all thatās said in the low light (167708 words) by headlocket
Chapters: 15/15
Fandom: Call of Duty (Video Games)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: John āSoapā MacTavish/Simon āGhostā Riley
Characters: John āSoapā MacTavish, Simon āGhostā Riley, John āSoapā MacTavishās Family, John Price (Call of Duty), Kyle āGazā Garrick, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Major Character Injury, Physical Disability, Chronic Pain, Hurt John āSoapā MacTavish, Romance, Eventual Romance, Pining, Suicidal Thoughts, Family Feels, Recovery, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, John āSoapā MacTavish-centric, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Aggressively Scottish, Funded by Dubious Google Searches, Calculated Heartbreak, Probable Cause for Future Smut, Dissociation, Way Too Many Feelings, Hopeless Idiots in Love, Brought To You By The Romantic Stylings of Simon āI Love Kentuckyā Riley, And His Partner John āIām Fuckedā MacTavish, Medical Inaccuracies Ahoy, 9/10 Readers Said They Cried, 0/10 Doctors Recommend, Excessive Swearing as a Love Language, Surprisingly Well-Adjusted Ghost?, More Likely Than You Thinkā¦, Christmas, Past Abuse, Past Drug Use, The Inherent Depression of Being a Soldier In Love, Big Boys Angst, Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, AleRudy Cameo, Illustrated, This is a love story
Series: Part 1 of silver and gold
Summary:
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. Althoughā¦there might be something beautiful about it all, Johnny supposes, those noises in the thick. The gasps in between discharge that say: Iām here, Iām 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, heās forced to cope with disability, his dysfunctional family, and the lingering knowledge that there are some things heās just not ready to leave behindā¦