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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    Frank Langdon has spent the last couple years adjusting to his new normal: keeping his head down at work, being a present father, navigating co-parenting, and making sure his sobriety sticks this time around. Those are his priorities; dating doesn’t even break the top ten. Or, at least that’s what Frank thinks before she walks into the ED:

    Mel King.

    Global superstar.

     

    Written for Kingdon Week's "fame and glory" prompt.

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    13 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 47

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    “Well, Aunt Irene asked if you were bringing any one.”

    “... And you told her no. Because I’m not bringing anyone. Right?”

    “I did not do that.” Becca said, looking sideways, avoiding Mel’s eye.

    Mel blanched, swallowing hard, eyelids stuttering. But she had to keep her cool. She could not yell. She could not freak out.

    “I told Aunt Irene that you were bringing your boyfriend.”

    “Becca,” She said, as calmly as she could, “I don’t have a boyfriend. You know that. I’ve never had a boyfriend.” The last line, in a whisper.

    “Well, I told her that Dr. Langdon was your boyfriend.”

     

    Mel brings Dr. Langdon as her plus-one to her cousin Claire's wedding. Dr. Langdon is all too willing to pretend to be her boyfriend. Maybe a little too willing? To follow: a dog bite, spanking-related misunderstandings, erotic steak eating, and of course: only-one-bed!

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    08 Jul 2026

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    06 Jun 2026

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    “What do you think about the severe rash case? Think you want in on it or can I take it?”

    Frank turns to face her, which makes her look at him. His eyebrow is raised, an expression of focus on his face. “I think I want you to take a break.”

    Mel laughs, glances away before making eye contact again. “That’s a funny joke.”

    “No, I'm serious. Mel, go take fifteen,” he says with a firm tone.

    “But I don’t need a break.”

    Frank places a gentle, yet strong, hand on her shoulder. Mel glances down at it, a bit too stunned to speak; her brain trips over itself. Frank rarely touches her like this. It should be overstimulating — and if it were anyone else, it very well might’ve been — but instead the weight of his hand on her shoulder grounds her. Becomes an anchor.

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    06 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 89

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    The first bets were placed shortly after the wedding ring disappeared from Langdon’s finger one rainy day in August, never to be seen again. Trinity thinks it’s funny, though she isn’t the most invested, until it all ends up coming to a head in a way more awful than any of them could have predicted.

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    06 Jun 2026