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13 months sober and determined to make this second chance work, Frank Langdon is all focus in attempting to create a new, better normal.
Then the Pitt's annual Secret Santa exchange pairs him with Trinity Santos, and he's sure if there is a God, she hates him.
But then his own Secret Santa gifts him with a personalized crossword puzzle each week, and it's the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for Frank that it nearly brings him to tears.
The clues are fairly easy.
Knowing someone actually cares is the hard part.
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06 May 2026
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Takes place right after the conclusion of s2 of the Pitt. Mel can’t stop thinking about how much her life has changed since the fourth of July. Just two days later, she’s realizing Becca needs less support than she ever imagined, she made a new friend, and an even closer bond with someone she missed dearly while he was away.
Picking up on July 6, when Dr Al Hashimi is mysteriously absent from the next shift Dr King has at the Pitt and Dr Robby has for some reason, not gone on sabbatical, this story will follow Mel King as she grapples with whether she really wants to stay in Pittsburgh after everything, especially with the way Dr Robby begins to treat her.Bookmarked by McChicken21
06 May 2026
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Frank Langdon and Mel King are painfully unaware of how much they need eachother
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03 May 2026
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Frank Langdon knows exactly how quickly a life can fall apart, which is why he keeps everything controlled now: his recovery, his routine, his distance.
Mel King knows what it feels like when the world becomes too much, which is why she trusts structure, honesty, and space.
Somewhere between long shifts, quiet phone calls, shared apartments, and the kind of intimacy that asks for nothing it doesn’t earn, they build something neither of them expected.
Not a rush.
Not an escape.Just something they can stay in.
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03 May 2026
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Basically what really happens in season 2, but with more details, and entirely focused on Langdon and Mel.
All of this because I cannot sit still for a whole week waiting for each episode without consuming any material about them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I brush my hand along the back of her lower waist, more of a guide than a touch, and smooth a few strands of hair that have slipped loose from what was once a neat braid. I stop myself before my fingers can do something stupid like linger, before muscle memory and instinct take over and I forget where we are and what just happened. I let the warmth of her skin bleed into my palm for half a second too long anyway, because pulling away too fast would feel just as wrong. My touch right now wouldn’t calm her. It would only confuse her. Worse, it would confuse me. So I withdraw, flex my fingers at my side, and force my focus back where it belongs. Clear head. Clinical. That’s the rule. It has to be.
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02 May 2026