#141 thoughts

You're sitting in the breakroom at the deep wooden table, scribbling away at the pages in front of you when you feel a presence looming over your shoulder....

Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches you color in silence for a bit before asking what you were doing. He thinks its cute the way your face heats up when you realize you'd been caught, but he doesnt think you should be embarassed about your hobby.

When you invite him to join you and offer to make him a copy he just grunts in response and walks away with his fresh cup of hot tea.

Dont worry though, cause he'll take you up on that offer next time.

Captain John Price would watch you color from a distance and before you could realize he's there, he's slipping out of the break room to grab his 'adult' coloring book and pack of pencils from his office.

He accidentally startles you when he pulls out the chair next to you and drops the thick book in front of his seat. It takes you a moment to realize that he's joining you, but you couldn't be more excited about it.

The two of you spend the night coloring side by side in a peaceful silence.

John 'Soap' Mctavish will tease you about it to no end once he finds out you like to color in your pass time. He's pokes at you about it a lot, but with enough convincing he'll sit and color with you.

He gets a copy of the same book just so the two of you can be coordinated, and proposes a competition for who can color the picture better. He forces Ghost and Price to judge, and almost always looses because he cant pick color schemes

He doesn't take it to heart, and instead promises he'll beat you next time

Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick his first thought when he see's you coloring for the first time is that its neat that you like to unwind in such a calm way. He doesn't need any convincing to sit down with you and color. It actually gives you an opportunity to connect better since you're the two youngest on the force.

The banter felt so authentic to who Johnny and Simon are, and the contrast between Johnny’s rapid-fire teasing and Simon’s drag was so hot. You can hear their voices in your head while reading. It adds such a rich layer of realism to the dynamic. You are seriously talented! 👏👏

ayyyy bless your heart, anon🤍 you definitely made my day with this!

if I’m being completely transparent with you guys… i am utterly obsessed with simon and johnny. when i’m writing, i am right there in the trenches with the reader. typing out dialogue when you have soap’s soft, velvety purr in one ear and ghost’s deep, gravelly growl in the other? torture. 💀🩷🩷🩷

to answer your point about the dialogue, my knickers aren't exactly wet when i see dialogue that is written out entirely phonetically. it feels a bit forced to me, and it instantly pulls me out of the zone because it feels like a cartoon character is speaking rather than a real man. that is just my personal preference, though! obviously it hits so much harder when the dialect is grounded in the syntax,the cadence, and the specific slang they use. i personally love how their accents naturally thicken up only when they're drunk, losing their filters, or completely losing their minds over reader and it makes those moments feel incredibly earned and intimate. ofc it takes more work, but it’s so worth it!

anyway, hearing that the accents felt natural and immersive to you is such a compliment✨✨😘

also, side note like, gabdhajdbrhd how is anyone actually supposed to choose between them?! writing a throuple dynamic was the only logical solution because making a choice is literally impossible. they belong together, and they both belong with the reader!