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    “I love used books,” she proffers, eager to be a normal person. “I love when books have a story.”

    “Well, I’d say if a book doesn’t have a story, it’s a pretty sad excuse for a book.”

    Mel can’t help herself—she snorts. “I didn’t realize you owned the shop,” Mel says quickly, embarrassed. “That must be nice—”

    “Yeah, it is,” Frank answers distractedly. “I’m sorry, I’m pretty sure I just saw two time Emmy award winning actress Mel King snort at a joke I made.”

    So he really did know her, then, wow.

    “Well I’m not sure anyone will believe you,” she jokes lightly.

    “Yeah,” Frank breathes, his eyes roving over her face in a stunned sort of awe. “I don’t think anyone will.”

     

    Or, the Kingdon Notting Hill AU :)

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    07 Jul 2026

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    After months of friendship and blurred boundaries, Mel and Frank slip into something neither of them is ready to name. As a snowstorm settles over Pittsburgh, the space between them disappears—and Mel begins to question everything.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    "Sometimes Mel thinks all her little problems actually matter.

    She cries on the bus after long shifts, straddling the line between trying to stop and trying to get it out so that she doesn’t ruin Becca’s night. She watches her coworkers pair up happily, full of inside jokes, and knows there’s no one waiting to catch up with her. And she gets up on bridges to see if she’ll actually do something about any of it."

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    Six months into working in the Pitt, Mel is reaching her breaking point. She doesn't expect Frank to be the one who finds her when she finally cracks.

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    08 Jun 2026

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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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    01 Jun 2026

  5. Rec 52

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    He curses himself for not having paid closer attention when they first got to South 16. If he had, he would have seen the patient sit up straighter in recognition on the hospital bed, nervously looking out the glass door like he was already trying to find a different doctor to treat him. If Langdon had realized this, he could have grabbed Mel by the elbow and gotten her out of the room before she set her eyes on him. He feels mortally sick just thinking about Mel’s beautiful, tender and attentive eyes sparing that piece of shit a single motherfucking glance.

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    29 May 2026