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“Hi,” Frank says, breathless. His hair is messy, like he’d tried to ruffle it with his fingers to make it more presentable, and his shirt is askew, the neckline obviously tugged to one side.
“Hello,” Mel responds primly, behind the hulking printing press. She moves to the side of it and tangles her hands together in front of her apron.
The pair of them are sort of comical — her in full colonial garb and him in a free t-shirt from the campus gym that he clearly cut the sleeves off of, turning it into a makeshift muscle tank, with only a thin cord strung across a few wooden posts separating them.
or: the colonial williamsburg college au meetcute
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16 Apr 2026
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Mel ends her Shift From Hell on the roof.
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28 Mar 2026
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"So are you a Survivor superfan?" He asks—be normal Frank, be normal—walking toward some rocks at the far end of the beach.
"Huge," Mel says with a wide smile. "What about you?"
"Me, not really," Frank admits. "I watched a few seasons here and there," —one season, if he's honest— "and I auditioned just for fun," —he hadn't even known that Theo had sent in that stupid video— "and now here I am."
"Here you are," Mel echoes and Frank finds himself a little lost in the melody of her voice. It's lower than maybe he would expect, but the flow of it is an easy rhythm, a pleasing melody.
Entrancing.
"Here we are." Finds it necessary to add on, and the smile that blooms on Mel's face tells him he's said the right thing.
Fuck.
Or, the Survivor AU.
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10 Feb 2026
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A comprehensive scientific framework for the human experience of love has been sought after by social psychologists for decades.
This piece will recount the experience of one person (a heterosexual, well-educated, white female in her late twenties) through the lens of Tobore’s AAC Quadruple Framework Theory of Love.
Looking for a housemate to move into my 2br 2ba apartment in South Side Flats. 1110 sq ft, modern, clean, north-facing. Shared areas fully furnished, but willing to consolidate. In-unit washer/dryer. $1000 per month, excluding utilities.
Strong preference for someone in healthcare or other industry with day/night shift rotations. Available from July 27. Current lease runs until December, with option for renewal.
Send EOI to [email protected]
“Oh, do you know someone who’s interested?”
“Yeah,” he grinned. “Me.”
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24 Jan 2026
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Frank types for a moment and then hands the phone back to her, leaning in close to press a kiss to her cheek. “See you later.”
He reaches around to press the elevator call button for her, and then turns before she can say anything else.
Right at the top of the Google doc, Frank has added:
MOST IMPORTANT RULE: This will not ruin our friendship.
OR — Mel volunteers to help a coworker, which means, somehow, Frank volunteers to have a ton of sex with Mel.
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21 Jan 2026