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to be a sacrifice by ghost_throat for SoUsernamesHaveThePotentialToBe40Letters
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
25 Aug 2025
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“not taking the risk of people getting away, huh?” the anger in his chest turned his voice snarky, a false confidence coating his tongue.
none of the men replied, but they didn’t need to. if his father’s stories rang true, they had to find a way to prevent future sacrifices from escaping.
john inhaled sharply as one of the men grabbed his wrists, securing the chains until both of his arms were bound behind his back. he forced himself to keep breathing in a steady rhythm, watching the men pace around to make sure everything was in order. then, without another word, they turned back to the tunnel they’d come from, taking the light with them.
and just like that, john was alone in the darkness.
or: part one of the minotaur au ♥
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- Part 1 of the taste of metal
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28 Aug 2025
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Even as a Shadow by What_About_Bugs
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
24 Sep 2025
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“To live in this world you must be able to do three things: To love what is mortal; To hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, To let it go.” (Mary Oliver)
Tavi grew up on a small, rural farm in the Tevinter Imperium. He and his family laboured for their daily bread; spent holy days at the local temple; and enjoyed the fruits of the seasons, living humbly but happily in their slice of paradise.
Then, a magister came through their little village. In his wake, he wrought upon Tavi's world a wave of misery worse than any blight.
Fifteen years pass. Octavian has clawed his way from the hellish imprisonment that had been thrust upon him, far colder a man than he had been when he first saw the walls of a cell. Imbued with vengeful purpose, he plans to seek justice for the wrongs committed against him: and if justice cannot satisfy him, he will settle for blood.
(Covers Tevinter Nights, Veilguard, and an epilogue.)
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28 Aug 2025
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Ghost returns from a solo mission bruised and battered, wanting only to head off alone to rest, but Price intervenes, ordering him to the infirmary to get checked out. Frustrated and pissed, Ghost goes to keep the peace, only to be confronted and assessed by a new medic with bright blue eyes, a ridiculous haircut, and quite the cocky attitude.
Little did Ghost know this chance meeting would alter the course of his life forever and would send him down a path of love and hardship like he'd never known before. Nothing had ever come easy for Ghost, and the sudden addition of a flirty, spit-fire Scottish medic in his life was no exception. It's all he can do to stay sane as he navigates through new confusing and complicated relationships, all while trying to keep the people he cares about alive and breathing when the dark, devious acts of evil men threaten to take away everything he holds dear.
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20 Jul 2025
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16 Jul 2025
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The rest of the soldiers give Ghost a wide berth instinctively, their prey-animal lizard brains unable to stomach sitting so close to him even when he's geared up and can't easily feed, even though they know he's impeccably collected and has never even hissed at one of them in warning. Those that have seen him in action know to be afraid, even with him on their side.
So Ghost has no qualms about gathering his tongue back into his mouth, rumbling lowly; "Shouldn't stare at me like that, Johnny."
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15 Jul 2025
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A collection of longer threads moved from twitter. Each chapter will be a thread and the chapter notes will have applicable warnings/tags.
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15 Jul 2025
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13 Jul 2025
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Soap is a PhD student, doing his research in Antarctica on the behaviors and hunting habits of leopard seals. During his expedition, he becomes obsessed with a leucistic seal, who he's taken to calling Ghost.
His attempts at tagging Ghost for tracking purposes have all failed, leaving Soap frustrated, but determined to try again. He won't stop until he gets the data he needs for his dissertation.
At the same time, Soap is stuck in an escalating, heated flirting match with a hydroponics employee at another base. It's foolish to form romantic relationships with someone he knows will vanish from his life once their expeditions are over, but there's something fascinating about this man that he can't ignore.
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A fun little MerMay twitter fic, adapted for easier reading on ao3!
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29 May 2025
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12 Feb 2025
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the road to hell (is paved with good intentions) by sunshowers_and_dandelion_wine
Fandom: Call of Duty (Video Games)
12 Jan 2025
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Soap is a dragon.
TF141 are humans.
These two facts collide in a spectacular fashion.
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23 Jan 2025
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Ghost huffs, a small glint of what Soap dares to call amusement in the golden light of his eyes. “Are you so afraid to die?” Ghost asks. He sounds curious, inasmuch as his flat voice can show emotion. Soap has heard him exasperated and annoyed and even fond when he’s speaking to his mount, but the curiosity is new.
