Michael_The_Fat_Baby
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They're retired. Older- mid fifties. Living in the Scottish hills. Simon cares for Johnny—his partner, his sergeant, his heart—as early onset dementia slowly takes hold. Some nights are harder than others. Some memories come back like ghosts. But through the confusion, the fear, and the fading light, Simon stays. Because love, like old soldiers, never leaves its post.
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17 Dec 2025
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After retiring from the army Ghost settled down in the highlands, alone but for a flock of sheep. It was easier that way, better. Or so he told himself.
That is until Soap MacTavish sets up shop across the valley, dazzling everyone with hot chocolate, animatronic reindeer, and his smile.
Perhaps it’s time for Ghost to come in from the cold, if he can remember how.
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05 Dec 2025
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Post-MW3: Struggling to adjust to life in protective custody after Makarov's bullet, Soap grapples with his own failing memory as he hides from an enemy he can no longer remember.
The mercurial SAS officer assigned to protect him isn’t making matters any easier.
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01 Dec 2025
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Talk to him, they said. Well, Ghost’s never been good at talking. So he sits. Picks up one of the scattered pens, and begins to write.
Dear Johnny.***
Adrift in a sea of grief and helplessness, Ghost discovers Soap's journal and the surprising amount of writing that Soap had kept hidden away. He decides to take a leaf from his Sergeant's book (literally) and write down everything he could never say.
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Bookmarked by Michael_The_Fat_Baby
29 Nov 2025
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“So, not that I’m complaining, or anything,” Gaz starts, and Soap knows he’s in for it, “But how come I’m not being traumatized by sexual harassment on the comms anymore?”
Soap chews his eggs slowly, because Gaz is his best mate, and he doesn’t want to lie to him, but it’s not exactly as if he can just say “Icarus’d it, mate, flew too close to the damn sun and got burnt and now it’s over.”
He shrugs a little instead, obfuscates, says, “Dunno.”
“Well that’s bollocks,” Gaz scoffs, “Wanna try again?”
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21 Nov 2025