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“I guess I could see if one of my friends is amenable to helping,” Mel continues, and Frank whites out. Sirens in his head, DEFCON 1 or 5 or whichever was the highest, do not pass go. “But that seems like a lot to ask.”
“I, uh, I wouldn’t mind,” Frank hears himself say. “Just, uh, you know, to help. As your friend. But no pressure, I know it might be weird.”
“That’s so nice of you.” Mel sounds genuinely touched, her lips curving up into a soft smile, her eyes glistening up at him, and Frank has never felt like a worse person.
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“Abbott, Robby, Al-Hashimi.”
Mel saves her chart and looks up warily at Parker, who’s hanging over the counter to talk at Mel’s preferred volume for personal conversations at work. Parker bounces slightly while Mel mentally disengages from the patient she’s trying to discharge (male, 17, sutures needed on his arm after a cooking accident, very concerned mother).
“C’moooon, King,” Parker goads when she doesn’t respond. “You said we could do three of these per shift when I’m stuck on days. I’ve only used up one so far. Let’s go. Let me hear it, girl.”
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If Frank had ever thought about it before, which he hadn't, he’d probably conclude he likes physical touch about as much as the average person does.
It’s not like he minds it when people touch him, especially since he’s kind of oblivious about personal space. He often ends up brushing up against people or dropping a hand to a shoulder or bumping into someone in the Pitt, and he doesn’t tend to think twice about it beyond a quick apology when needed.
(And maybe he does some of that on purpose, when it comes to one coworker in particular, but again, this isn’t something Frank has ever thought about, so he definitely doesn’t dwell on what that means.)
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"I guess I’m not really used to thinking about options,” he admits, which feels like an unbelievably dumb thing for an adult—a father, a teacher, an ex-husband, an addict—to say out loud. “I just do the thing that seems like what you’re supposed to do."
Leanne hums in the way that Frank has come to learn, two stints in rehab later, is therapist non-verbal speak for “you’ve said something very troubling and therefore fascinating. Prepare to learn about yourself.”
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- Part 2 of and they were CO-TEACHERS
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Actually, Mel's excited about a lot of things going into the new school year. She’s excited to co-teach with Dr. Mohan and Mr. Langdon. She’s excited to continue supporting the kids on her caseload from the previous year, and she knows writing their IEPs will go so much better now that she knows them and their families a little. She’s excited that her Physics class will be entirely made up of students she taught in Chemistry the previous year; they were a great group.
There are things to worry about, too. Co-teaching with two new people again. The daily possibility that she’s going to do something overwhelmingly embarrassing in front of Langdon. Still not knowing where she should go during her prep periods. That she’s going to be just as alone as she’s always been at work, but with some added disappointment because she’s let her hopes get up, just a little.
There’s no way that she and Langdon can co-teach as well as she hopes. She’s sure her bubble will burst soon enough, that her crush will fade, and everything will settle back to baseline.
(It doesn't.)
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- Part 1 of and they were CO-TEACHERS
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Her head is a little spinny and overwhelmed as she learns what it’s like to date Frank Langdon instead of just be weirdly co-dependent best friends with Frank Langdon. She starts a new section of her journal titled Observations, Hypotheses, and Research Questions (RQs) - FAL where she jots some of her newly acquired data down, just to get it out of her head, mostly little things like:
Observation: He sleeps much more deeply after an orgasm, but he also seems embarrassed about it.
Hypothesis: He is nervous about saying I love you.She starts a sub-tab for Pet Names and Compliments (PN&C) and the first RQ under PN&C is:
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“Why didn’t you ever mention that he's obsessed with you?”
Mel’s frown deepens. “Nobody is obsessed. This isn’t Twilight.”
“Tell that to Edward fucking Cullen over there,” Alex replies, which spins Mel out for a second as her brain flashes through a series of images with no conscious input from her: Frank, glittering in the sun, Frank turning a pea coat’s collar up as he loiters around the edge of a room, Frank, helping with a lab in a high school science class. Admittedly, she might have tried to imagine that last one before.
