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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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    27 Apr 2026

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    Mel King was a creature of habit.

    There was a specific sort of choreography to her life beyond the chaos of the Emergency Department. A carefully controlled routine, a color-coded calendar, a rigid set of rituals that kept her grounded enough to keep showing up day after day, to keep on doing the work that was required of her to save lives.

    Everything was going fine for Mel. Her personal life was predictable, unexciting, and perfectly fulfilling, thank you very much.

    Enter Frank Langdon, agent of chaos.

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    27 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 60

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    The fall-out from Sirius sending Snape to the Shrieking Shack on the full moon.

    'Is Remus ok? What about Snape?' I whirled around to face James, from where I had been restlessly pacing in front of the fire for the past hour, waiting for him to return. He had finally climbed through the portrait hole, his face drawn and pale. As soon as his eyes came to rest on me however his face transformed into an expression I'd never seen before- pure, undiluted anger and disgust. Much like how Mother looks every time she so much as glances in my direction, a faint and unwelcome part of my brain noted. Eyes hard, James stalked over to where I was stood and grabbed me by the front of my robes. What happened next was so fast I didn't even realise what had happened until my head snapped back and I felt the blood running from my nose. I swiped at it with my hand and saw the bright red liquid on it, proof that James, my best friend, had just punched me.

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    08 Sep 2021

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    The morning before the Fellowship leaves Imladris, Legolas says good-bye to his lover.

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    31 Aug 2021