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“Does Abby know you're here?”
Frank nods, and Mel knows that she’ll need to redo her hair from the way his cheek is smushed against it. “Yeah—texted her earlier, said that I was feeling worse and Abbot wanted to give me some fluids and antibiotics before I went home.”
Home, Mel thinks. With his wife and children and dog, where he keeps more than just one change of clothes, where he has to be the one to text first. She wants to keep him here, under her care, within reach. Hers.
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Frank becomes Mel's patient; Mel makes a house call.
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13 Jun 2026
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It's entirely possible that Dr. Langdon can feel her blush from where he is, even the back of her neck going hot. "It's just"—she falters—"I like watching you when something big happens. You always know what to do, it's—I don't know—"
He only lets Mel flounder for a moment before saying, "Can I tell you a secret?" Mel nods. "I've been doing this for—how old are you?"
"Twenty-three."
Dr. Langdon lets out disbelieving breath of a laugh. "Christ. I've been doing this as long as you've been alive and there are still things that scare the shit out of me."
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ER tech Mel gets a private lesson from her attending.
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13 Jun 2026
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“You should get back home to your wife,” she says carefully, slowly, like it’s a reprimand she doesn’t trust him to register as one unless she draws attention to it.
He pretends he didn’t hear her.
It’s only later, at the bus stop, that a firm sense of certainty washes over Frank for the first time in a very long time. He’d gotten it all wrong. Mel clearly has someone else to preoccupy herself with. It was embarrassing, really, to assume she would want a fuck up like him. At that moment, like the punctuation to some cosmic joke, the wedding ring he’s been fingering absentmindedly slips off his finger and skitters around in a circle between his feet. He crouches down to pick it back up as the last bus home flies past. He half wishes it had hit him; it probably would have hurt less than the realisation that he has feelings for Mel King, and she doesn’t feel the same way.
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Frank Langdon is certain that Mel King has a crush on him, until he's not. He then spends the Winter trying and failing to avoid her, setting and breaking rules of engagement, and trying to keep it all a secret from his wife.
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12 Jun 2026
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A Fight and a Daydream: An Addict's Recipe for a Mild Night's Sleep by flungoutofspace222
Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)
09 Jun 2026
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He thought about his coworkers, about what they would think of Abby if they heard how she spoke to him. Robby never truly liked her, and it was mutual. Garcia had met her once, but he couldn't remember the interaction. In a low moment, he figured she would get on well with Santos, at the very least their opinion of him was the same.
The thought of Mel listening, out of everyone, gave him an odd feeling. He imagined her reaction: her downturned lips, confused eyes, a slight shake of the head, how she would respond to Abby calling the Pitt a shithole, of her calling Frank aimless.
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10 Jun 2026
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At 12:17 in the morning, Frank pulled into his driveway. As expected, the family room light was still on. And for the first time since his friendship with Mel began, Frank Langdon lied to his wife about his whereabouts.
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Frank Langdon commits the ignoble crime of emotional infidelity, reflects on his relationships, and gets stuck on an elevator.
And yes, all of these scenarios involve Mel King.
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09 Jun 2026