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Before she was the Veilguard’s infamous ‘Rook’ de Riva, she had just been ‘Rookie’—to Viago at least—the name always huffed in a rather annoyed and exasperated tone. It is in his House de Riva that she finds a family; in the Lighthouse that she finds companionship; and in the darkest corner of the pantry, that Rook finds love.
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Rookie is on a fast-tracked journey to change the world, but she'll do it her way, one Crow at a time—starting with her surly guildmaster. Through every trial, their inexplicable bonds are tested time and time again, and challenges the heart of what it means to be a Crow.
Canon-divergent. Covers both pre-Veilguard events and in-game storylines. Crow-centric, with (un)healthy helpings of Viago de Riva.
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- Part 1 of Isadora de Riva
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30 Dec 2025
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Say Nothing by DerKatzenprinz, ladygabe
Fandoms: The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes (Video Game)
22 Sep 2025
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Freedom from the House of Ashes had only led to imprisonment in the sanitized white walls of quarantine. The payment to escape the first was blood; the payment to escape the second comes at a much steeper price.
Now irrevocably bonded by their experience and only growing closer, Jason and Salim fight to protect one another as the survivors are delivered an ultimatum: return to the world below or else.
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- Part 1 of Say Nothing
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- 62/62
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11 Aug 2025
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But Ghost didn’t seem to mind, quietly filling the kettle before setting it to boil, those dark eyes watching as John paced the kitchen, one arm flailing about in the air, the other locked tight around his half-melted pint of rocky road.
He told Ghost he was stressed. That the entire MacTavish clan was coming into town, which meant awkward hugs, judgmental stares, and nosy questions from people he hadn’t seen in years. John could handle all of that, he really could.
But what he couldn’t handle was the questions. Why he hadn’t settled down yet, why he didn’t have a nice Scottish girl on his arm.
Why he wasn’t married with a child on the way, because Ethel and James weren’t getting younger, and John was already too old. For fuck’s sake.
“Maybe I don’t want to bring home a wee lass,” John had snapped, voice cracking as he dug his spoon in harder than necessary, a brown, congealed clump of freezer-burned rocky road flying onto the floor. “Maybe I don’t even like women, has anyone considered that?”
And there, in less than twenty words, John had completely outed himself.
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10 Aug 2025
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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.
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08 Jun 2025
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In theory, it’s an easy plan of action: Soap heals with Ghost by his side and life goes back to the way it was before. Effortless and efficient, just like how they’ve always handled tough missions.
But with a newly broken brain, pent-up feelings, and a possible medical discharge looming on the horizon, everything is often easier said than done.
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02 Feb 2025
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fields, doxies, demesne by pricetagged (sewerwitchlove)
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
06 Oct 2024
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When you engage with the Fae, you play by their rules. Ignorance is not absolution, and they always come to claim what is owed.
Puca!Ghoap AU where you inherit a cottage and strange things happen.
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29 Jan 2025
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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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- 20/20
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27 Aug 2024
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After taking down Hassan after the events of the MWII, the 141 decided to stick around Mexico to help Alejandro and Rudy clear out some of the cartels there. During one of their jobs, they discover some concerning information about people seemingly going missing without a trace. As they begin to investigate further, the tangled web of evil and secrets sends them on a globetrotting mission in order to find out what sinister things are truly happening.
Six months coming off their newly-found but hesitant teamwork back in Las Almas, Soap and Ghost have settled themselves into an easy partnership, but as they continue to spend more time together, Soap begins to have thoughts that are definitely not appropriate to have about his Lieutenant. Ghost, struggling with his repressed trauma, had convinced himself long ago that love could never be for him, but he struggles to understand why there is something different about Soap. The two of them try to navigate this complicated, mutual attraction as they become closer and closer every day throughout their investigation. Friendship isn't in the field manual, but perhaps love is?
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14 Jun 2024
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a patron saint for butchers, fools, and living fire by ForgottenFrog
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
20 May 2024
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“Ye wear that thing all the time, Ghost?” Soap asked, his bright blue eyes catching the glint of the light like the necklace did. His gaze lingered on where the chain was wound through Ghost’s fingers.
“I’ve never seen him without it,” Gaz said between them. Price gave a nod from the other side of Soap. They were all seated in a row at the bar, the golden glow of the lights casting everything in a warm haze.
“Funny, didn’t think ye were Catholic,” Soap licked his lips like he was nervous. His eyes still hadn’t left the small outline of Saint George.
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They meet when Simon was still Simon and Johnny was becoming himself.
