17 Bookmarks by cpenguing
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It wasn't an easy thing, treating Frank like he was himself, but it was needed. No one else seemed to be doing it very well, and Dana knew from seeing it happen to plenty other personnel that perception was the make or break thing after coming back from rehab. Something was wrong, though, and the only way to get it from him was some time and a strong arm. She had both.
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- Part 3 of Alight and In Flames
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29 Oct 2025
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“Alright, alright, settle down you two. Jesus Christ,” Dana mutters. “You’re worse than my fuckin’ kids.”
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22 Oct 2025
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There are three statements of life that Langdon knows as absolute fact:
1. Langdon is a straight man. Women are gorgeous, and he has a wife whom he loves very much.
2. The painkillers he uses from the Pitt aren’t the start of a bad habit. He’s not an addict—just a good son recovering from a back injury sustained moving some furniture.
3. His relationship with the medical field is mutualism. He saves countless lives, takes good care of people, but he benefits as well. It keeps his head too busy to think.Robby challenges all those assertions.
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- Part 1 of Waking Sleeping Dogs
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17 Oct 2025
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After a month back at work, a freshly sober Frank Langdon would do anything to win back the trust of his old mentor. As he navigates changing dynamics and the delicate balance of sobriety, he holds onto the coping mechanisms he learned from rehab, and leans on both likely and unlikely friends. His life may never get back to what it was, but it can only go up from here, right?
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08 Oct 2025
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“You had a heart attack, brother,” Jack informs him.
“I know,” Robby says.
“Don't fucking do that.”
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01 Oct 2025
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"Jake asked me..." Robby cut himself off, exhaling as he shook his head. 'Asked' was the wrong word. Jake hadn't asked. "He told me not to go to Leah's funeral."
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26 Sep 2025
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Frank Langdon's years in the ER. as observed by Jack Abbot
or: Jack watches Frank as he grows up, burns down, and claws his way back. but it is not his circus and not his monkey. he isn't involved at all. except he really is.
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22 Sep 2025
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"Everything is going to be fine, McKay."
He doesn't know that, of course. He has no possible way of knowing that. McKay is so tired at this point that she couldn't care less about professionalism when she finally snaps, "With all due respect, Dr. Abbot, that's pretty hard to believe coming from the guy sitting in jail next to me."
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23 Aug 2025
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Robby and Jack, in the aftermath of the day they've had.
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- Part 1 of you know you don't gotta pretend
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02 Aug 2025
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Be kind to yourself, Cassie says in his head, soft and gentle. But Frank can’t. There is no world in which he can be kind to a version of himself that hurts Robby, especially sober. He’s supposed to be better now; he’s spent ten months clawing his way back inch by inch to being a person instead of a loose collection of hurts and cravings and spikes that pierced anyone nearby. But it seems that the version of himself that can connect with Robby, see eye-to-eye with him, talk to him without feeling like a gut punch, died the day of Pittfest last year.
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Three conversations between Langdon and Robby, after Langdon's return.
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23 Jul 2025
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He gave them a few moments, but the second he raised his hand, the room fell silent. Robby took a breath, steady and slow. He had to choose his words carefully.
"It's been a hell of a night. I know some of you saw parts of what happened, and others are only hearing rumors. So let me clear it up." His jaw tightened for just a second before he continued. "At around 18:35 earlier today, an armed man entered the ED…”
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The shift was going great for Frank, right up until it wasn’t.
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22 Jul 2025
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Of all the things to happen in Pittsburgh, this was not something Robby had been planning on or expecting at all. What the hell was this world coming to?
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Langdon is caught in a hostage situation while on the train to work. Afterwards, he has to deal with the physical and mental ramifications.
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22 Jul 2025
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Hoʻoponopono — a Hawaiian forgiveness ritual meaning “to make right” — is grounded in Indigenous Hawaiian traditions of reconciliation, communal healing, and restoring harmony within families and communities. Traditionally guided by a kahu (a priest or elder), the practice involved group discussion, confession, apology, mutual forgiveness, and prayer. It was meant to resolve interpersonal conflicts and cleanse the spiritual, emotional, and relational space between individuals
In its modern adaptation, Hoʻoponopono has become a personal mantra of healing and accountability, often distilled into four essential phrases: I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. These words, simple but profound, are meant to acknowledge harm, seek forgiveness, express gratitude, and reaffirm love — offering a path toward reconciliation not just with others, but within the self.
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16 Jun 2025
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There’s just a single text from Robby, timestamped at 4:43 am. I am using this weekend to decide how I want to handle the situation. I suggest you do the same. We will talk Monday, do not try to contact me until then. And leave Dana alone.
Langdon presses the phone against his forehead. It’s not good news, exactly, but it is a reprieve. No one’s going to come banging down his door and taking away his medical degree. At least not yet.
Frank Langdon, on the road to Step One.
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02 Jun 2025
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Robby’s protégés build a tentative friendship under Robby's looming spectre.
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31 May 2025
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Robby hasn’t visited him once.
To be fair, nobody has.
Frank hasn’t felt this lonely since his sister left for college when he was twelve, and his parents started acting like he was an untrained puppy they never really wanted rather than their son.
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20 May 2025
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The thing about rehab is that people expect it to fix you. All of your problems? They’re gone now, hurray! You can go back to normal life now! Soberity’s your best friend now, good luck! If only it were that simple. Otherwise, Frank wouldn’t be dealing with the wall of distrust and judgement that sits between him and everyone else.
Life just loves to tell him that he can go fuck himself.
AKA: Langdon went to rehab. Here’s the aftermath of it.
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28 Apr 2025