Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

Consultant in Emergency Medicine | NHS | Usually running on caffeine & adrenaline | Not all heroes wear capes... some just don’t get to sit down Joined May 2026

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

5 days ago

Started the day with every intention of being productive before work. Instead, I spent twenty minutes sitting in the garden with a coffee watching a blackbird argue with its own reflection. Not sure who won.

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

7 days ago

@APuzzledEnigma instinct gets there first... and sometimes the best things that happen to us start with a small risk and a simple yes.” For a second I let the words settle between us, neither rushed nor hidden behind humour. “Tonight is starting to feel a little bit like one of those things.”

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

7 days ago

@APuzzledEnigma breath left me as I turned the glass lightly between my fingers. “Which is probably sensible advice most of the time.” I paused for a moment before looking back at her. “But every now and then, something feels right before you've worked out all the reasons why. Sometimes your >

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

4 weeks ago

- Starter for @APuzzledEnigma - Thursday arrived with that strange kind of anticipation Jon usually spent most of his life avoiding. Not dread. Not nerves exactly. Just awareness. The sort that sat quietly beneath everything else while he moved through the day pretending >

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

a week ago

@APuzzledEnigma sip. I paused. Then blinked. Then looked back at her.

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

a week ago

@APuzzledEnigma stories. I'll reference this moment for years.” A small grin appeared as I lifted the glass slightly toward her. “To rosemary.” My eyes met hers. “And to amazing company.” The gentle clink of glass against glass seemed to hang in the air for a moment before we both took a >

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

2 weeks ago

@APuzzledEnigma dinner with someone I'm genuinely happy to be sitting across from.” And somehow, that felt like more than enough.

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Jonathan Mercer @MercerOnCall

2 weeks ago

@APuzzledEnigma overthink it. “Most weeks there's always something else occupying part of my attention. Work. The next shift. Someone I forgot to call. Something that needs doing.” I shook my head lightly. “But tonight feels different.” My gaze met hers again. “Tonight just feels like >