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Each time he visits Eddie tries desperately to pull a smile from Steve’s lips. Knows deep in his gut that it’ll be like a rising sun: golden, day-making, and beautiful.
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or the one where Eddie's coronation is looming, where Steve's the village baker, and where courting rituals vary greatly between royalty and townsfolk
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25 Aug 2026
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“Hey,” Langdon says, and even his voice sounds different, like he’s holding in a burp. The laugh dies in her throat, however, when she notices he's carrying... a bouquet?
"Sorry if they're ugly," he says, "I told the florist purple, and she ran with it."
Mel takes them out of his hands, but she doesn't stop blinking. "Um, thank you. But... why?"
He cringes. "Shit, it’s too much, isn’t it? It's been a while since I've been on a first date. I'm rusty."
Mel almost drops the flowers as she staggers backward. "What?"
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20 Aug 2026
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When Frank is made aware of a bet surrounding his name, the first person he tells is Mel. Which is only right considering her name is the only other one attached to it.
So, with the excuse of helping a friend win the betting pool, they agree to play into the bet. The tangible crushes they have on each other have nothing to do with it. Absolutely nothing.
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30 Jul 2026
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Mel had thought her way right into a corner with only one option.
Feelings were messy, unpredictable things. She’d managed keeping them to herself this long, she could keep a handle on it with a one time perfunctory favor sex involved. She simply had to logic her way through it. Frank was her person. He would help her out because he was a good friend. The sex would be carefully carried out and rote. There would be no additional emotional attachment. Everything between them would go back to the way it always was and Mel could move on.
There would be absolutely no deviation.
aka Mel's 30th birthday crisis leads her to ask Frank to take her virginity
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28 Jul 2026
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The absolute last thing Jack intended to do was get involved with whatever middle-school two-step courting dance Langdon and King had going on. So, of course, he accidentally steps right into it.
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13 Jul 2026
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Mel cancels her therapist sessions the very next day, in the early hours of the morning after contemplating the whole night. She won’t need therapy anymore, because she already has a plan.
Mel is going to kill herself.
Now, this isn’t as simple as it sounds. She can’t just jump into the Allegheny on her way to work. She has to be smart about it, because there is one huge caveat: What is going to happen to Becca once she is gone? This is what Mel has been thinking about the entire night, and she has finally come up with a solution.
She needs to befriend Frank Langdon.
Or: Mel comes up with an insane plan and drags Frank along for the ride.
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12 Jul 2026
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Climbing Ivy by Grimmseye
Fandoms: とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
31 Mar 2026
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Olruggio rumbled. He could feel the vibration in his chest, from Olruggio’s to his own. “I’m not leaving you,” he said, voice gruff and fumbling. “I don’t — I want — you know I’ve wanted to hug you too, right?”
He sounded terribly embarrassed. Qifrey giggled, half in endearment and half mind-numbing relief. “Right,” he murmured, fingers relaxing by a fraction. “Sorry. You used to be so affectionate with your hands.”
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25 Jun 2026
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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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21 Jun 2026
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Unfortunately, they did catch that guy. The one who flirted with her badly and pushed her off a stool. But Mel really, really doesn't want to go to court. Good thing she has a friend who shows up even when nobody asked.
Or, Mel finally has someone who pays attention to her and Frank makes a friend
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15 Jun 2026
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They were friends.
And yeah, maybe the ring on his finger sort of burned when he looked at her sometimes, even though it was just for show, now.
It was just easier to let her keep thinking he was still married to Abby. Safer.
It raised less eyebrows about the nature of their friendship when the ring stayed on while he was at work, the weight on his finger reminding him not to say or do anything stupid.
It also made it a little less creepy when the pet names started slipping out.
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10 Jun 2026
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"Try here," he directs. Her hand caresses his nape before her fingers find his carotid. She bites her lip.
"Hey," she murmurs. "You're a bit tachy, yourself. But you haven't had very much." She motions to his deserted beer.
His eyes drop to her lips and he swallows. "Probably something else, then. Maybe you need a new differential diagnosis."
Her face heats and a strange warmth pools in her gut. This is dangerous. She needs to move back. She can stop things before they get weird. Before she makes them weird. She removes her hand from his neck. Her fingers tip toe their way up Frank's tie and hesitantly land on his chin. She traces her pinky along his lower lip. She tracks its movement, catching the bob of his Adam's apple in her periphery.
or: missing scenes of Mel and Frank's relationship as it shifts from platonic to something more
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04 May 2026
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Ten months gone, ten months back. Frank Langdon goes to his first Ren Faire to save Mel King from being a third wheel, and not at all because he's in love with her.
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04 May 2026
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“—and I know that there’s Becca and Tanner and Millie to consider, but I was wondering if you maybe wanted to move in? Together? With me?”
Mel blinks. He certainly doesn’t look like he’s having a stroke.
“Frank, why would we move in together?”
“I thought it might be nice,” he shrugs here, acting nonchalant even though Mel can see the tension in his jaw. “To take that next step in our relationship.”
“Frank, what are you talking about? We’re not in a relationship?”
At this, Frank’s frown deepens before widening into a frustrated half smile. “Uh, yes we are? We’ve been dating for nine months?”
What.
Or, Frank thinks Mel doesn’t do physical touch.
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20 Apr 2026
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Frank is very surprised to learn that he is in love with Mel.
His therapist is less surprised.
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18 Apr 2026
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Mel sees some bruises she can’t identify. Langdon brushes her off.
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05 Apr 2026
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"Mel," he murmurs, almost a whisper.
She leans closer, pressing into the table. "Yes, Dr. Langdon?" Her ribs ache. She wants to be in his lap.
"Please, I just. I need to stop thinking. I wa-," he falters. "I need you to tell me what to do."
or: my take on my favorite doctors fucking nasty in the break room during 2x13
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04 Apr 2026
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“Jesus, Mel,” His right hand moved back again towards the braid and left hand immediately appeared on her left cheek, “Tell me if you want to stop because we can and I don’t want to make you uncomfortable when-” He didn’t get a chance to finish because Mel leaned forward and kissed him.
Mel from 10 months ago could not have dreamed about this moment. Mel from 12 hours ago could not have dared to expect this to happen to her, even though she wanted it so badly.
Mel from right now decided that all she ever wanted to do with Frank Langdon for the rest of her life is to kiss him.
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03 Apr 2026
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Apparently, Frank asked Mel out.
Well, that's at least what Cassie tells her.
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31 Mar 2026
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go home, loser.
She doesn’t feel like giving him a hard time right now, truly, but she’s hoping if she’s casual, maybe he’ll magically think everything is okay and actually go the fuck home.
A ding.
u send her out to me and i’ll put in my fucking two weeks notice.
She stares at her phone helplessly, then looks back to Robby.
“Fuck,” he barks out. “Fuck. Fine, I’ll…I’ll go figure something out.”
He turns on his heel and starts walking towards the cops.
Her phone dings one more time.
where’s mel.
(or, mel gets taken hostage in the ed. it changes trinity santos' entire worldview.)
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26 Mar 2026
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Mel doesn’t have an emergency contact. Frank changes that.
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15 Mar 2026