[ironcharliee]

to wish, to hope to expect

the kingdon Notting Hill au, 54k, 3/3

“And if you want to,” he continues, “I’d really like to…talk.”  Mel feels like her heart could give out at any moment. The emotional rollercoaster of the last minute has been so intense that she’s not sure her heart is even keeping up anymore, even beating at all.  “I’d love that,” she says eagerly, placing a hand on her heart just to feel—thump thump, thump thump, thump thump. She’s still here, heart still beating, and Frank is also here. Thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump.  “I have to get back,” she winces regretfully. “But you can stay and watch, if you’d like?” Stay, please. Stay, stay, stay.  Frank smiles widely—teeth and dimples and laugh lines and Mel’s not sure if she ever got over him in the first place, but she’s definitely not over him now. “I’d love that,” he says, his voice cracking adorably.  “Okay then,” Mel beams. “I’ll see you later?”  Frank gives her a toothy, lopsided grin, and her heart kicks. “You’ll see me later.” 

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Collage by @kmsk8r , without whom this fic would not exist at all :) thank you for holding my hand and being my teammate, lovely ❤️

[smokingrozanov]

My sick one true love fetish……… my disgusting monogamous shipping……..

[ghostlypawn]

thoughts about how mel's shirt is the same colour as becca's caretaker's uniform.........

[boookthief]

[xskywalker21]

Disturbing the peace

[spiriteddesire]

[1code-blues]

Terrified of what s3 holds for kingdon because they'll have spent more time together off screen than on screen. We won't have seen the development between them in the past four months. What to expect? I don't even know!!! At least with season 2, we knew Langdon's first day back so Mel would react in a way, but season 3 is so mysterious. What happened between them? Did they get closer and in what ways? Do they hang out outside of work? Does Mel call him Frank? Do they have more inside jokes? Do they know about each other's interest in history and have they nerded out together? SOOO many delicious possibilities.

[miracle-and-wonder]

listen if i was frank langdon and my wife threatened to leave me and take the kids but didn't even though our marriage has been shaky for a while and i've stopped wearing my wedding ring sometimes because i'm a failure and i went back to work in shame but then had mel king look at me with her big earnest eyes and tell me that that i never let her down and i'm exactly where i need to be because she trusts me more than anyone else in the hospital, i'd fall in love with her under the fireworks too

[thestargazerlily]

"are you okay?" is just kingdon's version of "as you wish"

[stemelwithme]

frank langdon's staring problem has me on thesaurus.com trying to find new and exciting ways to say "and when mel turned he was already looking at her"

[langdon-mel]

I wish Frank had been there to see Mel throw her second tantrum of the day when she gets frustrated with Santos and Whitaker and puts the clipboard on the ground before storming away

[francislangdon]

abby thinks langdon is a loser LMAO frabby bones frabby failmarriage

[the-tree-line]

everyboddy shut  UP im THINKING about finctional character

[ampala-yeah]

new hair new mel 😌

[melkinggsgf]

- You get hints in Season 1 that there’s been a lot of tension within the household, with my wife taking on a lot of primary caregiving duties for our family, while I’m away at work. And now over the last 10 months, I haven’t been away at work.” - As much as part of his mind can say, “I did it to myself,” the other part of his mind is like, “You almost ruined my f–king life. You almost killed me. You almost made me lose my wife and my kids.” Like, “By the way, I was doing a good job, I came in the middle of a mass-casualty event and saved a lot of lives. And I walked out of that mass-casualty event a pariah, having to now be a loser in the eyes of my wife and children, and all of my coworkers, and lose all trust and respect and a community that I feel like I’ve done a lot of work to earn respect from.” So, there is a lot of ego injury there that takes time to get over and it doesn’t happen like that. Langdon didn’t go away and all of a sudden come down from the mountaintop having seen the light. He will continue to be an imperfect person, because this is a cyclical lifelong journey. pball via deadline.

so what you're saying is that a divorce is imminent?

genuinely, if Langdon is not divorced or at least separated in s3-4, this sounds miserable and awful. free him!

[brainstreams]

[001x456]

thank you hwang in-ho and seong gi-hun

[nameless-ken]