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It’s not a date — until it starts to feel like one and they are not dating — until it starts to feel like they are… Mel and Frank slip into something easy, complicated, and already a little unstable, but Frank has things he needs to deal with and Mel only just started finding her independence.
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29 Mar 2026
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Frank Langdon is a man of science, but there is no clinical protocol for the way his chest tightens when Mel gets hurt by a patient.
Or, the one where Frank loses his cool when he thinks about Mel getting hurt.
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27 Mar 2026
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Where Frank refuses to let the landlord overcharge Mel, even if he’s just worked a twenty-four-hour shift, and decides that the only thing better than fixing a U-bend is never having to say goodbye at 7:00 AM again.
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26 Mar 2026
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“Mel, can you hear me?” Mel recognizes that voice. The only person in this emergency department who ever gave her the time of day. Maybe even the only person in the entire world. She feels her throat tighten again as more tears threaten to fall.
She doesn’t open her eyes or remove her hands, but she unclenches her fists to hear him better.
“It’s just me, Mel. Ugh, it’s Frank. Is there anything I can do? The lights are off; you’re on the second floor. It’s quieter up here and there are more empty rooms. Can I get you some water?” Mel feels herself nod.
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Or; Mel has a no good very bad shift, and Frank Langdon is finally back.Bookmarked by riss20
24 Mar 2026
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“I’m not leaving,” he says, “But we don’t have to talk about it right now if you don’t want. Becca’s all taken care of, and Emma’s getting her discharged. Okay?”
Despite everything, she nods.
“Okay.”
Langdon smiles, the left corner of his lips pulling gently to the side, awkward and earnest, and sits—crisscross applesauce, Mel thinks— in front of her. “Okay about Becca, or okay let’s talk?”
Mel takes a deep breath in. She thinks about the photo on her phone, arms wound tightly around her father’s bicep, and the petulant feeling in her gut on the swing set. She thinks about the burning feeling she would get whenever she saw Becca leap through the air, looking for all the world like an angel, setting sun lighting her brunette pigtails into a vibrant orange, and names it.
Envy.
She exhales slowly.
“Okay,” Mel says, finally looking at Langdon directly. “Okay, let’s talk.”
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AKA: the Mel introspection fic to speed running sex fic everybody wanted after S2E11
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22 Mar 2026