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In theory, it’s an easy plan of action: Soap heals with Ghost by his side and life goes back to the way it was before. Effortless and efficient, just like how they’ve always handled tough missions.
But with a newly broken brain, pent-up feelings, and a possible medical discharge looming on the horizon, everything is often easier said than done.
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05 Jun 2026
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Ghost and Soap take their time moving too fast, and Ghost learns to accept what he already knows. Fifteen thousand words of domestic porn.
(Part Two of the Familiar series, which starts with Familiar as a Bottle and a Glass)
Ghost was helpless against his own smile. His hands itched to grab at Soap, itched to pull him in, he wanted to bury his face in the crook of Soap’s neck and breathe in all the deep, sleep-warm scents of him, wanted to throw him up against the wall, wanted to rip him apart from the inside out, find a place in his body and make a home there, break him into a million pieces and patch him back together using himself as the glue.
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- Part 2 of Familiar
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- English
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- 15,432
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- 5/5
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02 Jun 2026
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It's Soap’s fault, really. He’d set off the alarms and fucked it up, and it made the mission a million times more difficult than it should be. It had been an in-and-out mission, no engagement with hostilities supposedly.
Yet here they are, Soap bleeding out while running away, and Ghost ahead of him muttering curses under his breath. There’s a promise of a very long debriefing after this. Soap knows both from first and third hand experience.
Soap knows that he’s fucked, either way, whether or not there is an after in this.
“This feels familiar.” Soap comments,
“Las Almas.” Ghost says, and Soap could only hum to show his amusement.
And oh boy, if only Ghost knows just how similar Las Almas is to his current predicament.
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OR soap gets injured and thinks that hiding said injury is a good idea.
Written for TWB MCC Sands of Time Remix prompt: Role Reversal- Language:
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26 May 2026
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Soap could think of a thousand different ways he'd rather be spending the Christmas season—hunting down Makarov being at the top of that list. Somehow Ghost makes it all a bit (a lot) more bearable.
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- Part 1 of Recovery Rooms
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25 May 2026
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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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- 8/8
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Bookmarked by Elba
14 May 2026
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After a hard mission and a worse debrief, Soap is target for some choice words by his team.
Instead of reconciling, Soap goes on a mission.
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11 May 2026
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“Fuckin’ hell, Johnny.” Ghost was standing in the middle of the carnage, covered in blood like a fallen angel.
Thank God.
Johnny’s grip loosened on his rifle, dropping the muzzle forwards. Ghost was on him in a second, only needing to take a single stride to get to Soap and tuck an arm around Soap’s waist, tugging the weapon from his hand.
Soap could feel his heart beat in his left arm- hanging limply at his side, blood dripping off his fingers. “Nah, still on earth last I checked.”
He had hoped Ghost would at least chuckle, but the man did not seem to find anything funny about this for some reason.Bookmarked by Elba
06 May 2026
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They've all got their own aches and pains, and John can't stay young and springy forever, no matter how badly he wants to. Simon helps him feel a little more like himself.
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06 May 2026
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An ongoing series where two touch-starved men figure out how to take care of each other in ways that no military field guide ever covered. Thankfully, when you already trust a person with your life, letting them see you at your most vulnerable isn't nearly as hard as it sounds.
Non-sexual intimacy, physical touch, a little angst, and a lot of comfort.
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03 May 2026
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But Ghost didn’t seem to mind, quietly filling the kettle before setting it to boil, those dark eyes watching as John paced the kitchen, one arm flailing about in the air, the other locked tight around his half-melted pint of rocky road.
He told Ghost he was stressed. That the entire MacTavish clan was coming into town, which meant awkward hugs, judgmental stares, and nosy questions from people he hadn’t seen in years. John could handle all of that, he really could.
But what he couldn’t handle was the questions. Why he hadn’t settled down yet, why he didn’t have a nice Scottish girl on his arm.
Why he wasn’t married with a child on the way, because Ethel and James weren’t getting younger, and John was already too old. For fuck’s sake.
“Maybe I don’t want to bring home a wee lass,” John had snapped, voice cracking as he dug his spoon in harder than necessary, a brown, congealed clump of freezer-burned rocky road flying onto the floor. “Maybe I don’t even like women, has anyone considered that?”
And there, in less than twenty words, John had completely outed himself.
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Bookmarked by Elba
01 May 2026
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Warmth filled his chest at the prospect of the future. Once he had thought the job was his life; probably because it actually had been. He had resigned himself to an early, violent death on a battlefield. Recently, he had started accepting the chance at the opposite.
Like the fresh buds on the trees rushing past the car window, Price felt a new start coming with spring.
Soap and Ghost are forced out of retirement when Price goes MIA.
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29 Apr 2026
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It's their two year anniversary.
Ghost would've really preferred not to spend it digging a bullet out of Soap. Again.
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump '25
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27 Apr 2026
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It’s his own fault that he’s in this position, and if he manages to live through it, he’s going to remain adamant about that.
Ghost will say it wasn’t Soap’s fault, that its his — and he’ll have a strong case for this, since he’s the one currently strangling Soap — but it really isn’t. There’s several strong facts to the case here, all of which Soap believes firmly prove that this is his own stupid fucking fault.
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Ghost has a nightmare. Soap bears the weight of it.
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- Part 5 of Febuwhump '25
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27 Apr 2026
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Soap's standing in the hall, alone, arms wrapped around himself like he’s cold. Ghost's words are ringing in his ears like tinnitus.
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27 Apr 2026
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25 Apr 2026
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Always The Fool With The Slowest Heart by Rulimaquina
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
23 Nov 2022
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Soap is dead. That is the first thing that crosses Ghost's mind when he hears the distant explosion, followed by Price's all-too-clear voice as he calls out to Soap, sounding completely overtaken by fear in a way Ghost hasn't ever heard from him before. Then, silence that stretches on for what feels like an eternity.
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21 Apr 2026
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Leon Kennedy, Grace thought as she stared down at the man laying limply on the floor. Limbs splayed and skin covered in deep, black bruising. Was absolutely nothing like he had first appeared.
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21 Apr 2026
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Another mission gone to hell, the team split in half and then split again, Johnny does his best to keep it together.
Does his best in the aftermath, too, for what it's worth (and it's worth a lot).
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One moment they’d been fine, tight unit manoeuvring with ease through enemy territory, clearing buildings and neutralising threats. The next? Soap rubbed the back of his hand across his face, smearing sweat and dirt. He was filthy, covered in fluids not all his own. A hazard of the job. At least the helmet kept the worst of the building debris out of his hair.
He supposed it didn't matter really, it was a hopeless, rhetorical question. He knew exactly what had gone down, and hated every fucking minute of it.
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19 Apr 2026
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He's sleep deprived but still optimistic that everything'll be fine. Even though Price is mad at him, Ghost isn't speaking to him, and he's been sent off to work on his own while they have their own happy little team. Soap's fine, it's part of the job.
Until the job unexpectedly drops the building he was supposed to blow up.
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Soap gets trapped on a mission.
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15 Apr 2026
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As awake as he should have been, by the time noon rolls around, Leon was ready to crawl back into bed. Chris could tell as much as Leon leans further and further into him as they speak. Drifting towards the warmth and safety of home.
Chris makes him take some meds before he's allowed to sleep again. Leon would rather tough it out, but Chris was an insistent nurse. And Nurse Redfield wasn't satisfied until Leon had swallowed the handful of little blue pills.
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12 Apr 2026