The Edge We Stand On

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• The Edge We Stand On by Sp00kyOutHere

  Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, Multi, F/F
  • Work in Progress

  02 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley
  • John "Soap" MacTavish/Original Male Character(s)
  • Simon "Ghost" Riley/Original Male Character(s)
  • Simon "Ghost" Riley
  • John "Soap" MacTavish
  • John Price (Call of Duty)
  • Kyle "Gaz" Garrick
  • Kate Laswell
  • Kate Laswell's Wife
  • Nikolai (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)
  • Farah Karim
  • Alex Keller (Call of Duty)
  • Phillip Graves (Call of Duty)
  • Original Call of Duty Character(s)
  • Original Character(s)
  • Major Original Character(s)
  • Original Character-centric
  • Trans Male Character
  • Trans Character
  • Military
  • Military Inaccuracies
  • Military Backstory
  • Military Homophobia
  • Homophobia
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
  • Transphobia
  • Found Family
  • Angst and Fluff and Smut
  • Slow Burn
  • Slow Build
  • Slow Romance
  • Women in the Military
  • I'm Bad at Tagging
  • BAMF Women
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Child Abuse
  • Abuse
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Sexual Assault
  • Past Rape/Non-con
  • Past Sexual Assault
  • Abuse of Authority
  • Please Don't Hate Me
  • Please Don't Kill Me
  • Song: Take Me To Church (Hozier)
  • Song: I Bet on Losing Dogs (Mitski)
  • Song: Work Song (Hozier)
  • Song: Nobody's Soldier (Hozier)
  • War
  • Missions
  • Everyone is Gay
  • Forbidden Love
  • Canon Related
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon Dialogue
  • Not Canon Compliant

  Summary

  Meet Ripley Barnes: a soldier who runs until his feet bleed, fights until his knuckles split, and only ever lets his dog close. In the dead hours of the night, his routine is all he has—discipline, pain, and the steady love of a Malinois named Puck. Before dawn, everything will change.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Edge We Stand On

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  47,057

  Chapters:

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