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James Cleven dies on an unassuming Saturday in late February. On a freezing Friday in March, Gale Cleven comes home.
He plans to stay for a week, get rid of the ranch his father left him, and get back to his life.
John Egan throws a wrench in things.
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29 May 2025
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In the hell of the stalag, Gale and John's relationship evolves into something deeper than friendship, something more profound than Gale can put words to - but he's still got Marge at home, ever faithful and loving. As he tries to reconcile who he once was and who he is now, he's also trying to keep John's from falling apart. Amidst letters from Marge, the end of the war, and coping with life after, John and Gale find Marge to be a lot more accepting than they'd thought.
OR: Gale loves BOTH John and Marge and has a crisis over it, but finds out that his wife is very accepting.
Warning: Rating has been updated for Chapter 2. Chapter 1 is still very much SFW.
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12 May 2025
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She’s back to putting the groceries away and getting everything out to start dinner by the time there’s a knock on the door. The outline of John is obvious through the lace over the door, shifting nervously on the porch and smoking. When she opens the door she’s surprised by a small bunch of flowers wrapped in newspaper in his hand, his duffel at his feet.
“Marjorie,” he smiles as he sees her, and she gets to watch him slip behind his grin like he hadn’t just been shuffling around in front of the house.
She just returns his smile and waves him inside, leading him straight through to the kitchen.
“These are for you.” He holds out the flowers once they’re inside and he’s set his bag down next to the dining table. “Just a little something to say sorry for dropping in unannounced.”
Marge takes them and smells them, fresh and bright and lovely. “Bringing another man’s wife flowers, what will the neighbors think?”
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12 May 2025
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“Marge takin’ good care of you, Buck?” he finally asks, lips barely moving.
“Yeah she really is, John. She looks out for me.”
John nods a little, stops when Gale tuts and rests a hand under his chin, featherlight restraint.
“She said you asked her if I’m takin’ good care of her too.”
“Yeah. Gotta make sure, you know?”
Gale hums, a sort of breathy ‘uh-huh’ through barely-parted lips as he carefully cleans the rewetted blood, swipes so gentle they don’t hurt even when he’s working right up next to John’s throbbing nose.
“You need someone to take care of you too, Bucky.”
“No point really,” John argues, definitely slurring now as everything catches up to him at once, adrenaline draining away to leave him nothing more than drunk and exhausted. “Not much here to care about. ‘S all back there.”
“That ain’t true.”
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John Egan has survived hell and returned to America after the war to find some promises have been kept, but most have been hollow. The one bright spot in his disappointing return to 'normal life' is his next door neighbor Gale Cleven and Gale's wife Marge, both of whom somehow still find John to be worth knowing, even after everything.
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- Part 1 of This You Will Be The One Worth Knowing
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12 May 2025
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The Slug 'Verse by firelord65, symbioticdeath
Fandom: Daredevil (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Punisher (TV 2017)
17 Feb 2022
Summary
There's a dog named Slug in every story
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