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Actually, Mel's excited about a lot of things going into the new school year. She’s excited to co-teach with Dr. Mohan and Mr. Langdon. She’s excited to continue supporting the kids on her caseload from the previous year, and she knows writing their IEPs will go so much better now that she knows them and their families a little. She’s excited that her Physics class will be entirely made up of students she taught in Chemistry the previous year; they were a great group.
There are things to worry about, too. Co-teaching with two new people again. The daily possibility that she’s going to do something overwhelmingly embarrassing in front of Langdon. Still not knowing where she should go during her prep periods. That she’s going to be just as alone as she’s always been at work, but with some added disappointment because she’s let her hopes get up, just a little.
There’s no way that she and Langdon can co-teach as well as she hopes. She’s sure her bubble will burst soon enough, that her crush will fade, and everything will settle back to baseline.
(It doesn't.)
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- Part 1 of and they were CO-TEACHERS
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03 Jul 2026
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an all-timer my god the amount of tears I cried while reading this. this mel has my entire heart I want her to be happy forever. these co-teachers are soulmates and it's so beautiful
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Mel ends her Shift From Hell on the roof.
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Mel wants Frank to show her exactly how kissing works.
Bookmarked by romanticillusion
17 Mar 2026
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frank teaches mel how to kiss and do other things! he's such a good friend!!
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"So are you a Survivor superfan?" He asks—be normal Frank, be normal—walking toward some rocks at the far end of the beach.
"Huge," Mel says with a wide smile. "What about you?"
"Me, not really," Frank admits. "I watched a few seasons here and there," —one season, if he's honest— "and I auditioned just for fun," —he hadn't even known that Theo had sent in that stupid video— "and now here I am."
"Here you are," Mel echoes and Frank finds himself a little lost in the melody of her voice. It's lower than maybe he would expect, but the flow of it is an easy rhythm, a pleasing melody.
Entrancing.
"Here we are." Finds it necessary to add on, and the smile that blooms on Mel's face tells him he's said the right thing.
Fuck.
Or, the Survivor AU.
Bookmarked by romanticillusion
04 Mar 2026
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insanely good time. the best romp. I watched three seasons of survivor in two weeks (binged two of the seasons over the course of one weekend) while in full psychosis over this truly excellent piece of work
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It was probably a good thing that no one assumed that Mel and Frank could possibly be dating. They had agreed to keep it a secret, after all.
But, come on. Not one rumor? Really?
It was starting to piss Frank off.
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Bookmarked by romanticillusion
27 Feb 2026
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in which robby overhears langdon telling mel "I love you too" but he doesn't know they're in a relationship.....and somehow no one else does