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Frank Langdon should not be touching Mel King like this.
Jesus, this was a bad idea.
But it was just a strap. And then her clavicles. And then his fingertips and nails along her arms, lightly grazing the raised goosebumps forming on her skin. Her body’s reaction to his touch was like a drug. He hoped she couldn’t feel his body’s response. Fuck, he wanted to touch her more.
No. That was it. It had to be. He was not going to ruin this moment. She would never be able to see him the same if he did that, and he needed Mel King not to hate him like grass needed the sun. She was his last refuge in a world that would not forgive him.
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OR: When the world keeps finding reasons to kick them when they're down, Mel King and Frank Langdon find each other again and again.OR: Frank Langdon, stop giving that girl rides home.
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04 May 2026
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Frank Langdon is at the beginning of his new normal. Recently one year sober, back on track with his career, and finally feeling like himself again he is dealt another blow.
Divorce papers. Served to him in the emergency department’s waiting room right before a 12 hour shift starts.
Now he is thrust into even more change, this time facing it on his own. Or at least, he thinks he’ll be alone.
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02 May 2026
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Frank Langdon finds himself daydreaming about Mel King.
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29 Apr 2026
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Some nights were, naturally, worse than others.
Nights where Frank laid in bed for so long, staring at the ceiling, that it made his heart start to race with anxiety and his back ache and ache and ache no matter how he positioned himself. Nights where his thoughts spiraled out into worst-case-scenarios that seemed so vivid and inevitable that he would have to get up and go to the bathroom, just to turn the light on and look at himself in the mirror to remember what was actually real.
Those were the nights when he wanted the pills again the most: alone in his guest bedroom, trying to wring sleep out of his body like the last few drops of water out of a dirty dishcloth.
He tried not to call Mel on nights like that. He did not always succeed.
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29 Apr 2026
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Abby Langdon does not worry about Frank's coworker Melissa King. She doesn't mind that he talks about her a lot nor does she find it particularly weird. She doesn't think twice about her at all, until she meets her.
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11 Apr 2026