i once read a fic where mel's dad was a vet and now i can't help but think about abbot being her dad's friend from the army. like, imagine her moving all over for becca and then deciding to move to pittsburgh because abbot told her about an awesome center near the hospital.
imagine abbot refusing to let his goddaughters rent a shitty apartment when he has a huge af house, so he takes them in (only way to help since she refuses to use the money he sends her monthly) and they start sharing his car and stuff.
and it's not really obvious at first until something happens at work either to him or to mel and the other shows up and starts acting like a mother hen. and then every little interaction starts being analysed by the others like in some crime documentary.
mel picking abbot up on her day off so that he doesn't have to drive with a throbbing leg?? omg they know where the other lives (absolute shock to evryone since robby is the only one that knows where abbot lives). abbot bring in the pickiest boba order known to mankind for mel and telling her that he made some lasagna for her and becca?? dear lord wtf is going on.
and then the final blow. abbot bringing mel a change of glasses because someone broke it at work so he came in earlier to give them to her.
there are bets going on. and almost all of them are bout those two having an hr worthy affair. mohan is in shambles because her work crush has a gf. frank is acting like a starved dog because his 'favorite resident' clearly has someone better to go to for advice and he's jealous
