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When Simon “Ghost” Riley left the military after years of service, he never expected civilian life would include so much socialising, especially with coworkers. He manages to avoid it all by telling a small lie: he has a boyfriend. A perfect, convenient, totally-not-real boyfriend who keeps him “busy” on evenings and weekends.
Problem solved, one would think. Until the mandatory company Christmas gala demands attendance of said boyfriend.
Ghost is reluctantly introduced to one John “Soap” MacTavish, a charming mechanic who is willing to help out. It should’ve been simple: pretend to be in a relationship, fake a few smiles, have a few drinks, and done.
Except one night of pretending to be a couple turns into texts, favours, and a growing friendship neither of them expected. Now, Ghost finds himself tangled in something dangerously close to happiness and has to face the truth: his fake boyfriend might just be the most real thing he’s ever had.
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27 Dec 2025
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Oneirophobia - the fear of dreams.
Gavin has had a pretty fucked up life by most peoples standards. Shitty upbringing led to shitty nightmares which led to shitty insomnia and caffeine addictions and trying desperately not to keep flashing back to those horrible memories. It's been a while since his last bad patch - so when it happens again it's the first time with Nines as his partner. And Nines refuses to let him just continue the tried and tested self destructive tendencies he's used to cope his whole life up until now. Gavin can't understand why Nines even cares - or why he's being so nice, and considerate, and touchy, and why he keeps frowning in that sad way. Hell, Gavin can almost convince himself that Nines actually cares.Series
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25 Dec 2025
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“Gavin, stand down!” Niles shouted, panting to catch his breath.
He’d just gotten the robot. Hadn’t even had it a full month, and he’d already broken the damn thing.
“Goddamnit, Gavin, stop! GV200, release him!” he shouted the direct order at the android who finally turned, surprised, like it was hearing him for the first time.
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we are all stardust by synergenic (Losseflame)
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
10 Jan 2016
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Finn wakes up. He wakes up slow, the rising tide of consciousness making him aware, firstly, of how stale his mouth tastes. Then it's the general stiffness of his body, the foreign feeling of a pillow beneath his head, the softness of the clothes he's wearing. Finn doesn't think he's ever worn clothes so soft.
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Soap's nan has a cat and he's the best therapy cat anyone could ever ask for
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