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Frank huffed, setting the mug down. “How many times are we going to have to go over this, Mel? I like listening to you talk. I’m not just being nice. We’re friends.”
“It’s important to ask,” she said, still watching him carefully. “Because sometimes people say they want to know something but they don’t actually mean that they do. They’re just being polite. And it’s hard for me to tell that, always.”
“I’ll tell you what,” he suggested. “Let’s make this easy. With me, you never have to ask. Consider it my… blanket approval, I guess.”
He pointed to himself. “I, Frank Langdon, am interested in what you have to say.”
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28 Jun 2026
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he’s careful with mel in a way that he never was with abby. not because he thinks she’s too delicate, or made of glass, or unable to handle herself. he just…he can’t fuck this up. she’s the most important thing that’s ever happened to him, alongside tanner and penny. he can’t fuck any of this up.
still, he can't protect her from this.
(or, mel and frank struggle with infertility issues.)
written for day four of kingdon week 2026: hurt and comfort.
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- Part 2 of kingdon week 2026
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27 Jun 2026
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Frank Langdon is nine the first time he gives confession—dragged down the center aisle of Saint Paul’s by his mother—for stealing a pack of baseball cards.
The last time, it’s after he cheats on his wife.
Or: the lapsed Catholic, infidelity fic
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27 Jun 2026
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The day that Melissa King first meets Frank Langdon is also the first day that she ever argues with an adult.
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25 Jun 2026