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Summary:

backpack without plot

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Best viewed with Creator Style on and in light mode (sorry)

Set in an AU where Frank and Mel didn’t meet on that fateful day in the Pitt

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Mckay’s IG post

McKay

Today, 11:21 AM

Frank
CAS

Today, 12:08 PM

Frank
CASSIE

Today, 1:53 PM

Frank
CASSANDRA!!

Today, 2:45 AM

mcKay
who is this…
Frank
ha
Very funny
My backpack is in your Instagram post. I’ve been looking for that thing for like 2 years
Abby thought it might have ended up in the goodwill bin, but there it is!!
Robby took it? Didn’t he? That asshole

Today, 3:38 PM

McKay
What?
That color block monstrosity?
Frank
It’s Cotopaxi actually, but yeah - the backpack.

Today, 5:23 PM

McKay
it’s king’s
Frank
No. It’s mine.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B

Today, 7:03 PM

McKay
So you two bought the same backpack?
Frank
No. It’s mine.
“Each Del Día product is made proudly in the Philippines from remnant materials by an employee who has total creative control over the pack's colorway. No two are the same.”
No two are the same!!

Read 7:15 PM

Today, 9:30 PM

Frank
are you ignoring me!!

samira’s IG post

Ladies of the Pitt

Today, 5:21 PM

Frank
Who can tell me who King is?
Samira
That group chat name… really?
McKay
No one tell him!
Frank
Come on! At least a hint!
Is that a first name or last?
or a nickname?
Kingsley?
Kingston?
Kingsford?
Samira
🦗
Frank
God damnit!
Dana?
Dana
What do I look like: the staff directory?
Heather
Don’t you have your own residents to harass over at Presby? Don’t fuck with ours.
Frank
Ah-ha!!! So they’re a resident!
Heather
Fuck
Sorry guys
Baby brain
Frank
’Baby brain’? Is that the technical term Dr. Collins? Remind me of the ICD10 code for that one
Heather
🖕🏿
Dana
🖕🏻🖕🏻
Frank
miss you too

Mel’s IG post

(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)

Yesterday, 7:21 PM

(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
Hello,

This is Melissa (Mel) King. I work at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center with Yolanda Garcia and Cassie McKay. Is this the Frank Langdon with the missing backpack.

Frank
Yes!
That’s me! A real person and not a bot.
(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
A robot? Cassie gave me your number?
Frank
It was a joke
Not a very good one
Because of my IG comment
(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
Oh. Okay. I don’t really use instagram that much.
I bought the backpack at a Goodwill in Squirrel Hill last year.
Frank
That makes sense. I got divorced a couple years ago and it must have accidentally ended up in a donation box when I moved out
(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
Dr. Garcia said I shouldn’t accept anything less than a lobster dinner at Hyde Park, but I’m allergic to shellfish and Cassie thinks this backpack has sentimental value to you, so I’d be happy to return it.
Frank
You are an angel Melissa King!
(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
Everyone calls me Mel.
I work tomorrow until 4:30 if you’d want to stop by the Pitt to pick it up after my shift?
Frank
Sounds good! I’ll be the backpackless guy outside the front entrance
(Maybe: Melissa (Mel) King)
👍


~ Epilogue ~

1 year later

Mel

Yesterday, 5:21 AM

Frank
Good morning sunshine, hope you had an uneventful shift.
You wouldn’t happen to know where my backpack is?
Mel
Good morning ☀️

It's in my trunk. We must have forgotten it after our hike with the kids this weekend.

Please call off your Instagram search before you fall in love with another girl with a flashy backpack

That was a joke.
Just the last part. I really do have your backpack.
Frank
Fuck I love you so much
Mel
I love you too!

Notes:

Inspired by, but in no way related to the triple-letter files - go check them out if you haven’t already!

Comment and let me know what you think or find me on Tumblr @mellybeanking

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