3 Works by KilroyBlues
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He didn’t know why he kept the chopper pad for last. He realized, dimly, as he climbed, that the hill should be above the water. It wasn’t, though. The flood remained the same depth as BJ climbed and climbed, much higher than he remembered the hill being. His legs ached. The sun was too hot. Everything was wrong, but if he could just find Hawkeye, then something would be alright. They could go home, maybe. If everyone was gone and the war was over, then they must be allowed to go home. Hawkeye could make French toast, and take his laundry down. BJ could … do something. BJ could dry out his shoes.
BJ's dreams of a wounded and reproachful Hawkeye seem to predict the future. But maybe that's because, for BJ, the future has already happened. Or maybe coming home from a war just isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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“Tell me something, Beej — am I overreacting? Or am I right to be so scared that my soul’s left my body preemptively?”
“Where’d it go?”
“It’s caught in the ceiling fan. But really, BJ, help me out here, am I —”
“I’m terrified.”
“Okay.” Hawkeye swallowed. “Okay. Good. Well, not good, but you know what I mean. Existential dread loves company.”October, 1962. Under threat of nuclear war, two old friends talk each other through the end of the world.
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That’s the great thing about Double Cranko: no one has to pretend the game is fair.