“BJ had lived inside him for so long that he must have been born out of sheer wanting” 😭 Gah the LONGING.
I was on edge all through the surgery scene. This passage works SO WELL, it brilliantly captures the fragmented thoughts racing through Hawkeye’s mind before abruptly stuttering to a halt:
“Hawkeye’s thoughts go like this: beach / bus / bourbon / chicken / child / club / cold / crying / jeep / mask / mother / quiet / quiet / quiet. And then there is nothing. A terrifying oblivion of thought.”
And this passage - surreal and unsettling, very much a Dreams vibe: “he sees a long line of children held together by a never-ending red scarf, black ragdoll stitching at their joints, and mismatched buttons for eyes.”
And “Is he sure these hands are his hands?”
Special mention to Hawkeye walking past a travesty of a window display and imagining telling Klinger about it in detail - and the Scarlett O’Hara impression!
the Dreams comparison is some of the highest praise i have ever received :) i love that episode and also love using my powers as an adult nightmares sufferer for evil <3 the surgery scene was the hardest scene in this entire fic to write!
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