8 Works by pepperdot
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He shifts back then, raising the binoculars back up to his eyes and bites back a sigh. It feels good to be back at work, whatever that might mean, but god does he wish he could just punch someone right around now. His ribs groan in complaint at the idea, the phantom bullet twisting in deeper, and he ignores it with ease.
They could be benched to dry recon missions for the next year, and that bullet still would’ve been worth it.
Or, healing takes a while.
Was originally another chapter of my assorted prompts piece "Coffee Stains and Bullet Wounds" but it ended up running away from me—go read chapters one and three of that for the context if you'd like! Unless you just want the softer aftermath, then stick around here.
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- Part 2 of stars & lions
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- English
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- 4,696
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 3
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Prompt fills of "different ways to say 'I love you'" (and some miscellaneous others) for Victor and Mac.
Or, they're both trying to figure out—sometimes it takes more work than expected. And sometimes it's easier than breathing.
Marked done, but will be adding chapters as I hit prompts!
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- Part 1 of stars & lions
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"Humanity’s wars mean very little when you’re in the wild," Mac chooses to share at last, and Victor isn’t expecting the odd tone there. He can’t quite place it, but he catches the flicker of wistfulness anyway, has to blink twice to make sure he identified it correctly. Before he can prod at it, touch on the fact that Mac is speaking of the wild like it’s out of his reach for the first time, the dragon has continued.
Or, even a dragon can't outfly war on the horizon. He has some feelings about it.
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The sunflowers come last, like shreds of sunlight falling from his throat. They curl around his jaw, fall against his collarbone, brush gentle petals across his cheek as if they’re trying to apologize.
Or, Mac meets his soulmate in a garden of their own making.
Inspired by the prompt, "Flowers bloom on your body where you soulmate gets cut/wounded."
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- Part 2 of Growing a Garden
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There have been worse mornings.
Or, two times the Price brothers crash before they make it home, and one time they just barely make it.
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Victor has been staring at the slip of paper for minutes that feel like hours, leaning on their elbows over the desk with their phone in the other hand. The number is dialed in. All he has to do is hit call.
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It’s possible that Mac is going to say something else, but right as he inhales something stops him. His right hand flexes, as though something has curled around his wrist. A split-second later there’s a muffled buzzing from the far right of the desk, on the edge closest to the strange bookshelves.
Or, Victor finally calls Mac, and Mac makes him an offer.
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- Part 3 of Crossed Threads
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The point actually is that Damien is almost unusually well-mannered for a nine-year-old, royal or otherwise. Which is the only reason Victor lets their younger brother drag them away from a lesson.
Or, two princes fix a garden.
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- Part 1 of Burning Gold
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He’s in a 7/11 when he realizes his life is maybe falling apart.
Or, everything is still Damien's fault, but Victor makes it home this time.