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   Don't Rein Me In by mentallyinlothlorien

   Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   06 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Melissa "Mel" King/Frank Langdon
   • Melissa "Mel" King
   • Frank Langdon
   • Becca King
   • Trinity Santos
   • Dennis Whitaker
   • Cassie McKay
   • Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
   • Dana Evans
   • Abby Langdon
   • Frank Langdon's Children
   • Yolanda Garcia
   • Jack Abbot (The Pitt)
   • Victoria Javadi
   • Samira Mohan
   • Friends to Lovers
   • are they lovers? worse
   • Getting Together
   • Slow Burn
   • Eventual Smut
   • Frank falls first and harder
   • mel king is a badass
   • Trauma
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Medical Jargon
   • probably incorrect though
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • but also the other kind of sleeping together
   • the last person to forgive frank langdon is himself
   • Frank Langdon is the Most Divorced Man in America
   • Abby runs the Kingdon fan club
   • Jealous Frank Langdon
   • Mel needs a break
   • And he's going to give her one goddamnit
   • Santos and Langdon are friends
   • Because when you see yourself in someone how can you look at them
   • Light Dom/sub

   Summary

   "I think it’s not about other people’s trust in you. It’s more about if you trust yourself.”

   Frank trusts himself with a lot of things—saving a patient’s life, taking care of his kids, calling someone when he’s craving benzos. But with Mel? She’s so rare, so precious. How could he ever trust himself with that?

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   English

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   11/11

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