Yeah… world’s gone to hell. Still worse places to die, though.

and then he gets a bit disgruntled (and lowkey disappointed) when price, instead, takes an immediate liking to ghost. he can sense the cptsd radiating off of him and he's like "oh i like that one" even though ghost's entire attitude toward him can be dumbed down to "Touch Me And I'll Kill You."

meanwhile this is the first time roach gets an idea of how pathetically obsessed soap is with price and has been using him as kinda a proxy for that obsession. like what soap feels for roach IS genuine, but he hasn't gotten over price (while he thought he was dead) and is a bit of a freak about it. like no one gets the treatment he does, the persistent guidance and hovering and constant praise and gentle criticism. he knew he was special to soap, but didn't realize the cause.

and price does like roach. he recognizes that he's extremely talented and is kinda a bit like a younger soap. but having spent the last 6 or so years in a russian gulag, he's a bit bored with him. ghost is an unknown and obviously more than a little fucked up. and roach, seeing that price is fucking insane, is extremely glad that he's spared of being the target of his attention.

Redraw of my favorite bug boy,,, from my old account… gary roach sanderson there is not a day goes by where I am not bawling my eyes out because I miss you.

“How roaches look at you when you hit them with the dollar store bug spray”

[Old drawing under the cut]

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[lived in two universes - guess we aren’t meant to live that long]

You feel like you're in a nightmare, and there's a vengeful spirit before you. You can't run. He'll always find you.

They deserved better.