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13 Jun 2024
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Four years after Hassan, Ghost and Soap have become the most effective duo in the 141, completing missions with brutal efficiency and a higher rate of success than any other special ops team (bad jokes and nonregulation banter included). Despite Ghost's insistence on maintaining professional distance, their closeness on the battlefield has gradually led to true friendship, and if Johnny sometimes wishes for more, that's nothing compared to knowing he's Simon's favorite person. Everything is as perfect as it can be when doing the kind of work that leaves them with ragged scars - mental and physical - and blood on their hands.
But nothing lasts forever, and when military politics threaten to break up their team, Simon and Johnny must decide if they want to stick with the comfort of their status quo... or risk losing what they have for the possibility of more.
A series of connected, slice-of-life stories set to the background of the various couches Simon and Johnny encounter in their line of work.
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- Part 1 of COD Fics
- Part 1 of Retiree Vigilante AU
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- 6/6
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28 Apr 2024
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Simon Riley, captain of the Manchester Soldiers, is one of the best goal scorers in the entire premier league. For some reason, however, he cannot score a goal against John MacTavish to save his life. It's driving him a little mad at this point.
When John gets booted from his team for a "breach of contract" Simon does his best to be professional, to welcome his new goalie. That's what good captains do. It's just a shame MacTavish is such an arrogant prick.
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- Part 1 of Yellow Card
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- 40/40
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20 Nov 2023
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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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- 15/15
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12 Jun 2023
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“Don’t kill me,” Soap blurts out and, Christ, that was not a good start. Ghost raises a brow, waiting for the bomb to drop. “But, uh, want to be my boyfriend?”
when soap invites ghost back home to scotland for a week, ghost hadn't imagined he would wind up in a fake dating scheme to trick soap's family, of all people. it also doesn't help that he's head over heels in love with soap, of all people.
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- 10/10
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12 Jun 2023
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The first time Soap wakes up on the cobblestone street it sucks. The second time he assumes that he had a really weird premonition dream. By the fourth time, he's already convinced that he's being punished for something.
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Time loops break everything Soap should know about reality, but it's hard to dispute what he's experiencing in real-time.
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- Part 1 of Time Loops Suck
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- 24,324
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- 4/4
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10 Mar 2023
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It's the burn of hindsight, that fuzzy little thing called moribund that leaks into your marrow as you all take turns showering (they let you go first, unspoken, of course), and converge around the large meeting room where everything—including Simon Riley—was exposed.
Several drinks in, Gaz turns to you and says: never have I ever… had a gangbang before, and things quickly devolved from there.
(Well. You can scratch that off your bucket list.)it's a call of duty gangbang fic. that's all.
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01 Feb 2023
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I: On the Far Side of Our Doom by NoPlace35
Fandoms: Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Fandom
22 Sep 2025
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Eivor was cold. He was falling. Pain wrapped tight around his neck. Something filled his mouth, hot and metallic. Beside him, Basim was choking, a hand pressed against his chest. Blood spilled past his fingers. Eivor tried to reach for him, to hold him, but his body wouldn’t move. He couldn’t move, he couldn’t breathe-
One minute Eivor is in a cold cave in Norway, Basim’s blade at his neck, the next, he’s waking up in Kjotve’s clutches, three years earlier. This time, he knows Basim’s treachery, Sigurd’s hubris. The threads of fate are woven long before his birth, but what happens when one, tiny snag unravels the tapestry? The Nornir send him back, armed with foreknowledge, to fix their mistakes.
He just hopes Basim isn't beyond saving.
On hiatus until I finish my PhD
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- Part 1 of On The Far Side of our Doom
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- 219,491
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- 60/65
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08 Oct 2022
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Norway behind him, Vili tries to carve a place for himself in England while coming to terms with the things he left behind. Befriended by Ubba Ragnarsson, Vili's life heads down a path he wasn't quite expecting as he traverses the war ravaged lands of England in the company of giants.
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02 Jul 2022
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Starkiller turned to stardust and General Hux is desperate to regain favor. The First Order needs more resources. Hux will do anything to acquire them, including negotiate with a network of the galaxy's most notorious criminals, all while keeping tabs on his unpredictable rival.
Looking for leverage, the Resistance seeds a spy high within enemy ranks. The mission: pose as an interpreter to the infamous General and report his movements. It’s their last hope, but the First Order is a labyrinth of lies and allegiance looks like betrayal when its two most powerful men push her further than she was ever prepared to go.
Update: Bonus post epilogue chapter
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26 Dec 2020
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So I sort of stumbled into shipping these two jerks... This is a chronological set of stand-alone stories about how MacCready and Deacon ended up in a ....*gasp* relationship! Female sole on the outskirts, as well as brief appearances by some of the companions. Happy ending guaranteed but not until I get a chance to put them through some angst, pain, and suffering.
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26 Sep 2018