#mcshifty

I haven’t been on here in forever, and apparently this is the first thing I’m going to post in forever, but I figured it might be good to have a masterlist of my ish up here just in cases. 

BabeRoe:

Our Hearts Were Lonely Hunters 3.7K, Rated T Post-War Angst, Mutual Pining, Melancholy, New Orleans

Turned Out Okay, This Life 600, Rated T Post-Post-War, Fluff, A sequel to the sequel to Our Hearts

Only The Essentials 1.2K, Rated G Modern AU, Pre-Slash, Couch Sitting, Anxiety

I Wear My Heart On My T-Shirts 7.5K, Rated T Modern AU, Mutual Pining, Pre-Slash, Roomates

All the Places I Can Take You 1.5K, Rated T Modern AU, Secret Smooches, Boys Night Out

Since you found me... 7K, Rated E Modern AU, New Year’s Eve Fluff

Between the Rules and You 1K, Rated M Modern AU, Hickies, vague D/s,

Winnix:

The Morning After 650 words, Rated T Cannon Era, Kiss Prompts, Post V-E Day Celebrations

Monday Morning Song 1.7K, Rated E Post-War, Husbands, Fake Sick Days (for the less explicit Tumblr post, click here)

After All This Time We’re Still Full of Surprises 8.5K, Rated E Post-War, Middle Aged Winnix, Vacation Sex, Fire Island

A New Christmas Tradition 9K, Rated M Post-War Christmas Fluff, Newlyweds, Period-Typical Discussions

McShifty:

Super Secret Christmas Coffee 800 words, Rated G Foxhole Friendships, Keeping Warm

I’m Fine, I’m Okay 1K, Rated T Last Patrol Anxiety and Reassurance, Kisses

Before I Go 1.2K, Rated T Points, Goodbye Kisses, Bittersweet

Come Visit the Wild Country of the Pacific Northwest 1.5K, Rated G Post-War Hurt/Comfort, Shifty’s Injury, Shoulder Kisses

WebGott:

There’s a Very Pleasant Side To You... 750 words, Rated T Domestic Fluff, Song Inspo, Married Idiots

Like Memories of Dying Days 7.6K, Unfinished, Rated M Modern AU, Gender-Bent, Grad School, Daria Webster is a little snobby

Rarer Pairs

An Absentminded Affair Babe/Lieb(/Chuck) 1.6K Rated T Canon Era, Troop Ship, Uncertainty

The Light Will Find You Liebgott/Roe, 6.5K, Rated T Canon Era Magical Realism, First Kiss, Melancholy

How Truly Bright You Are Liebgott/Roe, 1.5K Rated T/M Canon Era Magical Realism, Austria, Fluff

A Little Distraction Harry/Nix, 2.5K, Rated M Canon Era Drunken Shenanigans, Handjobs, Secrets

This Life to Fix Bill/Toye, 9K, Rated E Post-War Hurt/Comfort, Toye moves to Philly

The Great Chocolate Heist of 1945 2nd Platoon BROT4, 1.5K, Rated G Haguenau Deleted Scenes

Of Silence and Silver Linings Luz/Roe, 1.5K, Rated G Canon Era, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss

Gen Fic

You Could Be the Best Damn Friend... 2.2K, Not Rated Harry & Lew with bg Winnix, Harry/Kitty Canon Era, Post-Bastogne, during Harry's recovery

Yes, I am obsessed with Shifty and McClung. But look at this friendship! Shifty didn’t even care that Earl wasn’t a Toccoa man because he had so much respect for his talent.

Anon, you warm my heart asking me about these two. They are so pure and so cute, I wish we had more than a 3 second gif scene of them together. Anyway, in no particular order:

1. The way they both think the other is the better shot

2. Although Shifty is only a little shorter than McClung, Earl gives him constant shit about it, (Do you need me to reach that top shelf Dear?) and it’s so endearing.

3. They credit Popeye for getting them together, but he still doesn’t know why.

4. After the war they never stop showering together, and even though sharing one shower head is tough, it’s the best morning ritual.

I’m Fine, I’m Okay

Prompt: Lingering Kisses Pairing: Shifty Powers/Earl McClung WordCount: 1050 Rating: Teen

After the patrol, in a random basement, Shifty and McClung check on each other and an intimate moment ensues. A “Lingering Kiss” prompt fill for Band of Boyfriends KissTober.

Read it on AO3

Of course my friend!! I hope you had a lovely Wednesday (although you won’t read this until Thursday! Thank you so much for reaching out!

Here is an excerpt from a short McShifty piece that I’m hoping will magically turn into a magnum opus:

They were sharing doubled up blankets and Shifty was asleep on his shoulder with both his legs leaning against Earl. The warmth was a pleasant benefit, because Shifty was always warm. In body and in spirit. God but his warmth was all-encompassing. Earl’d give anything to be able to have it all the time.

Cari, I fully forgot I wrote this and I am delighted that you brought it up.

My favourite part is this: "The haul from today’s hunt is just a few grouse, but Earl doesn’t mind. He might have used up all his luck overseas, but he can get on without it." I write so much fic where the war bleeds into everything that comes after. This one is so nice and quiet at the end. Two people get exactly what they wanted, for once.

I do feel like this was me half-assing a prompt because I looked up mcshifty in the group chat to see if I'd keysmashed about it while writing it, and of course there's me saying "I haven't figured out what I want McShifty to be up to in the woods yet", and then you read the story Nothing Happens, Just Vibes, lmao. Sam never figured out what they were up to in the woods. But Just Vibes is okay too.

Here's Shifty/McClung (McShifty!!) for fellow citizen of Gremlin Town @cody-helix02. Go see their Band of Brothers art stuff, you're gonna lose it over how cute it is.

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Earl keeps his fingers wrapped tightly around Shifty’s wrist and thinks about how you can track how quickly the storm is approaching by counting the heartbeats between the lightning strike and the thunder that trails after. He’s doing it now, counting each imprint Shifty’s racing heart makes on the inside of his wrist, except the thunder is not thunder and the rain of artillery fire does not abide by any of the usual laws of nature – except for physics, of course, high-explosive shells fired up at 2,700 feet per second being required, at some point, to come down.