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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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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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    30 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 18

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    Mel always wakes up before Frank, even when she tries very hard not to.

    She slips out of bed, slowly, careful while she shifts her weight along the mattress. Frank mumbles, reaching blindly under the covers, then turns over.

    She waits until his breathing evens out, smiles to herself about how broad his shoulders are, then makes her way to the bathroom. When she’s just about to cross the threshold into the kitchen, she sees it.

    There, on the round wooden table, sits a bouquet of flowers in a vase.

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    28 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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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. Chapter Two up next week!

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    27 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 40

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    “You should cry. You’ll feel better.”

    Frank Langdon knows he'll feel better if he cries, but he can't. Mel King has a heartbreaking trick for that.

    (Written for Kingdon Week 2026)

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    26 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 28

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    "You need to focus now, OK? You need to talk to me. I'm so sorry this is happening and we can talk about options after but right now I need you to snap out of it. Cause otherwise they're gonna pump you full of drugs and give you a C-section and God knows what else and I need you right now. Please Mel? I need you."

    Or, Mel King Didn't Know She Was Pregnant.

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    26 Jun 2026