#aboats

OKAY!  Thanks to your clarification, I can now answer this one!  

Major Ryan Coats (Caleb Shepard’s universe) - this is really hard because I haven’t come up with his full background in my head yet, so I’m kind of limited???  (leave it to you to challenge me like this! ROFL)

Abby Williams

his family (parents, deceased brother Luke, and maybe other siblings? Not sure yet)

Caleb Shepard (platonically)

Anderson - a second father-figure for him

Oh, goodness, another pairing I need to make a list for!  Let me see here ...

Okay, for the two of them, no doubts about it:  “If I lose myself” by OneRepublic.

I woke up with the sun Thought of all of the people, places, and things I've loved I woke up just to see With all of the faces, you were the one next to me

Also, “Angel with a Shotgun” by The Cab.

I'm an angel with a shotgun Fighting til' the wars won I don't care if heaven won't take me back I'll throw away my faith, babe, just to keep you safe Don't you know you're everything I have? (I'm an angel with a shotgun) And I, want to live, not just survive, tonight (Live, not just survive)

For Coats: “I Will Be There” by Glass Tiger.  He strikes me as a man driven by duty, to protect.  I think that’s part of why he and Abby get along so well - that tradition of serving, of protecting.

A fight for king or country Can liven any heart To sleep beneath the open skies A love affair can start Echoes in the valley As embers cross red skiesI'm calling from the mountains Echoes of no replyI will be there Oh, when you call my name I will be there Oh, if you call my name I will be there

For Abby:  “I Am A Rock” by Simon and Garfunkel.  Unfortunately, because of their family history, both Abby and Ashley have this song as theirs: