Summary : Victoria Javadi was a nosy person.Ā It came with the territory of being a young genius. She just noticed things that other didnāt. Like Santos and Garciaās weird vibe,Ā Al- Hashimiās random space outs and most recently, the messy braid of one Mel King after she disappeared into the break room with Frank Langdon.
Pairing: Frank Langdon x Mel King
Warnings: infidelity, divorce, oral sex.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria Javadi surveyed her favourite residents over the top of her phone.Ā She was in the middle of updating her House of The Dragon A/U when they appeared in her line of sight.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Dr. Melissa King, and Dr. Frank Langdon.Ā Both pretty, kind, and total opposites.Ā If this were a book, Mel would be the typical golden blonde damsel and Langdon would be the tall dark prince on a horse.Ā The perfect sunshine- grumpy trope come to life.Ā Except today, Langdon was doing the distressing, and Mel was the white knight.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āHey.āĀ She kneed Whitaker.Ā āDo you think those two have a thing?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWhat?āĀ He looked up at where her chin jutted. āMel and Dr. Langdon?Ā Heās married.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria, who was an avid Shondaland enthusiast, blinked. āSo? He hasnāt mentioned his wife on since heās been back. That marriage is bones.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Whitaker surveyed them again.Ā Langdon was upset about a case with a kid and Mel was trying to give him a pep talk.Ā It seemed to be going well, until Langdon made a beeline for the break room. Dennis shook his head.
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI donāt know.Ā I never really thought of Mel in that way.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWhat way?āĀ Victoria cocked her head, genuinely curious.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI donāt know.Ā She just never seemed like the type of person to want toā¦ā he leaned closer, discomfort weighing his shoulders. āYāknow. Have sex.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria frowned. āThatās⦠ableist.Ā Not to mention untrue.āĀ She looked up again for the pair, only to find Mel also missing. āCome on.Ā I know who to ask.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Dr. Mel King was having a long day.Ā Between the bombshell her sister dropped about getting her shit rocked on the regular , the deposition and the erect penis that she still couldnāt get out of her mind, she was over this entire shift.Ā The only thing that kept her going was the sudden reappearance of her mentor, Dr. Frank Langdon.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Not a day after he left, she fell into a sort of trance. He never said goodbye.Ā He never sent a text to explain. Instead, she had to rely on the PTMC rumor mill for an ounce of information about him.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āHeās a drug addict,ā theyād say, and the tones ranged from empathy to downright indignation.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI heard he was high on the job.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI heard he stole drugs.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel stopped listening after that last one.Ā Sheād met Dr Langdon, and she was a pretty good judge of character.Ā He was a good man. Full stop.Ā In one day, he had seen her, supported her, listened to her , stood up for her and reminded her that she really was good at medicine. And then he was gone, but she never forgot.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā It was really no surprise when she developed a crush on him.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Something bloomed in her when he came back.Ā A closed bud in her chest that suddenly opened and made her run to him, arms poised for a hug.Ā And he let her take his arm.Ā He cheesed at her like a long lost friend and then she was floating through her shift.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Right up until she remembered he had a wife.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The glint of his golden ring as he examined her post fall made her feel sick.Ā The way he was so clearly less confident than before, and how small he tried to make himself seem. It was really the least she could do, standing up for him.Ā Reminding him that he was good at this.Ā Being his hype man, because he was hers that one day ten months ago.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā And that led her to the break room with him. She saw the sadness in his face and the guilt in his eyes.Ā The way his phone was opened to Abbyās name and his fingered hovered over the call button. She hated that part- not that he was married, but that he was married.Ā How could she have a crush on someone who was married.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā But Mel King was good at hiding her crushes.Ā Sheād had many back in the day before she knew what they were- and many of the boys and girls she liked didnāt understand her.Ā Her ābehaviourā turned them off.Ā Some, it turned on.Ā Some she really liked, but none quite gave her the feeling she got when she made a joke about Kelly Clarkson and Dr. Langdon laughed.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He laughed- first one she got from him all day. Ā It was like music to her ears, and Mel King loved music.Ā She loved-
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWhy donāt you call me Frank?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Dr. Langdon leaned forward.Ā His biceps bulged beneath his scrubs with the action. āI call you Mel.Ā You still call me Dr. Langdon.Ā Weāre friends arenāt we?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYes!āĀ The word came out more desperate than she wanted; a clear indicator of how hard it had been for her to make friends.Ā āI mean, I was taught to call my residents by their titles.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āMel, you can call me Frank.āĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFrankā¦ā She tried it out.Ā It brushed over her tongue like a kiss- tickling the tip and tantalizing her taste buds.Ā āIt suits you.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āItās an old man name. Abby used to tease me about it.Ā It means ādirectā , āhonest.āĀ He shook his head.Ā āGuess names donāt make a person.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āMy name means honey.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI know.Ā I looked it up.āĀ Mel made a face.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYeah.Ā In a library book in rehab.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel was taken aback.Ā āYou looked up my name in rehab?āĀ Did he look up Abbyās?Ā Robbyās?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank shrugged.Ā āYou made an impression on me, Dr. King. I honestly didnāt even expect you to remember me or even care that I was gone.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI cared that you were gone.Ā You were the best mentor Iāve ever had.Ā Iām really glad we get to work together again-ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āUntil Robby fires me.Ā Or until Santos outs me.āĀ He dragged his hands across his tired face.Ā āDid you⦠did you know I stole drugs?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel bit her lip.Ā Deep down, she did.Ā It only made sense.Ā But hearing him confirm it was an entirely different thing. āItās not a hard stretch.Ā You work in an ER. Youāre not the first doctor and you wonāt be the last.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā āRobby doesnāt want me here.ā
Ā Ā Ā Mel leaned forward and placed her hand on his.Ā She could tell he wanted to bestow comforting touches all day- when the police came, when she and her sister fought- but held back.Ā Out of marriage or respect, she wasnāt sure.
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI do.āĀ He looked up at her.Ā His blue stare was intense, boring into her in a way that made her blush.Ā āI want you here.Ā I like having you here.āĀ He smiled.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFor the love of God, I canāt figure out why.Ā Youāre the last person I expected to want me around.āĀ He hadnāt moved his hand yet. It was still below hers- big and warm and veiny.Ā Perfect for a sixteen gauge IV.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āPeople make a lot of assumptions about me.Ā Itās been happening my whole life. Youāre the only one who hasnāt, and itās why Iām so drawn to you.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank looked at her, mouth slightly agape, and that was how she knew she had fucked up.Ā He cleared his throat, hand retracting, and said, āI wanted to get clarification on something. Itās about what Becca said earlier.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āUh -huh.āĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWell.. she.Ā Iā¦ā She had to be hallucinating. Had to be.Ā Because there was no way Frank Langdon was blushing. āShe said..ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āShe said that I liked you.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āAs a friend right?āĀ She couldnāt tell how he wanted her to answer. Did he want her to confirm or deny the claim?Ā āRight?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel could have denied it.Ā She could have said she meant it as a friend and continue pining until this crush swallowed her whole or, more realistically, she got over it.Ā Except Mel King wasnāt a liar.Ā She was a hardcore honesty warrior, and she looked her married co-worker in the face, and said.Ā āNo.Ā She did not mean as a friend.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI have a crush on you.āĀ Mel was looking down now.Ā It was easier to talk to the table rather than look at him.Ā She couldnāt imagine how his face looked right now.Ā Probably embarrassed.Ā If this were high school, heād be the star quarter back and sheād be the nerd with her nose in a book.Ā Ā Not exactly the prom winning couple.
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI donāt mean to disrespect your marriage by saying that.Ā You wouldnāt be the first authority figure Iāve had a crush on.Ā It happens.āĀ She gave a small chuckle as she recalled her year one college professor, Miss Steele. Then her final year dean, Mr. Charles.Ā āI find it easier to get over these things when I say them out loud. Now itās all in the open and I donāt have to be embarrassed.Ā Weāll probably be laughing about this by next week.Ā Right, Dr. Langdon?āĀ She looked up at his still face.Ā Ā āā¦Frank?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frankās eyes darkened.Ā They literally darkened- all specks of sapphire swallowed up by a dark void. Ā His jaw clenched. However, he didnāt seem mad.Ā He seemed something else entirely.Ā Ā
Ā Ā Ā āAbby and I getting divorced.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Now it was Melās turn to go silent.Ā She opened and closed her mouth a few times before finally selling on a small āohā.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Silence hung in the air. Ā Frank leaned back in his chair, knuckles white on spread knees.Ā He seemed to be going through some sort of internal battle.Ā Mel, on the other hand, just sat there.Ā It was easy to be complacent with him.Ā He just made her feel safe.Ā Finally, when the deafening quiet was too much to bear, she broke it.
Ā Ā Ā Ā āSo, what are you going to do about that?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank stood up so fast he knocked over his chair.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āAre you sure?ā Victoria asked.Ā She looked between Dr. Cassie McKay and Dr. Samira Mohan.Ā āSamira, youāre friends with Mel.Ā You guys have sleepovers all the time.Ā Sheās never slipped?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Samira shook her head. āI honestly donāt know what youāre talking about.āĀ Victoriaās head swiveled to Cassie.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āMe either.Ā Langdonās not in the frame of mind for that right now.Ā Heās having a tough time.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWhat brought this on?ā Samira wanted to know.Ā āDid something happen?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āNothing happened,ā Whitaker spoke up. āShe reads too much fanfiction.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria whipped her head around. āI do not!ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā āI know the Ao3 logo when I see it. I live with Santos.āĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Dana appeared out of thin air, glasses on her nose and eyes on them.Ā āWe havingā a party? Boardās full.Ā Take your pick.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria made a face.Ā She knew chemistry.Ā She wrote it everyday, for Godās sake.Ā āI feel like-ā Cassie cut her off.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āVictoria, word of advice?Ā Donāt go around spreading rumors about your seniors. Itās not a good look.āĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI know it seems weird, but not all female-male relationships end up in sex.Ā Dr. Langdon is a good man.Ā He loves his wife and his kids.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āNot to mention, he just got out of rehab.Ā He needs our support, not rumors.āĀ Cassie eyed her.Ā āOkay?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria pouted.Ā Maybe she had gotten it all wrong.Ā Maybe the fanfictions and A/Us got her all caught up and momentarily blurred the lines.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āOkay,ā Victoria agreed.Ā āIāll lay off.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank Langdon wasnāt sure when he had fallen for Mel King. An avid reader and nerd in high school, he would guess it was the day she proved him wrong.Ā The day she connected with the autistic patient in a way he wouldnāt think to do, and got the case solved and bed free before he could blink.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He decided in that moment that Mel was his.Ā His resident, for clarification, like he was Robbyās.Ā Used to be Robbyās , he reminded himself.Ā Ā Frank wasnāt sure what he was anymore.Ā A drug addict, an absent husband, an almost out of work doctor if Robby had his way.
Ā Ā Ā Ā But he did know where he was. He was ten months reformed, thirteen hours into his first shift back and he was in the break room kissing Mel King.Ā Full on, tongue in her mouth, hand around her throat kiss- until she pushed lightly against his chest and he stopped.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āWe canāt do this.āĀ Her breath came in pants, cheeks flushed and carotid hammering against his thumb.Ā āI-ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āOh.āĀ Frank stepped back. āFuck, Iām sorry.Ā Itās just⦠I feel the same way.āĀ He could see a myriad of emotions across Melās face- surprise, disbelief, dawning and finally, acceptance. She didnāt hide her feelings as well as she thought she did, but Frank would never tell her.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYouāre kidding,ā she whispered.Ā Then, softer, āYouāre married.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āMy marriage with Abby was over long before I met you.Ā I just thought I could hold it together for the kids. Rehab helped me figure it out.āĀ He put his hands in his pockets. āThe divorce papers are in my bag.Ā I signed them this morning.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āOh.āĀ Mel was still breathing hard.Ā Her braid, usually neat, had begun to escape from its usual confines.Ā āIām sorry.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āIām not.Ā Iām just⦠Iām sorry I pounced on you.Ā Youāve been on my mind for so long and Iā¦ā He shook his head.Ā āIād never want to do anything to make you uncomfortable.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āDr. Langdon-ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI wasnāt thinking.Ā I got caught up.Ā Iām so fucking sorry, Mel.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFrank.ā The use of his first name had the intended effect. He stopped, jaw loose, and gazed at her.Ā āWhen I said we canāt do this, I meant because I didnāt lock the door.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He felt like a fish- mouth opening and closing as though gasping for air.Ā Thatās how fish behaved out of water, right?Ā Because they couldnāt breathe?Ā Well right now he was starved for oxygen, and Mel King was his air.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā It took all of two seconds to lock the door.Ā Mel was right behind him when he did, tiptoeing so she could kiss him again.Ā She tasted like Burts Beeās lip balm and smelled like lilacs- soft scents that wouldnāt overwhelm her.Ā He found he preferred it to Abbyās cinnamon and berries.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI havenāt been able to get you out of my head for months.āĀ He grabbed a fistful of her braid and yanked her head back, exposing the fair skin of her neck. There was supposed to be a freckle there.Ā He spied it ten months ago.Ā Now it was right in front of him, and he pressed his lips against it in a sloppy kiss.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFrank!ā He loved the way she said his name.Ā Knew right then heād never touch another drug again if he could elicit that noise from her everyday.Ā He did it again, biting this time, and Mel jerked her hips towards his. Frank stilled them with a grip.Ā Thereās be time for that later.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI thought I was going crazy. Started seeinā you everywhere, then came the dreams.āĀ He kissed all around her neck until he got to the other side.