“I’m no’ afraid of death,” Soap spits, baring his teeth. “I’m just no’ done livin’ yet.”
“Oh? What is there in life you’re not done with?”
And isn’t that the question. Ghost must take Soap’s silence for hesitance, as he adds, “You wake up. You fight. You bleed. You eat. You sleep. What else is there?” He’s asking like he’s desperate to know, challenging Soap and everything that he is, and Soap has no serious answer to give him.
I live because I want to live, he senses, would not satisfy Ghost as an answer.Bookmarked by Secondloststar
17 Nov 2024
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He should’ve seen the signs. It should’ve been a clue when Johnny invited Gaz and Price along on what was supposed to be their first date. Should’ve realized that he’s an idiot and nothing is ever going to work out for him. Now he’s stuck watching the Scot flirt with some random at the bar, leaning into his space and laughing at whatever the guy's saying. Laughing like he laughs at his jokes.
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Ghost invites Soap to stay at his place on leave after a failed first date that led him to stop pursuing the sergeant. What can change in a week?
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16 Nov 2024
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Soap's path in life became clear to him very soon : being able to see Death, he was at an overwhelming advantage to save people from under the Reapers' noses. What better profession for him than an EMT ?
Now well settled into his career, things are smooth sailing, as much as they can be, until a particular Reaper takes an interest in him... or is it the other way around ?Bookmarked by Secondloststar
15 Nov 2024
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A warlord demands a sacrifice. An Alpha is pushed to act. A love story is born.
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11 Nov 2024
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He wades in it now, eyes still open, fixed on the speckled ceiling, begging himself not to crave bomb blasts and artillery fire in his childhood bedroom. Although…there might be something beautiful about it all, Johnny supposes, those noises in the thick. The gasps in between discharge that say: I’m here, I’m a part of this song too.
After a near-fatal injury, John MacTavish finds himself back in his hometown in Scotland. Fresh off an untimely discharge, he's forced to cope with disability, his dysfunctional family, and the lingering knowledge that there are some things he's just not ready to leave behind...
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- Part 1 of silver and gold
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19 Sep 2024
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Ghost got his first tattoo on impulse before he left to the military, but for some reason the moment always stuck to him. And now years later he finds the same omega in a tattoo shop, scheduled to do his next piece.
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15 Sep 2024
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Or: John "Soap" MacTavish's extremely case-specific guide to wooing an idiot dragon.
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- Part 1 of Incompatible Mating Practices
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13 Sep 2024
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Soap has been wrangled into visiting home for the first time in a long time for Christmas.
Ghost volunteers to go along with him.
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- Part 1 of MacTavish Christmas Special
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23 Aug 2024
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Almost a year after Soap died in the tunnels under London, Ghost had succumb to a shell of himself after losing his husband. But when he's handed a surveillance photo that shows the love of his life very much alive, still as beautiful as ever, Ghost is immediately out the door to find out the truth. But when he's finally face to face with Soap again, his stomach drops when he realizes Soap doesn't recognize him.
Soap who had been living a lonely life in London for the past year without any memories of himself or his past is intrigued by the stranger who frantically approached him. There is something comforting and safe about him but he doesn't know why.
As Ghost befriends him again, the two of them navigate their new friendship in their regular civilian life. Side effects from the brain injury have caused Soap to struggle with daily life sometimes, but Ghost is devoted to helping him through it while hiding the reality of their true relationship. As they grow closer, Ghost's love is steadfast and pure and with his consistent kindness and support, Soap can't help but begin to wonder what Ghost's hands would feel like on his body or the softness of his lips pressed against his.
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04 Aug 2024
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2023-11-21.
The now darkest day in Simon "Ghost" Riley's life.The moment his knees hit the ground next to Johnny, he knew he would never get his blood off his hands. Ghost could feel how the warm blood soaked his heavy gloves. There was no pulse on the neck he had kissed barely hours ago. His Johnny was gone.
Gaz's hand was on his shoulder and Price’s words were lost in the raging storm in his head.How Ghost lost everything he cared for in the blink of an eye and the aftermath they all have to deal with. How Price lost himself, how Gaz tries to keep the team together.
And how Kate Laswell pulled a few strings.
A fix-if-fic where our favorite Scot survives
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- Part 2 of ... and we will end up blissfully
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03 Aug 2024