Give me a desperate Simon Ghost Riley and I will make him worse

Little tribute for Broken Bones and Shattered Hearts by @starlightvld

This fic is completely destroying me, I really can't keep my phone off due to it. I almost finished it, but the wedding's scene is stuck in my mind so I HAD to do something

I'm so glad you enjoy desperate Simon—the more desperate, the better imo, and this scene is him at one of his most desperate moments in the fic for sure. Desperate for a chance and for connection, but going about it in completely the wrong way.

So this is love?

Ghost lets himself be pulled up slightly, his hand just as steady on Soap's thigh. "That what you need, Johnny?" he asks, licking his lips behind the balaclava. Soap’s eyes drop to his mouth, flick back up. "You wanna draw blood? Be in control?" "Lt–" Soap starts, lips parted on a rough exhale. A plea or a warning, Ghost can't tell. He's too focused on the way Soap's pupils dilate, and the way the edge of the knife digs into the fabric at his throat. When Graves rears his head not ten days after Las Almas Ghost starts questioning Soap's loyalty, and with it whatever's left of his own sanity.

not from the absence [read on ao3]

ship: john "soap" mactavish/simon "ghost" riley

words: 41,011, completed

tags: canon-typical violence, post-cod mw2 (2022), the boys deal poorly with the las almas fallout, angst with a happy ending, slow burn, literal sleeping together, hurt/comfort, but the kind where you cut each other open with a knife, mutual pining, unresolved sexual tension, emotional constipations more fucked up cousin, mostly bc ghost buried his feelings deeper than his own corpse, post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy coping mechanisms, whats wrong with me is also wrong with you typa vibe, minor character death, (none of the 141), ghost POV, 09 ghost backstory, epistolary elements, not beta read we die like roach

COVER/CH1 | CH2 | CH3 | CH4 | CH5

Drawings for this years Gaz appreciation week.

I wanted to do all of the prompts this year until I realized that finals are due in another week…

they are serious about bets

usual rounds..