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  1. Public Bookmark 76

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    Tomorrow, Soap would force himself to be awake at six. He’d be ready, sitting on the stoop, a cup of coffee in one hand and his rifle in the other.

    And when he shot Ghost dead, he’d plant thistle in the viscera he left behind.

    Ten years after surviving a gunshot wound to the head, Soap is struggling with the reality of retirement and the abrupt, seemingly unprompted reappearance of his ex-lover and former lieutenant. But healing isn't linear, and sometimes things need to shatter and break before they can be built back up anew.

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    09 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    The break-up didn’t come out of nowhere. It was a storm circling the Riley/MacTavish relationship for months now. But Simon was still surprised when John actually called it quits. Laying in bed alone now, he could remember what John yelled just a few hours earlier. Things about how he drank to much, smoked too much. Wasn't changing for shit. Simon knew, after only a few weeks without Johnny, he needed him back. That's where Operation: Win Johnny Back came into play.

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    Johnny breaks up with Simon due to Simon's alcohol addiction. Simon decides he needs to win the love of his life back, even if it means losing all of his vices.

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    09 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 97

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    “Missed me,” Ghost crackles in his ear. Warm, teasing. A tone that Soap is almost certain is reserved for him.

    Soap scoffs. "Prove it."

    “Aw,” Ghost tuts. “Don’t trust me?”

    No one I trust more, Sir. He doesn’t say it. Not that he isn’t sure Ghost already knows; if he’s even half as inhumanly perceptive as everyone gives him credit for, then he has to know, has to feel that tangible presence orbiting between them. (The direct acknowledgement of this entity feels too unshakably taboo. A point of no return that takes the shape of something gnarly; a feral elephant in the room that threatens to maul one or both of them down if addressed.)

    “Bastard,” he grumbles instead. Wonders if his voice is as thick with affection over the com as it sounds spoken aloud. Would it matter, if it was?

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    [smut all the way down with a healthy dose of yearning]

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    12 Jun 2026

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    Ghost knows he's destined to spend the rest of his life going through the motions of being the sharp, shadowy knife those in power use to backstab one another. He's made peace with it. He's a professional. His newest contract, at least, seems promising. Taking down the head of the Royal Guard? A welcome challenge.

    Sir John "Soap" MacTavish is far too busy to be fucking around in the frozen arse-end of Anfēowern. He's got an entire team of knights to direct, a king and a prince who are hell bent on making his life as difficult as possible, and an incoming visit from the king of a neighbouring country that will surely plunge his next few months into complete chaos. He’d love a day off. Fuck, he’d love five minutes off.

    Fate must have a dark sense of humour, because Ghost and Soap are about to collide.

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    07 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 98

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    He couldn't remember the last time touch meant love to him. It must've been some time when he was little, when his mother's hands were still tender and he looked less like his father. As he grew taller and bulkier, and his words grew defensive and harsh, she began to stare straight through him. The last gentle touch he'd ever taken without shivering beneath it was her thin fingers dragging over the bruises mottling his arms, never apologizing but always looking sorry.

    His body waited for Soap to grab, to pull, to dig his nails in just because he could — but he didn't. He roamed over Ghost's skin like it was fragile, never lingering on the remnants of a past he'd never spoken of. It was too much. Too Johnny. He wished his shoulders would stop trembling just for a moment so he could feel that sweetness without a lingering sense of dread in his bones.

    or: A new recruit triggers a flashback by pinning Ghost down during a sparring match and ignoring his tap out. Panicked, Ghost dislocates his own shoulder to free himself, and Soap has to pick up the pieces while Ghost confronts feelings from his past he thought he'd buried.

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    07 Apr 2026

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