Kingdon Week 2026 Day 3: Wedding Season!!!!(posting it separately in higher quality w/o the bg for all to enjoy as well, for @langdnmel 's AMAZZZINGGGG fic plus-one)
i think it's funny when a character is almost exclusively referred to by their last name by other people and this carries over into their internal monologue when someone writes from their pov. not even on a first name basis with herself
kingdon | 12k | complete | M | college au, strangers to friends to lovers
Mel shoots another look at her seat stealer—even if he didn’t know that’s what he was doing, she’s still going to hold a grudge—and notices for the first time that he’s, like, absurdly attractive. His dark hair is sticking up in an intentional bedhead kind of way, his jaw is insanely sharp, and his eyes are a striking blue, light enough that she can make them out feet away.
Before she can get too carried away studying him, though, he does something that makes her blood boil: he crosses his arms on the table in front of him and puts his head down, apparently settling in for a nap.
A nap! In her seat! What a waste!
(or: 5 times Frank steals Mel’s seat + 1 time she steals his.)
PTMC has implemented the new M.E.L. (Medical Evaluation Liaison) AI system. Frank is lonely.
AO3, Rated M, 4.5k words
This is a full version of my kingdon microfic post for day 22: connect. There is an accompanying S.A.M.I.R.A. piece, but no ETA on that one just yet.
PTMC INTERNAL SYSTEM // M.E.L.
Medical Evaluation Liaison v.2.0.4 | Authorized User: F.Langdon
SYSTEM: New session initialized. Connecting...
MEL: Good morning, Dr. Langdon. How may I assist with patient evaluation?
Maia! I remember reading "nice things" that you posted on here, and completely melted 💜 short and sweet and exactly needed after the episode
AWWW thank you !!! i had such a fun time writing that one... it was the scene we all needed in canon but will never get </3 also i love the idea of mel owning an anatomically correct heart shaped purse. i bet you she gets one of these bad boys too
Love love love smoke a little, tease me like you do! They're so obsessed with each other in that universe and the second chapter, especially, is so good!
AUGHHH THANK YOU !!! smoke a little is my BABY !!! sometimes i get fic ideas just based off hearing a good song lyric and i remember that one would not stop rolling around in my head for daysss after i heard it... something about the melody and the whole song tbh felt so childhood friends kingdon to me :D ONE DAY i'll get around to chapter 3...
hellooooo i absolutely adore the thrill of you under me so quite new! it is canon #tome tbh <3
OMGGGGG yay i'm so glad to hear it !!! i had sm fun writing that one... nervous frank and chill mel was such a fun dynamic hehe :D i'm glad you like it !!! it is also canon #TOME !!!
I looooooove till i saw your face (and now i can't erase)!!! Online researcher mel is so important to me and Frank trying to provoke her and then being like what am I doing…….chefs kiss
YAYYY another win for cyberstalker mel !!! i love love loveee this fic so much and had so much fun getting into mel's head. and chapter 2 was so fun to write and such a fun way to get myself ready for season 2 :)))
A NICE DISTRACTION. ohhhhhhhhhhhh mygod i think about that fic so often. theyre so crazy it makes me feel crazy, the way his immediate reaction to her putting his fingers in her mouth is just is this helping you? UGH. i need to reread it asap (and then follow it with like... all your other fics. when he finds mel and penny asleep in bed 😭 cyberstalker mel king. TREEHOUSE FIC. oh my god im gonna go back through your ao3 like its the bible)
ABIGAIL ILYYY
i remember writing a nice distraction in like. a total horned up fog after that week's episode and i was expecting no one to see it and then lo and behold it became one of my most popular fics 😭 she truly paved the way for my own personal pervert kingdon agenda...
and cyberstalker mel king is such a PULL omg i love u. chapter 1 of that is still my favourite kingdon i've ever written... MISS HER!!! miss u. love u THANK U <3 what an honour it is to have u not only follow me but like my fics !!! i am so lucky !!!
@kingdonmicrofic day 25: overwhelm | 488/488 | rating: g (inspired by this series of posts)
From: Frank Langdon <flangdon24@gmail.com>
To: Melissa King <[email protected]>
Subject: Bird Questions
Dear Dr. Melissa King,
This might be a strange request, but my son (he’s 6) has suddenly decided that he wants to know everything there is to know about birds. I can keep up mostly, but recently we’ve delved into territory I cannot help with and my ex-wife is none too pleased at the amount of bird questions that are popping up as “emergency” calls in the middle of the night. You’re listed as the resident ornithology expert on the UPitt biology department’s website (with an impressive authorship list might I add); we’ve already tried the zoo, Carnegie Science center, and the National Aviary, so you’re our saving grace!
I know you must be very busy and so sorry if you don’t have time, but would you possibly have time for a short video call to answer some pervasive and hyper-specific six-year old questions? I’d send you a list instead, but I actually think that would exceed the e-mail character limit. Thank you so much, and looking forward to your response.
Sincerely,
A very overwhelmed parent
Frank Langdon
Re: Bird Questions
Mr. Langdon,
This made my day!! Of course I’d be available for a video conference, I’ve attached my availability for the next two weeks if any of those times work for you and your aspiring ornithologist! I’m assuming you’re local if you’re scouring bird sites in the city, so you’re welcome to come visit the biology department as well, if a hands-on question session might be more helpful :) Totally up to you, I’m happy to do either!
Best wishes,
Mel King
Re: Bird Questions
Dr. King,
Oh that’s perfect! Next Thursday afternoon works best for us — does 3:30 work? Is it alright if my daughter also tags along? She’s not into birds, but does like everything pink so if you have any pink pictures or something.
Thank you for your speedy response, can’t wait to meet you!
Best,
A slightly less overwhelmed Frank Langdon
Re: Bird Questions
Frank,
3:30 on next Thursday is perfect, I’ll block it off. And yes, please bring your daughter! I have a flamingo plush in my office somewhere so we should be set :)
And please call me Mel.
Sent from My iPhone
Re: Bird Questions
Mel,
Thank you again for our info session, Tanner absolutely loved it and Penny has started to join the bird talk so you’re very persuasive.
I actually had a different request and I’m so sorry to send this through your literal work email, but seeing as I have no other way to contact you I was wondering if you’d be interested in getting dinner or something? Just the two of us. Topics other than birds? Only if you’d like of course.
Frank
Re: Bird Questions
I’d love that Frank :) My number is 804-555-8261. For any bird or non-bird related needs :)
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