1 - 20 of 47 Bookmarks by Something2read
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
The proverbial wrench, when it finally came, wasn't caused by Price’s romantic ineptitude or his bloodied hands.
The culprit had been a mission. A very secretive, very critical mission that involved working with the French Foreign Legion and not telling a single bloody soul about it.
Or: a dog goes for a long walk, but forgets to clear that with his owner first.
Bookmarked by Something2read
17 Feb 2026
-
Whatever Here's Left of me is Yours Just as it Was by TypedByNight
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
21 Feb 2026
Tags
Summary
From the way Price pales, Ghost is sure that the poor man is convinced that this is the last time he’ll see his lieutenant alive. He’s not exactly sure how to reassure the man. It’s not like he can say, Oh don’t worry about me, I’m no longer suicidal because Soap is a ghost now and he’s haunting me and the meager time he spends talking to me in morse code is worth living for.
So instead he says, “Going to Scotland. Figured someone should tell Johnny the news. What do you want as a souvenir?”
OR
Simon visits Scotland to have a picnic with Johnny at the cliff they scattered his ashes at and goes to an occult shop to learn how to better communicate with Soap now that he's a Ghost.
Series
- Part 2 of Soap the Friendly Ghost
Bookmarked by Something2read
12 Feb 2026
-
The Ghost of Christmases Past and Present by Starlight_VLD for Saire00
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
31 Dec 2025
Tags
Summary
When Soap finds out Ghost is staying on base during Christmas leave, his impulsive nature leads to an invitation to Scotland. Over the next few Christmases, Soap learns more about Ghost's past, tries to support him in the present... and perhaps helps him make some new, better memories for the future.
If he also gets to spend Christmas alone with the man he secretly loves, all the better.
A story of healing told over the course of four Christmases, three trips to Scotland, two pining men, and one bed.
Series
- Part 13 of COD Fics
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,527
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 233
- Kudos:
- 430
- Bookmarks:
- 74
- Hits:
- 4,325
Bookmarked by Something2read
22 Dec 2025
-
Tags
Summary
katabasis [ kat-ă-bay-sis ]
(1) A descent into the underworld, or a literary account of such a journey to the land of the dead.
(2) Any journey downwards or fall.
(3) A retreat, especially a military one.
-
Ghost and Soap's tentative relationship ends the moment Makarov's bullet leaves the gun.
With a grievously injured Soap suddenly rushed out of his life and the subsequent collapse of the 141, Ghost's had to cope with his entire life falling apart. A year and a half later, he's learned to grapple with the change.
Then, his newest assignment comes with a familiar face.
-
Tags
Summary
Three months after an early retirement and still refusing to process his grief, Ghost and his partner road trip through Scotland. One of their stops takes him much further than he's ever travelled, while remaining in place.
Lost through time, finding a familiar face and captivated by a new one, can he find a way back to the present?
Does he want to?
Bookmarked by Something2read
10 Nov 2025
-
Tags
Summary
When homesteader John MacTavish wakes up to find his livelihood wiped out, he’s told to seek out the Ghost. Not a phantom but a roving bounty hunter, keeping the valley clean of scum.
But Ghost has been chasing Shadows. And this quarry is known to bite. There’s a lot more out there in the empty plains than just men and horses. Sometimes there are monsters.Bookmarked by Something2read
08 Nov 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Tomorrow, Soap would force himself to be awake at six. He’d be ready, sitting on the stoop, a cup of coffee in one hand and his rifle in the other.
And when he shot Ghost dead, he’d plant thistle in the viscera he left behind.
Ten years after surviving a gunshot wound to the head, Soap is struggling with the reality of retirement and the abrupt, seemingly unprompted reappearance of his ex-lover and former lieutenant. But healing isn't linear, and sometimes things need to shatter and break before they can be built back up anew.
Bookmarked by Something2read
19 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
After a mission gone wrong leaves Simon “Ghost” Riley deaf in one ear and Johnny “Soap” MacTavish with a permanent leg injury, both men are forced into early retirement. Soap uses his pension to buy a crumbling house on the edge of a quiet town, determined to make something of it, even if the place looks like it should’ve come with a tetanus shot.
Ghost shows up with a duffel bag and his usual scowl, moving into the guest room to help with renovations. Between faulty wiring, leaking pipes, and a fridge that seems to growl at two a.m., the two of them fall into a new rhythm of grocery runs, hardware store trips, and late-night fixes. The banter is sharp, the silences softer than either expected, and somewhere between the broken walls and peeling paint, they begin to rebuild more than just the house.
It’s a story about finding purpose when the battlefield is gone, about healing old wounds in the comfort of shared domestic chaos, and about realizing that sometimes “home” isn’t a place, it’s each other.
(My project for my friend KettMason's Inktober 2025 Challenge, "Build a Room")
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 147,633
- Chapters:
- 33/33
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 408
- Kudos:
- 865
- Bookmarks:
- 206
- Hits:
- 21,934
Bookmarked by Something2read
07 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Soap freezes as he hears that infamous piece of fabric slip away.
“'Thought you slept in that thing,” he tries to quip, but the strain in his voice is obvious.
