the world has suffered long;

Pairing: Shifty/Talbert Rating: T Word count: 8223

* It started because Shifty laughed at his joke aloud, and Floyd turned to that bubbly sound. He caught Shifty’s eye when he laughed a bit too hard, and when Floyd looked at him, he suddenly blushed and covered his mouth. They were passing the afternoon between drills at the canteen, Floyd, Smokey, McClung and Shifty, and the ordinary situation was quickly becoming extraordinary.

I swear, I'm just waiting for the clock to hit midnight and my sanity bell goes ringing.

"It was the death of hope that bore us down. There had always been hope; hope of relief, hope of the sun, hope of victory, hope of survival. But when they came and told us that none of us were going home on rotation, we strangled hope and turned into wooden soldiers. The future looked to innumerable enemy-held islands and innumerable assaults [...]." - Helmet for My Pillow, Robert Leckie

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"Welcome home."