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“Simon?”
Simon slides a book into place before turning around. The man in front of him is lean, worn thin, with bags like dusky thumbprints beneath his eyes. He’s swallowed by the massive black hoodie he’s wearing, his hands wedged deep into his pockets and his shoulders hunched.
For reasons he cannot begin to understand, Simon wants to crush this man into a tiny ball and then shove him into the mouth that gapes, screaming, around his own starved heart.
He doesn’t do that, obviously. He’s on the clock.
Or: Ghost loses his memories and falls in love with his husband, again.
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Bookmarked by valentinewilde
02 Feb 2025
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This one broke my heart in the best way ❤️🩹 such a lovely story 🥹🥲
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“You were going to spend Christmas with your mum.” It was a statement, not a question.
“Aye,” Soap answered honestly. He didn’t look away from the TV. They sat there, feet apart.
“I’m sorry you’re stuck here with me,” said Ghost.
Soap, mouth falling open at the apology, turned to Ghost to say something. Anything. It’s alright. You should be. I don’t mind it, if it’s you.
None of this actually made it out and Ghost beat him to the punch. “What the fuck movie is this, MacTavish?”
Soap turned in time to see Tom Hanks appear. But it wasn’t quite Tom Hanks, something was wrong with his-
Oh. Soap laughed. “This is Polar Express! It’s my sister’s favorite.”“What’s wrong with him?”
“It’s a cartoon.” Soap yawned and thought about what he’d just said. “But…not really.”
“I hate it.”
“Like me to change it, sir?”
“...No.”
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Soap's been shipped out to a safehouse in the Canadian Wilderness alone, except then Ghost shows up, but maybe Soap wasn't supposed to be shipped out in the first place? And Soap's been running on zero sleep and pure angst since they left Chicago. 'Tis the season.
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Johnny knows Simon is drunk. He'd never suggest this otherwise.
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- Part 1 of Absent Without Leave - Deserters
Bookmarked by valentinewilde
23 Apr 2024
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I read this at least once a week. I live here now.
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“Ghost?”
“Soap.” Ghost’s voice was a low buzz, gravelly with static. In the absolute silence of the snow-covered forest, it sounded both deafeningly loud and intimately quiet.
“What’s your favourite season?” Soap asked.
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Four seasons, five countries, six months.
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Bookmarked by valentinewilde
26 Mar 2024
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THE BATHTUB SCENE. PLEASE.
Chapter 2 is so incredibly written that it messed me up for a while lol I had to take a break 😅
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Yearning, Ghost realizes, aches even deeper than a bullet wound.
He’s trained himself not to desire, the same way he’s trained his body to sprint while in full tactical gear, the same way he’s trained his eyes to focus through a sniper scope for hours on end.
But he’s never wanted someone—anything—like he wants Soap.
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Bookmarked by valentinewilde
26 Mar 2024
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I’ve read this at least five times since I found it. I’m obsessed