(requested extras from do the panic)
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- Part 2 of so panic
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“I swear I’ve mentioned Alex before,” Mel murmurs, frowning down at her phone, still not clocking how she’s short-circuited Frank’s brain. It's a blue screen of death up there. Hi, you’ve reached Dr. Frank Langdon. I’m not available to talk right now, but leave a message, and I might get back to you. Beeeeeep.
The picture continues to shine cheerily up at them, silently mocking Frank. He forces himself to look away and swallows with difficulty. “I think I'd remember if you'd told me about your ‘best friend’ who you ‘used to be in love with.’”
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- Part 1 of so panic
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Every day that Neil has stuck around in California has been one day too many.
(or: when Neil can't let his mom go, he finds himself attending his senior year of high school in Oakland, where he meets an Exy goalkeeping prodigy who just doesn't get it.)
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Sometimes, growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be, and the pieces don't seem to click together...until they do.
a story about asexuality, growing up, and the people who get us there -
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Neil had literally been tortured on several occasions, and that was still better than this.
(written for the prompt: "andrew and neil meet in a group therapy")
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Nathaniel is never as aware of Neil Josten being a lie as he is when he lies to Andrew.
(written for the prompt: "One Mr and Mrs Smith au with Andreil please and thank you <3")
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The first time it happens, Neil writes it off as the guy not noticing him.
The second time, the short, blond man stares directly at Neil as the elevator doors slide shut and makes absolutely no move to avert the situation.
Neil takes that as an open declaration of war.
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Andrew’s barely even noticing his surroundings by the time he walks through the automatic doors, more ready for a Slurpee than he’s ever been in his whole life, but the sight of an attractive man effectively disarming and disabling a guy with a gun gets his attention pretty quickly.
(written for the prompt: "Ok, so what if neil & andrew meet in a 7-11 where they both go when they can't sleep at night bc both of them are insomniacs + they're always half asleep so it takes them a while to notice each other.")
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Neil Josten @njosten
I guess you could say...the cat’s out of the bag!! #Catgate
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10:24 AM - 349,120 likes - 245,203 retweetsAndrew Minyard @aminyardofficial
@njosten jfc stfu do i even kno u
10:32 AM - 232,143 likes - 98,857 retweets(in a world where everybody plays Exy professionally and Neil is no longer quite so technologically illiterate, he may or may not accidentally out himself via cat pic)
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- Part 2 of pro exy, pro twitter au
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In which Jeremy Knox tries to figure out what soulmates mean in a world of divorced parents, sappy best friends, Exy, and scowling, abused backliners.
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- Part 2 of soulmate aus
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Scorpius Malfoy, member of hit pop indie band Seeking the Ghost and first ever Malfoy in Hufflepuff, loves to defy expectations.
That's part of what makes it so annoying to be in love with his straight best friend, but not quite the whole story.
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Jean has learned to hate the letters on his ribs.
He can remember a time before, back when he still had the sky above him and his future before him, when the letters fueled his insatiable, childish imagination. But then he lost the sky, lost his future, lost his language, and the letters changed.
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- Part 1 of soulmate aus
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Lily Evans: journaler extraordinaire, self-proclaimed grandmother, and most definitely not falling for either James Potter or her pen pal.
a tale told through journal entries, letters, existential Quick Quotes Quills, and James Potter's terrible handwriting
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He shoots Andrew a glare. “I said, don’t call me kid. You’re not old enough to pull that off.” He cocks his head with a considering look. “Am I actually taller than you?”
Andrew returns the glare. “That’s enough backtalk, Josten.”
A smirk unfurls on the perp’s lips, even as Andrew cuffs him to the car.
(an AU in which Andrew is a cop, Neil is either a criminal or being framed, and everything is much more lighthearted than it really should be)