“Shut up, Soap,” Ghost grumbles, slipping into bed behind him, “move over.”
or
Being the last ones to the safehouse means Soap and Ghost get last pick of the bedrooms, but thankfully they're more than used to being in close quarters with each other.
Bookmarked by Something2read
29 Aug 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Soap is loosing his ever loving mind. 141 is spending more time together than ever, a lot of it unstructured, and you know what they say about idle hands.
They do gay shit.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 35,710
- Chapters:
- 8/?
- Comments:
- 107
- Kudos:
- 1,761
- Bookmarks:
- 262
- Hits:
- 21,285
Bookmarked by Something2read
08 Aug 2025
-
Tags
Summary
It’s in Las Almas where he first sees it — really sees it.
Whatever it is.
“General Shepherd sends his regards,” Graves says simply, succinct with his taunting.
“He knows about this?” Ghost spits, but there’s that ember rising, burning in the back of his throat, breathing smoke out his lungs, threatening a trembling, terrible rage as something deep in the pit of his being begins screaming.
---
Or: the past comes back to haunt The Ghost
Series
- Part 1 of Echoes
-
Tags
Summary
“What did you do?” Ghost barely hears his own voice. His mind fills with static as the horrifying realization of what’s happened washes over him. “Soap, what the fuck did you do?”
-⚠︎-
Makarov’s forces target a nuclear research plant in the south of England. Soap is the only one who might be able to stop a total meltdown from killing thousands. He makes a choice, and the 141 may never be quite the same.
Bookmarked by Something2read
24 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Soap is physically affectionate by nature.
Ghost is not.
Johnny might just be rubbing off on him though.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 69,850
- Chapters:
- 7/7
- Comments:
- 610
- Kudos:
- 3,664
- Bookmarks:
- 948
- Hits:
- 60,233
Bookmarked by Something2read
14 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Ghost, under threat of another psychological evaluation from both his CO and therapist, has been forced to partake in a penpal programme with another soldier in order to "practise empathy" and "re-establish human connection." He hates it until he doesn't.
MacTavish willingly volunteers for the SAS's new penpal programme because what the hell, it could be fun. And when his penpal ends up being adorably emotionally constipated, well, that certainly doesn't hurt.
Bookmarked by Something2read
04 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
After being shot Johnny wakes from a coma to catastrophe.
The world has fallen in on itself and undead roam the streets. The only clue to his salvation lies in a scribbled note across his sketchbook.
Birmingham.
And so Johnny sets out, across this strange new world, with nothing but hope. Hope, and a desperate longing to find the Ghost that haunts his faded memories.
-
Tags
Summary
Chapter One: A missing scene after the mission Alone. Ghost and Soap find a garage to hunker down in to lose the heat of the Shadows. Ghost finds a way to get Soap back to being combat ready.
Chapter Two: A missing scene after the mission Countdown. All is quiet in the pub after Task Force 141 take out Hassan and save Chicago. Soap reminds Ghost that he doesn't leave things unfinished.
Additional Chapters: A continuation of the story after the completion of the campaign revolving around Ghost and Soap and their developing bond. Ghost Team learns to navigate their new dynamic while facing down adversaries, reuniting with allies, and attempting to enjoy a little R and R before leading potentially into MW3 upon possible release.
Updated Author's Note 4/26/2023
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 70,222
- Chapters:
- 8/15
- Comments:
- 524
- Kudos:
- 2,272
- Bookmarks:
- 478
- Hits:
- 52,165
Bookmarked by Something2read
06 Jun 2025
-
Tags
Summary
“You get caught out there, you’ll be killed slow.”
Soap grimaced, peeking his head around the corner, scanning the seemingly quiet alley. “Mercs or the Narcos?” he asked.
“Me,” the voice growled in his ear. “I suggest you keep moving, Sergeant.”
John MacTavish was never recruited by the 141, but rather The Shadow Company. Now, after uncovering some disastrous information about his Commander, he’s on the run in Las Almas from the same men he’d once worked alongside, a USB in his pocket, and a ghost whispering in his ear.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 61,991
- Chapters:
- 7/13
- Comments:
- 285
- Kudos:
- 1,375
- Bookmarks:
- 330
- Hits:
- 23,727
Bookmarked by Something2read
01 Jun 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Ghost was right. They could do it all night, trading tips and bad jokes on the knife-edge of survival. And after escaping Las Almas, Soap thinks something more is worth a stab in the dark.
Bookmarked by Something2read
09 May 2025
-
High on the spirit and drunk on fumes by storm_petrel
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
04 Mar 2025
Tags
Summary
This isn't his knife, it's Ghost's. Molded grip, modified tanto blade, S.R. carved deep into the butt.
If he makes it out of this alive, he's going to have to beg forgiveness for somehow mixing Ghost's knives in with his own gear. Possibly he's gonna have to go to confession because this feels like one of the bad sins.
Or, a mission goes awry, and now Soap's got to deal with hostile terrain, a hit squad of cartel sicarios on his tail and Ghost's voice on his busted radio. Honestly, it's the last thing that probably fucks him up the most.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,129
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 245
- Kudos:
- 1,339
- Bookmarks:
- 350
- Hits:
- 10,217
Bookmarked by Something2read
08 May 2025