Ā Heād mark it like a string of pearls if he didnāt know they both had a fewĀ hours left.Ā āFuck, those dreams.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āShow me,ā Mel gasped out.Ā Her tiny hands were steady on the waistband of his pants, butt pressed against the back of the leather couch Frank had slept on numerous times.Ā āShow me.Ā I wanna know.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank groaned.Ā How on earth did he land this angel? Her brown eyes stared back at him with all the trust in the world and Frank knew heād never be able to say no to her.Ā Starting now.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He dropped to his knees, ignoring the way pain lanced up his back.Ā Mel was wearing too much clothes.Ā Something had to go.Ā Ā Her pants, he decided. They were in the way.Ā Ā He hooked his fingers in the elastic and took them off, coming face to face with her mint green panties.Ā Cotton- which was breathable- and a noticeable darker patch right over her covered pussy.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank buried his face in them. Her neck smelled so good, he couldnāt image what her cum tasted like. He took a deep breath and moaned aloud.Ā It was a wonder the entire hospital didnāt reverberate with the sound.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFrank.āĀ Mel tugged on his hair, voice a desperate whimper. āPlease.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Frank Langdon was a gentleman.Ā And gentlemen obliged.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He slid a finger into her panties and heard her breath catch.Ā One fingertip parted soft curls, met soaked flesh and he cursed. āFuck, sweetheart.Ā Youāre dripping.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā A look up at Mel found her eyes closed. Her hands were digging into the leather sofa, and Frankās decided it was high time he put her out of her misery.Ā He lifted one leg over his left shoulder.Ā āGotta taste you, sweetheart. Canāt have you dripping all over the hospital floors.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The fist swipe of his tongue had Mel doubling over.Ā She clasped a hand over her mouth to muffle her cries of pleasure.Ā Frank continued at a delicate Ā pace.Ā He found her clit in record time and began making slow circles with his Ā fingers.Ā His tongue sought deeper, all the way to her entrance, and slid further until the muscles ached from compression.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āOh fuck!ā he heard Mel say.Ā āFuck, fuck!ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā A wicked smile made its way onto his face.Ā Heād never heard Mel curse.Ā It filled him with pride knowing he could get such a reaction from her.Ā It spurred him on, not that he needed much encouragement.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel was intoxicating.Ā She tasted like honey and every sweet heād ever had since childhood all in one.Ā Ā He decided right then that heād die for Mel King.Ā No⦠Heād live for her.Ā Heād stay sober, attend his meetings, get a good fellowship and be the kind of man she deserved. Ā Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āFrank.āĀ Her voice was a whine now- more breath than sound.Ā āFrank.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā He took that as his cue to bring it home. His tongue and fingers switched place- mouth to her clit and fingers sliding inside.Ā He felt her walls quake- felt muscles clench on his fingers and tasted the cum that flowed into his mouth.Ā Frank lapped it all up like the addict he was.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā When he was done, he rose to his full height.Ā Mel was holding him for dear life.Ā He let her lean into his chest, hand cradling the back of her head as he held her close.Ā Her breathing waxed and waned until it returned to normal.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYeah, sweetheart?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Mel lifted her head off his chest.Ā Her eyes sought his and just like that, Frank Langdon was a gone man.Ā āWhat do we do now?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Victoria was over this weird day.Ā It got better at the end, when Mateo came in and flirted and she pretended like she didnāt notice.Ā He slipped her a note as she was leaving.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āCoffee?ā it said, with a box for yes or no.Ā She drew in one for āmaybeā and chucked it at his head.Ā He was such a loser, she decided.Ā He had her number.Ā Yet, as she double checked her belongings before she left, a giddy smile made itās way onto her face that she couldnāt get rid of.
Ā Ā Ā Ā That is, until she saw Dr. Langdon exit the break room.Ā As she was about to ask him to sign off her attendance, someone else came out of the room.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Her jaw dropped.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Dr. King, looking flushed and disheveled, walked out with her head bowed.Ā Langdon held the door open for her. He looked mighty pleased with himself. In fact, it was the smuggest sheād seen him all day.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā No. She shook her head.Ā No. Theyāre not screwing.Ā Iām imagining things.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Or maybe she wasnāt.Ā Because Dr Langdon still had his ring on.Ā He wouldnāt be wearing it if it he wasnāt still married.Ā Right?
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā And Dr. Kingās braid was⦠messy.Ā Golden locks were hanging out of the hair tie as though it had been pulled on. Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā But that must have been the shift.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā She looked at them again.Ā They were side by side at the nurses station, writing notes with steady hands and not a care in the world.Ā He said something to her that made her laugh, and the other nurses joined in.Ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā And maybe his eyes lingered too long on the golden haired protagonist.Ā And maybe she smiled too widely at the dark haired prince.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā But again, she must have been mistaken.Ā Because there was no way they did what she thought they did in the break room on shift.Ā
A/N : I may or may not have more ideas for this.