Melissa "Mel" King (The Pitt)

possibly the least canon divergent one FOR NOW

Potential triggers: everything hospital-related? Unsure, but I didn't add any abuse to her past.

I am NOT a part of the Pitt fandom, I don't know popular theories nor ships, so don't give anything for granted but also I might say things that are considered blasphemies here and there is nothing we can do about it.  

My take on Mel ON THIS BLOG, but she's the least canon divergent one:

-I'll write Mel as autistic, which went undiagnosed because she has less 'need for help' than her sister and was able to accomplish all of her goals (even if it came at great emotional cost, but let's be real, autistic girls fall through the cracks every day). Mel herself would feel she cannot be autistic because even people who advocate for an autistic family member and research the topic and are neurodivergent can get some things wrong or have conflicting feelings, and she thinks she's not 'autistic enough' to get the label, which belongs to her sister. She also has adhd which presents itself especially in mood fluctuations, hyperfocusing, restlessness and fatigue after strong emotions.
I do want her to deal with getting a diagnosis eventually, even an unofficial one.
Her work-life is excellent at the expense of her social life now that she doesn't have Becca as a motivation to keep everything pristine.
My main motivation here is to give Mel FRIENDS and mentors, she'll be awkward as hell when branching out but as always wholesome and at the same time sad (she feels lonely without Becca). She is so excited to make new bonds.
I also headcanon she has money.

-aroaceness: I already write characters who are fully sex-repulsed and characters who can, under certain circumstances, feel attraction, so I'd like to write Mel as someone who simply doesn't feel it but is not repulsed, meaning she could try and do it after feeling weirded out, though her goals are mostly the cuddles. She won't ever need it, but she'll consent to it the way you would consent to give your partner a massage, with no strong feelings attached at all. I won't be writing it because I barely write smut and this has the potential to make my repulsion go up to the sky, but it can be implied and I feel it needs to be said in case someone wants to ship.
Meanwhile she can have romantic feelings if she shares enough with the other person, besties to lovers.
I can see it with Langdon but only if he's been divorced a while and they have kept bonding in threads and in between. With everybody, first she needs to become friends and then we'll see!

-In crossovers threads I may have Mel move from Pittsburgh when her physical presence isn't as required as much by Becca anymore (meaning Becca's relationship developed into marriage and thanks to all the tools at her disposal, she's thriving). In the Pitt threads, she will accept invites to go out after work/invite people from now on. 

Important note though: just because I write her saying or thinking some things as correct it doesn't mean I share that opinion. You don't need to argue with me over this, Mel will make good points and bad points.  

I believe she centered her whole life around Becca even more than needed/healthy and it was partly needed and partly her choice (she could have held stronger boundaries, if Becca is adult enough to understand privacy and dating, she would have also understood, say, not wanting to rewatch Elf, as a metaphorical 'what I want matters too' from Mel). So now Mel has all sorts of mixed feelings, she wants to protect Becca, is worried for her, misses her, feels betrayed by not having been as involved in her life as Mel involves her in hers, she's jealous, she feels left behind, she's proud, she loves her.

Added: April 5th 2026