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approach the asymptote by lizardhands
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 Jun 2026
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"There is no point in any of this rumination. You are gone. You are nothing now but a muse, something that I can conjure upon command and listen. You are nothing more now than a lullaby, a prayer, a dissonant, augmented, ugly, beautiful melody."
Rocky and Grace part ways for their respective planets. It should feel like a victory. It doesn't.
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10 Jun 2026
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An alternate first meeting, where Ghost and Soap meet each other in the field under infinitely worse circumstances than either of them would have liked:
Ghost wakes up in a pit under a building with a bomb attached to him, certain he's going to die. Soap, an EOD tech amongst his other specialties, is the only person available to at least try to save him. It should be fraught, and tense, and miserable all around, and it is; a whole lot of Ghost slowly losing his mind while Soap does everything he can to save his life. But it would probably be easier if Ghost wasn't a stress-flirter, and if Soap wasn't the kind of endlessly competent that he loved, and if, by virtue of their situation, they didn't keep ripping open each other's wounds and then patching each other back up again after.
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- English
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- 63,924
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- 8/8
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06 Apr 2026
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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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- English
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- 167,708
- Chapters:
- 15/15
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- 1
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- 3,651
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14 Mar 2026
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How do you tell a dog from an SAS sergeant?
Soap's been trying to think of a punchline, but so far, all he's got is a dog’s gotta shit in the woods and bury it slightly more often than an SAS Sergeant.
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26 Feb 2026
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Ghost lets himself be pulled up slightly, his hand just as steady on Soap's thigh. "That what you need, Johnny?" he asks, licking his lips behind the balaclava. Soap’s eyes drop to his mouth, flick back up. "You wanna draw blood? Be in control?"
"Lt–" Soap starts, lips parted on a rough exhale. A plea or a warning, Ghost can't tell. He's too focused on the way Soap's pupils dilate, and the way the edge of the knife digs into the fabric at his throat.
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When Graves rears his head not ten days after Las Almas Ghost starts questioning Soap's loyalty, and with it whatever's left of his own sanity.
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- English
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- 41,011
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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26 Feb 2026
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Bandage Up the Trenches, Wash Away the Blood on my Hands by ilostmygenderalongwithmydignity
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games), Modern Warfare 2: Ghost (Comic), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)
03 Oct 2025
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Ghost is a machine, a glorified automaton for the military to use to clean up messes around the world. He is supposed to complete missions and immediately move on to the next one– and he does.
Simon Riley is supposed to be dead. He is a burned body under a headstone from almost a decade ago.
His heart still beats.
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Ghost gets stabbed, and realizes he’s a little bit in love about it
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- Part 1 of The Hound and the Flame
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25 Feb 2026
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I Like Jane For You by icopythefax
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
11 Jan 2026
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After a mix-up leaves Hayden with the wrong phone for three days, he ends up learning more about Ilya Rozanov and his secret girlfriend, Jane.
Another Hayden-Finds-Out, because we can't have too many.
*now with the extra continuing Hayden-Rozanov friendship text threads*
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- Part 1 of Haydenov Phone Swap
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- English
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- 17,663
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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- 17
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- 2,823
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19 Feb 2026
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There’s a teddy in Soap’s bed; a beaten-up, old brown bear. Well-loved, if the state of the fur is any indication. Ghost lets out a choked laugh, mostly at his own expense. He wishes he was there, suddenly, wishes he was by Johnny’s side as he walked through the doorway and realised that his childhood room was waiting for him like a time capsule. Wishes he got to see the embarrassed scrunch of his face, the way the tips of his ears would flush red.
Soap has a whole second life, outside of the SAS. He’s got a mother, and a poorly-decorated bedroom, and a bear. All Ghost has is a flat that will be the same it is today as it will be the day he dies, like he was never even here at all.
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- English
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- 63,495
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- 3/3
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- 440
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17 Feb 2026
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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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- English
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- 31,104
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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- 257
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16 Feb 2026
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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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- English
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- 54,108
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Comments:
- 406
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12 Feb 2026
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Your Angel Undercover by Silver_Simp
Fandoms: Deadpool - All Media Types, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Marvel
24 Jul 2023
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Wade Wilson is smitten with Spider-Man, but he's sure there's no chance at anything. No matter how much he wants it, he knows he'll never change and be good enough for him. But what if he never had to change at all?
(Wow this summery sucks!! Basically a fic based on the song Bitch by Meredith Brooks)
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26 Oct 2023
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Foolish had heard stories of souls who found each other through different lifetimes. Soulmates, star-promised lovers, fated hearts...They said the spirits remembered each other. They said love always searched for a way to reunite. Well, apparently so did hatred.
Bad was no soulmate, but damn, if he wasn’t a fucking thorn in Foolish’s side.
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Or: Foolish and Bad can't help but find each other across lifetimes.Bookmarked by CrypticSymbol
29 Sep 2023
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Medals of Regret and Vows of Honor by mothbeast for Upsidedown_void
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
07 Feb 2023
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One of Ghost’s hands left his body, reaching up to pull his mask the rest of the way off, and Johnny pulled back. It was almost too dark inside Simon’s room to see his face, but Johnny had spent countless hours sketching his features down and tracing his skin with his fingertips that he had them confidently committed to memory.
Simon’s hand returned, this time pressing softly into the side of Johnny’s cheek, and he leaned into the touch.
“Retire with me.” He blurted out, his heart squeezing in his chest painfully. Simon froze, then tilted his head to the side.
---A One Shot with Established SoapGhost, where Soap wants to retire with Ghost in a cute cabin in the woods of Scotland.
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- English
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- 6,127
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- 1/1
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- 66
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08 Feb 2023
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Just one bite; to taste, and let go.
Or, the on-field flirting is getting a little ridiculous.
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"This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."
— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.
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- English
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- 82,547
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- 13/13
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- 39
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08 Aug 2022
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Even though Eddie's name has been cleared legally, he's still very much on trial in the court of public opinion. Dealing drugs isn't a lucrative occupation anymore, and getting a legitimate job in a town who still considers him a killer isn't much of an option, either. Eddie is beginning to think skipping town and starting over somewhere no one knows his name is the only chance he has left. Steve has another idea.
AKA: Steve gets Eddie a job as an anonymous columnist at a local newspaper.
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- English
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- 62,603
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- 11/11
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- 39
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28 Jul 2022
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So achingly domestic. The perfect amount of slowburn and build up.
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the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jul 2022
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Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.
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eventually and forever by thespideyboy
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Deadpool - All Media Types
06 May 2021
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They’re not together. But they could be, and that’s all that’s keeping Peter going right now.
He’ll get over it eventually.
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- Part 17 of my spideypool collection
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13 Jul 2022
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The whole world thinks Spider-Man and Deadpool are dating, and it all starts because of a TikTok.
Or: 6 times the internet speculates that Spider-Man and Deadpool are together, and 1 time it's actually proven to be true.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 4,310
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 9
- Comments:
- 317
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- 7,436
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- 1,158
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12 Jul 2022
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The Lost and Forgotten by Litcraz
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
01 May 2020
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In order to save everyone's lives, Peter is forced to give up memories - their memories of him. As a result, he is left entirely alone in a world where no one knows he exists. After finally moving on with his life, a new threat arises, bringing Peter back directly into the Avengers' path.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 272,413
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Collections:
- 67
- Comments:
- 3,383
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- 19,581
- Bookmarks:
- 5,718
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- 650,075
Bookmarked by CrypticSymbol
24 Jun 2022
Bookmarker's Notes
"he may have been through hell and back, but what mattered was that he was back"