in the cramped bunk of an equally cramped on-call room, bodies nearly entangled to fit in the confined bed. Yolanda’s front is flush against her side, but it’s the gentle brush of fingertips against Trinity’s collarbone that makes her breath hitch.”

How about Dr. Robby and Dr. Abbot in a committed relationship?

Canonically speaking, we know about only the women Dr. Robby has been with. He has an ex, Janey, with whom he shares a near stepson, Jake. And he and Dr. Heather Collins dated “a million years ago.” Still, there’s no reason why he can’t also have sex with men! Bisexuality exists!

• In “whatever you want me to do, I will do,” Dr. Robby has developed the bad habit of dealing with work stress by picking up strange guys and getting choked out. Needing a safer way to explore bondage kink, Dr. Robby enlists Dr. Abbot, who knows just the right amount of pressure to apply because he’s a doctor. Oh, and Robby is trans in this one.

• After the season-one finale, Dr. Robby is in a bad place PTSD-wise. His longtime partner, Dr. Abbot, and his strong Jewish faith help him to heal. (No sex in this one, just love.)

Wait, but maybe you want Dr. Mohan and Dr. Abbot to get together!

These two shared a flirty vibe during a scene in which they did a risky, experimental heart procedure on one of the victims of the mass shooting, and that was enough to get some people excited.

• Abbot and Mohan have sex in this one and then there’s a lot of medical stuff, including a scene in which Dr. Mohan gets a head injury and vomits into an emesis bag. But back at home, Dr. Robby has to take care of her because Dr. Abbot’s still on shift, and being so close to her is just killing him …

• Or try this one: “You make me feel like I can have things that I’m not allowed to have.” His eyes darken, fixate on her lips. He brushes a curl away from her face. “So what do you really want, Samira?”

Just the sex, please

Look, if you just want to read The Pitt fan fiction, get off, and get on with your day, I understand.

• Dr. Abbot gets home after a hard day at the Pitt, where you also work. He has only one thing on his mind.

• Same deal but with Dr. Robby.

If you’re looking for the absolute weirdest …

Sure, it’s unlikely that Dr. Robby getting pregnant with Dr. Abbot’s baby will be a plotline in season two. But, hey, you never know.