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Kingdon microfic (but it’s 579 words, womp womp)

Day 22: Connect

PTMC has implemented the new M.E.L. (Medical Evaluation Liason) AI system. Frank is lonely.

last fall in a group text, i started kingdon au of the day where i would share plot bunny ideas i didn't have the time/energy/desire to write, free for anyone to take and develop on their own. if you read a kingdon au of the day post and say, "oh! i want to write that!" feel free to take it! credit is not needed but always appreciated :)

Pittsburgh, 1957.

Dr. Frank Langdon a renowned—currently disgraced, thanks to both a plagiarism accusation and a medicine cabinet full of barbiturates—sexologist and biologist, is seeking professional funding for research regarding human sexuality. Melissa “Mel” King is the nursing school dropout hired as his secretary, who soon becomes his research assistant—helping him conduct interviews and hook-up participants to wired heart monitors while they performed different sexual acts. They’re doing important research, debunking commonly held myths about biologies and sexual proclivities…but their research figures are skewed.

“We need more women for the study,” Dr. Langdon says and Mel…well…she would follow her boss anywhere.

“You could interview me? It’s only a two-page questionnaire. I have no problems being recorded on tape. It’s in the name of science after all. Do you object, Dr. Langdon?”

@thepittmonth week two: relationships mel king & frank langdon

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mel king x frank langdon | teen | 6.1k | for @treeinthepond

Frank walked back into the Villa hand-in-hand with a short strawberry blonde wearing a lavender dress. Abby started to laugh. “Wait, you’re joking?” she asked as hot, unexpected tears ran down her cheeks. Great. She was crying on national television. “Welcome back to the Villa, Frank,” Dana said, positioning the new couple next to her at the front, “and welcome to the Villa for the first time: Melissa.” or: the abby pov love island au

july 4th 2026, 7am

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