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  1. Public Bookmark 97

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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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    22 Jul 2026

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    Some nights were, naturally, worse than others.

    Nights where Frank laid in bed for so long, staring at the ceiling, that it made his heart start to race with anxiety and his back ache and ache and ache no matter how he positioned himself. Nights where his thoughts spiraled out into worst-case-scenarios that seemed so vivid and inevitable that he would have to get up and go to the bathroom, just to turn the light on and look at himself in the mirror to remember what was actually real.

    Those were the nights when he wanted the pills again the most: alone in his guest bedroom, trying to wring sleep out of his body like the last few drops of water out of a dirty dishcloth.

    He tried not to call Mel on nights like that. He did not always succeed.

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    11 Jul 2026

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    Mel King is falling head over heels for Frank Langdon. He's falling right with her - even while he's trying to fix his marriage. The news that Abby is pregnant leaves Mel broken, and her ensuing transfer from the Pitt shakes Frank to his core. When they meet again nearly two years later, Frank determines to win her back, but Mel will have to decide if it's worth trying again.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    It starts like this:

    Frank gets caught. He does not voluntarily give up information about the stolen drugs – he gets caught.

    Big difference.

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    Frank Langdon and the years following that one shift.

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    10 Apr 2026

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    "So are you a Survivor superfan?" He asks—be normal Frank, be normal—walking toward some rocks at the far end of the beach.

    "Huge," Mel says with a wide smile. "What about you?"

    "Me, not really," Frank admits. "I watched a few seasons here and there," —one season, if he's honest— "and I auditioned just for fun," —he hadn't even known that Theo had sent in that stupid video— "and now here I am."

    "Here you are," Mel echoes and Frank finds himself a little lost in the melody of her voice. It's lower than maybe he would expect, but the flow of it is an easy rhythm, a pleasing melody.

    Entrancing.

    "Here we are." Finds it necessary to add on, and the smile that blooms on Mel's face tells him he's said the right thing.

    Fuck.

     

    Or, the Survivor AU.

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    11 Mar 2026