zoeursula



Recent works

Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 81

    Tags
    Summary

    Grounder Frank Langdon takes a wife.

    Or,

    After 100 years of isolation, an apocalypse bunker is running out of food. In order to survive, the colony must strike a deal with the survivors on the outside. The solution is an arranged marriage between Mel and Frank, and Mel leaving behind everything she's ever known to join him and his tribe.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    39,077
    Chapters:
    9/?
    Comments:
    294
    Kudos:
    277
    Bookmarks:
    81
    Hits:
    6,190

    16 Aug 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    ch 9

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    She caught her reflection, but it wasn’t her own. Her specter stared back at her, still and unmoving. Wearing the same shirt she had worn twenty-seven days, three hours, and seventeen minutes ago. The room was usually occupied by a patient and a huddle of doctors and nurses, but that day it was empty. It called out to her.

    Paging Dr. Mel King!

    Come on in here, Mel!

    What have you got to lose?

    What are you afraid of?

    Nothing. She was afraid of nothing.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    35,059
    Chapters:
    12/?
    Comments:
    118
    Kudos:
    418
    Bookmarks:
    121
    Hits:
    9,481

    11 Aug 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    chapter 11

  3. Public Bookmark 9

    Tags
    Summary

    The Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center is holding a fundraising Gala and has been in the works for months. However, Frank Langdon had been in rehab when it was planned, and it hadn't been mentioned to him until five days beforehand by his dearest coworker, Melissa King.

    “The gala. The one on Saturday night. They uh,” She dropped whatever thought she was on, her propped arm dropping to her lap, “It’s a big deal.” He chuckled in reply, dropping his now half-finished sandwich to rub at his eyes desperately.

    “Joke?” He asked, internally going through months' worth of conversations and how he could have possibly missed a gala. “No, I’m being serious.”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,290
    Chapters:
    1/3
    Comments:
    1
    Kudos:
    42
    Bookmarks:
    9
    Hits:
    374

    29 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 14

    Tags
    Summary

    Five times Mel almost called Frank during her pregnancy, and one time Frank almost called her after their baby's birth.

     

    Written for Kingdon Week's "oops, accidental pregnancy" prompt and melpreg summer.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,289
    Chapters:
    2/6
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    32
    Kudos:
    73
    Bookmarks:
    14
    Hits:
    1,641

    20 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    “I’m jealous.” It escapes before she can let herself back out, “That my sister has a sex life, and I don’t.”

    She doesn’t know why she’s admitting that to him. She honestly doesn’t. It’s embarrassing.

    “Right there with you.” His voice is low, “How long–?”

    She chews at the bottom of her lip, doing the mental math, “Three years…You?”

    “Thirteen months.”

    Warmth pools in between her legs, and she clutches his hand like it’s a lifeline.

    It’s barely a whisper, she’s so afraid to say it,

    “Close the trunk.”

    ---

    “Wait, holy shit, King–” The wand stills inside of her as Trinity freezes the frame.

    “What?” She asks, “God, it didn’t nick something, did it? I’m not about to bleed to death?”

    “No, but you might pass out.” Trinity answers, “Maybe?”

    “What is it?” She tries to sit up, but Trinity’s already turning the ultrasound monitor around to show her.

    Her heart stills as she takes in the tiny flickering heartbeat on the screen in front of her, “Oh–”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    144,953
    Chapters:
    22/?
    Comments:
    767
    Kudos:
    859
    Bookmarks:
    243
    Hits:
    34,767

    26 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    chapter 12