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Maybe it’s the fever, or the endless months of solitary nights, or the way Mel’s looking at him, or maybe he’s just figuring out what he wants after losing so much—whatever it is, Langdon doesn’t have to think before he says, “Stay.”
Mel blinks at him, head tilted slightly.
“Even if it’s just until I’m asleep,” he amends. “I think it’ll make you feel better, and” —hesitating, Langdon musters one last mouthful of vulnerability— “I feel better with you here.”
A smile spreads across Mel’s face, and after a second’s hesitation, she puts her hand over Langdon’s. “I feel better being here,” she says, “although you’ll need to move over if I’m staying that long.”
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Robby sends Langdon home sick from his shift; he ends up at Mel's place instead.
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- Part 1 of i'll be homeward bound in time
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15 Aug 2025
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“Don’t start with me,” Frank says, “it’s fine, I know my limits.” Yolanda is about to start with him because that’s a fucking joke, but it’s 7:31 and Robby is calling for him – the nursing home patients are right on time.
He sits up, swings his legs off the side of the bed, and cracks his neck. She cringes.
“Could you at least try to avoid breaking any more vertebrae?” He actually laughs at that, so it can’t be that bad yet.
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15 chapters.
15 hours.
1 shift.After a spinal cord injury before his third year of medical school, Frank Langdon has mostly gotten his feet back under him. Some days, though, things are still a bit off-kilter.
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- Part 2 of growth
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25 Jul 2025
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Trinity Santos seems to think Frank Langdon is a drug addict. The truth is much more complicated...simple?
Different. It was different.
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- Part 1 of Uncontrolled
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25 Jul 2025
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Langdon comes back from rehab with feverish eyes and a near-constant grimace. He's just as fidgety as ever, just as snarky, and just as competent, but he doesn't look Robby in the eyes. Robby returns the favor. The trust between them disintegrated as soon as he pushed Langdon out the door. As soon as Langdon decided not to tell Robby he was struggling. Neither of them know how to get it back.
Robby has to wonder though; if he'd tried harder to fix their relationship, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
Frank Langdon angst, based off the original character description that he overcame a 'devastating back injury' to become a doctor.
Bookmarked by echostop
24 Jul 2025