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Mel King planned her life out to a T when she was thirteen years old.
What she hadn't planned for was meeting Frank Langdon on her first day of college at Penn State.
She definitely hadn't planned on becoming best friends with him.
And she absolutely hadn't planned on falling in love with him.
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Frank was here. At a speed dating event. Which meant that he’d spent his evening sitting across from a dozen other women, looking for the same thing she was - a relationship.
The realization made her stomach sink. For months now, she’d been telling herself there was a reason Frank hadn’t made a move. Maybe he wasn’t ready after the divorce. Maybe he wasn’t even interested in dating at all - maybe he was too busy with work and the kids to even think about it. But he was here, which meant none of those things were true.
Frank wanted a relationship - just not with her.
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For a moment that seemed to draw on for an hour, nobody said anything, the awkward shock of whatever the hell had just occurred settling between them all. Garcia turned toward Frank slowly.
“What the fuck is up with ER Barbie today?” she asked. “Did Poison Ivy over there key her car or something?”
Santos had to cover her mouth to stifle the laugh that burst out. She would think this was hilarious. He bit his tongue so he didn’t say anything he’d regret - they were just beginning to tolerate each other.
Frank stared out the closed doors. “I have no idea.”
or: the one where an overconfident intern openly flirts with Frank, and unleashes a side of Mel nobody has seen before.
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Mel and Frank have been doing a surprisingly good job keeping their relationship quiet.
Unfortunately, Mel is late for work, wildly distracted, and maybe not paying quite as much attention as she should be.
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Frank Langdon thinks Mel King needs to loosen up. Mel thinks Frank needs to be humbled. Somewhere in the middle, they accidentally fall in love.
or - pride and prejudice and the pitt
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But as she stared at the diamond, an ache settled deep into her stomach. It wasn't all jealousy. It was a sense of displacement. For years, Mel had quietly convinced herself that she was doing fine, that her solitary and carefully curated life was what success looked like for her.
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Kingdon Week 2026 | Day Three | wedding season- Language:
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“You should cry. You’ll feel better.”
Frank Langdon knows he'll feel better if he cries, but he can't. Mel King has a heartbreaking trick for that.
(Written for Kingdon Week 2026)
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26 Jun 2026
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Mel scoffed, pretending to be offended. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Frank laughed then, loud and joyful, before glancing back at Mel. The light turned green then, and Frank pressed down on the gas to follow the car in front of them through the intersection.
“Are you–?”
“Frank!” Mel gasped as she caught a glimpse of something careening towards them.
He shot a quick glance to his left, throwing an arm out in front of her, faster than she’d ever seen him move. “Shi-”
Then Mel heard a deafening crunch and a crashing sound, and everything went black.
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but i was never meant to listen, not until i found a reason by itshvnnvh
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17 Mar 2026
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He knows he shouldn’t do it, absolutely, never in a million years, do what he’s about to do. But for everyone’s sake, Mel needed to be out of that room and she was not going to leave willingly.
His dad instincts kick in, the same instincts he gets when one of his kids get overstimulated in the grocery store and can’t do anything other than scream.
She’s not expecting it, which makes it slightly easier. She doesn’t have time to process and fight back before his hands are on her waist and her feet are off the ground. He doesn’t say anything to Becca as he puts Mel over his shoulder and exits the room.
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The day Frank proposes to Mel is full of quiet reflections.
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24 Jun 2026