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“I guess I could see if one of my friends is amenable to helping,” Mel continues, and Frank whites out. Sirens in his head, DEFCON 1 or 5 or whichever was the highest, do not pass go. “But that seems like a lot to ask.”
“I, uh, I wouldn’t mind,” Frank hears himself say. “Just, uh, you know, to help. As your friend. But no pressure, I know it might be weird.”
“That’s so nice of you.” Mel sounds genuinely touched, her lips curving up into a soft smile, her eyes glistening up at him, and Frank has never felt like a worse person.
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02 Jul 2026
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She finishes the cigarette and stubs it out on the brick beside her, dropping the butt on the ground and grinding it under her shoe for good measure. “What do you think, Mel-eficent, should we go in for another, or call it a night?”
Mel chews on the inside of her cheek, feels the gentle night breeze ruffle her hair, still loose around her face, thinks about Santos next to her onstage, loud and passionate and purposeful even in her drunkenness, so much more of her on display than Mel has ever seen at work, in all the time she’s attempted to get to know her.
It’s her first night out with a friend. She’s not ready for it to be over, so unceremoniously on this sidewalk outside the bar.
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30 May 2026