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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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15 Oct 2026
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Why is it so weird if Mel likes someone? How come it’s fine for everyone else to have a crush, but if she does it’s sad and pathetic and weird and everyone feels sorry for her?
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The one where Mel overhears the Pitt starting to suspect she likes Langdon a bit too much, Frank has to examine how he really feels, and we explore some truly heinous S3 theories...
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05 Oct 2026
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Unfortunately, they did catch that guy. The one who flirted with her badly and pushed her off a stool. But Mel really, really doesn't want to go to court. Good thing she has a friend who shows up even when nobody asked.
Or, Mel finally has someone who pays attention to her and Frank makes a friend
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- Part 1 of State of Grace
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20 Sep 2026
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“I just– I don’t understand why you kissed me if you didn’t…want this.”
His expression morphs into something between fear and disbelief and he takes a step closer, her arm held to his chest. “What are you talking about? What do you mean I don’t want this?”
“I heard what you said today. To Donnie. I shouldn’t– I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, I swear, I was…looking for you. And I heard you. I just wish you would have talked to me instead of, I don’t know. Instead of trying to get rid of me.”
Frank gawks at her. “That’s what you think this is? You think I’m too chicken-shit to talk to you about how I feel so I, what, concoct some fucked-up strategy to get you to leave first? Jesus, Mel, is that really what you think of me?”
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02 Sep 2026
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Frank had noticed it right away, of course, the smell thing, as soon as Robby had introduced her—the pleasant, neutral scent of beta and then the immediate sharp undercurrent of something really, really delicious, like a ripe strawberry that he wanted to dig his teeth into so badly that his mouth began watering.
He had to cover his nose with his fist after that, wondering if a fan had caught her hair weird or something, because why the fuck could he smell her from all the way across the room?
It took him about an hour or two into the shift to come to the somewhat-harrowing conclusion that—shit. Goddamnit. She only smelled like that to him.
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31 Aug 2026