What if...

Series Metadata

Creator:

giantpanda

Series Begun:

2020-05-29

Series Updated:

2024-08-28

Description:

A collection of stories that involve a change from the show.

Notes:

I wanted to experiment with what would happen with their relationship if something in the show was different. Each story is a stand alone piece where there has been a change in the story line.

Stats:

Words:: 801,631
Works:: 37
Complete:: No
Bookmarks:: 14

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Rewritten by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
03 Jun 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Shaun Murphy
- Audrey Lim
- Aaron Glassman
- Alex Park
- Morgan Reznick
- Lea Dilallo
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Fix-It
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

An emergency surgery prevents Neil from attending the fundraiser at the brewery.

Series
- Part 1 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

13,153

Chapters:

6/6

Comments:

54

Kudos:

172

Bookmarks:

15

Hits:

5,324
Found You by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
13 Jun 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

Upset over not being named Chief of Surgery, Neil goes to a bar alone, but ends up finding Claire.

Series
- Part 2 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

7,733

Chapters:

6/6

Comments:

58

Kudos:

178

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

3,494
Lean On Me by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
26 Jun 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Aaron Glassman
- Shaun Murphy
- Morgan Reznick
- Alex Park
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Claire’s mother had been brought into the ER that night?

Series
- Part 3 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

11,089

Chapters:

10/10

Comments:

93

Kudos:

184

Bookmarks:

9

Hits:

4,484
Incomplete by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
29 Jun 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Neil hadn't gone back into the restaurant?

Series
- Part 4 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

1,207

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

12

Kudos:

83

Bookmarks:

1

Hits:

1,846
Shaken by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
27 Jul 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if the damage from the earthquake happened at the hospital instead of the brewery?

Series
- Part 5 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

7,079

Chapters:

3/3

Comments:

19

Kudos:

129

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

3,077
Invisible String by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
01 Aug 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
- Fix-It
Summary

What if Neil and Claire had meet before she was his resident? He thinks about their past after the earthquake.

Series
- Part 6 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

1,761

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

14

Kudos:

70

Bookmarks:

4

Hits:

1,716
Rumors by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
11 Aug 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Morgan Reznick
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Morgan hadn't filed the favoritism complaint?

Series
- Part 7 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

5,110

Chapters:

4/4

Comments:

24

Kudos:

105

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

2,548
Favoritism by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
18 Aug 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if after the favoritism complaint Neil admitted to Audrey that he had feelings for Claire?

Series
- Part 8 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

4,453

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

16

Kudos:

93

Bookmarks:

11

Hits:

2,207
Safe and Sound by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
26 Aug 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

Claire and Neil got a chance to talk before going to the fundraiser.

Series
- Part 9 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

4,121

Chapters:

4/4

Comments:

36

Kudos:

107

Bookmarks:

4

Hits:

2,170
Fools by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
29 Aug 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if there was no earthquake? Inspired by the song Fools by Lauren Aquilina.

Series
- Part 10 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

6,798

Chapters:

7/7

Comments:

38

Kudos:

115

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

2,605
Hope in the Darkest Hour by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
13 Sep 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Aaron Glassman
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Claire didn’t go home with Kane?

Series
- Part 11 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

14,415

Chapters:

6/6

Comments:

34

Kudos:

116

Bookmarks:

8

Hits:

2,615
A Whisper Away From Changing Everything by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
25 Sep 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Claire thought about transferring after she realized she was in love with Neil?

Series
- Part 12 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

5,845

Chapters:

4/4

Comments:

40

Kudos:

108

Bookmarks:

5

Hits:

2,426
Heart Sets the Pace by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
23 Oct 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
- Fix-It
Summary

What if Neil's injuries after the earthquake weren't life threatening?

Series
- Part 13 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

12,322

Chapters:

6/6

Comments:

50

Kudos:

107

Bookmarks:

10

Hits:

2,544
Count the Moments by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
31 Oct 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Alex Park
- Morgan Reznick
- Shaun Murphy
- Canon Rewrite
- Fix-It
Summary

What if Neil's injuries after the earthquake weren't life threatening? The events of the story "Heart Sets the Pace," through Claire's eyes.

Series
- Part 14 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

20,091

Chapters:

9/9

Comments:

38

Kudos:

90

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

2,716
Hell Was The Journey But It Brought Me Heaven by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
22 Dec 2020
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Breeze Browne
- Morgan Reznick
- Dash Snyder
- Audrey Lim
- Canon Rewrite
- Past Abuse
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
- Addiction
- Recovery
Summary

What if Claire's mother didn't drink the bottle of champagne? A rewrite where Claire's mother lives and the affects that has on their lives.
Title from Taylor Swifts' "Invisible String"

Series
- Part 15 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

35,077

Chapters:

21/21

Comments:

288

Kudos:

177

Bookmarks:

13

Hits:

5,190
Meant to Be by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
27 Jan 2021
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Claire hadn’t called Dash?

Series
- Part 16 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

18,990

Chapters:

10/10

Comments:

169

Kudos:

150

Bookmarks:

14

Hits:

3,997
Letters from Heaven by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
12 Feb 2021
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Dash Snyder
- Kayla Snyder
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Kayla had left Claire something other than recipes in the shoebox?

Series
- Part 17 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

19,641

Chapters:

10/10

Comments:

142

Kudos:

106

Bookmarks:

5

Hits:

2,885
Crash by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
17 Mar 2021
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Canon Rewrite
- Car Accidents
Summary

What if instead of an earthquake, a car accident forced Neil and Claire to admit their feelings?

Series
- Part 18 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

11,393

Chapters:

8/8

Comments:

120

Kudos:

141

Bookmarks:

7

Hits:

4,042
Wreck My Plans by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
30 Apr 2021
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Audrey Lim
- Matt Coyle
- Kayla Snyder
- Dash Snyder
- Marcus Andrews (The Good Doctor)
- Fix-It
- Canon Rewrite
- Sexual Harassment
- Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
Summary

What if after Coyle's sexual harassment/assault Claire transferred to a nearby hospital?

Series
- Part 19 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

47,803

Chapters:

30/30

Comments:

427

Kudos:

219

Bookmarks:

16

Hits:

8,234
Still by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)
12 May 2021
Tags
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Claire Browne/Neil Melendez
- Claire Browne
- Neil Melendez
- Fix-It
- Canon Rewrite
Summary

What if Neil was sent to another hospital to recover from his injuries? Inspired by the Song "Still" by Niall Horan.
"Tell me you want it
A thousand miles away from the day that we started
But I'm standing here with you just tryna be honest
If honesty means telling you the truth
Well, I'm still in love with you."

Series
- Part 20 of What if...
Language:

English

Words:

8,113

Chapters:

4/4

Comments:

42

Kudos:

61

Bookmarks:

3

Hits:

1,445

What if...

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Rewritten by giantpanda

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Found You by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Lean On Me by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Incomplete by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Shaken by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Invisible String by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Rumors by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Favoritism by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Safe and Sound by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Fools by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Hope in the Darkest Hour by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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A Whisper Away From Changing Everything by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Heart Sets the Pace by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Count the Moments by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Hell Was The Journey But It Brought Me Heaven by giantpanda

Fandoms: The Good Doctor (TV 2017)

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Meant to Be by giantpanda