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“So listen,” Robby says, “I heard you’ve uh, well, that you’re living with Dr. King. Is there any truth to that statement?”
Frank groans.
“Yeah, yes, I’m living with her,” he says and Robby gets that crazy look in his eyes so Frank barrels on, “It’s not like that. Robby it’s not,” and Robby doesn’t look like he believes him one bit. “I’m living in her spare room and I pay her rent. We’re roommates. That’s not a crime.”
or: frank gets out of rehab, gets divorced, and needs somewhere to live. enter mel.
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25 Feb 2026
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“Yes. I’m supposed to leave next week, and she set up a double date for her brother and I.” She looks at Frank, her forehead still wrinkled. Frank wants to smooth those lines away with his thumb. “It would be rude to cancel, wouldn’t it?”
“Yeah,” Frank confirms, and Mel’s shoulders drop. Frank feels the words rising up, and he knows he’s going to say them. Mel’s roommate wants to set her up. Mel needs a convenient excuse to get the roommate off her back. “I could go with you.”
“Oh,” Mel says, very quietly. She studies him from beneath her eyelashes, the frames of her glasses. “That’s very kind of you, Frank. I would be happy to have a friend there.”
“No, uh.” Frank stops, swallows thickly. “I could pretend to be your boyfriend. Get you out of those dates.”
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24 Feb 2026
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Mel traced idle patterns on his forearm and Frank watched her face in the low light, memorising it in ways he didn't yet have language for.
"Do you think we'll remember this the same way?" Mel asked quietly, twisting her lips in thought.
He remained quiet for a moment, taking a deep breath and exhaling it. "I think we'll remember it differently," he admitted. "But I think we'll both remember it as important."
She nodded, satisfied with that.
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Mel and Frank meet at a summer emergency medicine internship programme and the rest is history.
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24 Feb 2026
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it’s been so long since he’s had someone he wants to tell things to, who actually seems interested in what he has to say. not since before rehab.
It’s nice to feel like he has a friend again.
(or, the story of how frank langdon falls in love with melissa king.)
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23 Feb 2026
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They were friends.
And yeah, maybe the ring on his finger sort of burned when he looked at her sometimes, even though it was just for show, now.
It was just easier to let her keep thinking he was still married to Abby. Safer.
It raised less eyebrows about the nature of their friendship when the ring stayed on while he was at work, the weight on his finger reminding him not to say or do anything stupid.
It also made it a little less creepy when the pet names started slipping out.
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22 Feb 2026