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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    This man is a bully. This is his first impression of Captain Paddy Mayne.
    Though, that is not necessarily true.
    His first, first impression is, well, that this man is slight. He’s slight, and unkempt – the latter of which he attributes to the harsh living conditions of the desert and the former of which amuses him to an extent.
    Now, being the learned man that he is, he knows that looks can be deceiving, that he should be above judging a man before they’ve even spoken. And yet, nothing about Mayne strikes him as particularly threatening. And then - then the man opens his mouth and Augustin knows he's in way over his head.

    (or: What if Augustin stuck around and what if there's more to Paddy Mayne than his overt aggression)

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    01 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 2

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    Coaching his brother's wayward team was already very much not Bill's dream assignment. Then David goes and gets himself arrested, and Paddy Mayne stepping in as captain spells nothing but trouble.
    Paddy won’t let his ex-captain’s prick brother put him on a short leash while his team crumbles around the scandal of David’s arrest. He wins games, not hearts, and Bill Stirling has a problem with both.

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    19 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 13

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    “Come on then,” says Paddy, unbuckling his seatbelt. “We’re going to miss our train.”

    “You know," says Eoin, "if you’re taking me to another country to kill me, legally you have to tell me."

    “Christ, lad, you think I'd let you die in France?”

    “We're going to France?”

    "Aye, well, I figured that if we were going to keep seeing each other then it was probably about time you met Augustin."

    “Oh, excellent,” says Eoin, “I’ve always wanted to go to Paris for the first time so that I can meet my boyfriend’s ex.”

    June, 2025. Paddy takes Eoin to Paris, and carries his bags for him.

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    11 May 2026

  4. Rec *

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    Word has spread through the camp, and the survivors have begun to stagger out of the barracks, needing to see it with their own eyes. No one has come out of this room, though, and Paddy does not understand why until he walks in and sees the colour of the inverted triangles sewn across their chests.

     

    In 1945, Paddy Mayne is involved in the Allied liberation of Bergen-Belsen.

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    06 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 81

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    It is with the deepest regret I must inform you that your son First Lieutenant Robert Blair Mayne, 87306, a member of my unit has been missing in action in [censored] since the mission of 16 November 1941.

    Or an AU where Paddy is the one who goes missing after Operation Squatter.

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    05 May 2026