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"Bloody Jesus." Soap shook his head, weapon down again, heart still high in his throat. "One of these days someone is gonna shoot ye for being a creep."
Ghost didn't even blink at that, fully stepping out of the small shadow that had been partially obscuring his bulk. He was geared up as usual, if usual meant having to take on an entire platoon by himself.
"I would like to see them try", he rumbled.
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Or, five times Ghost did Soap a favor and the one time Soap had paid him back.
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03 Mar 2026
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Ghost didn't trust Soap, couldn't know for certain what a year and a half of forced fighting in the pits did to something as volatile as a Wolf. But Price insisted that the man may have valuable intel, might be enough to finally bring down the Fighting Ring where they'd found him.
So Ghost watched and waited as the others let themselves be fooled by the charming stranger.
Ghost wouldn't be so easily swayed.
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06 Feb 2026
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“Johnny, fuckin’ hell.” Skull-framed eyes widened. A hand shot out to grab Soap’s shoulder, turning him to get a better look at whatever had caught Ghost's attention. “Why didn’t you say anything?”
Soap looked down at himself to get an idea what the lieutenant was freaking out about.
Ah. Blood. Quite an impressive amount, actually.
Soap gets a little bit shot. It's fine, but the shock rattles their small group, making them even closer than before. Also, there's a game of Cluedo, for some reason.
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05 Feb 2026
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Operation: Do Not Catch Feelings (Failed) by Neomorise
Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)
23 Jun 2025
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When a flirtatious subordinate won’t take a hint, Lieutenant Simon “Ghost” Riley blurts out that he has a boyfriend. It’s a lie meant to shut things down – until the story spreads across base and command expects his mystery partner to show up at an upcoming formal event.
Meanwhile, John “Soap” MacTavish, ex-military and now civilian, tells his family the same lie to avoid another disastrous matchmaking attempt. Their mutual friend Kyle "Gaz" Garrik – utterly delighted – connects the dots and makes the fake relationship official.
But one event turns into two. Then into family weekends, texts at midnight, comfort cups of tea, and quiet moments that start to feel dangerously real. What began as a tactical cover story is suddenly the most stable thing in either of their lives.
They said it was temporary.
They didn't expect to want more.Bookmarked by Trafuffles
04 Feb 2026
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When Simon “Ghost” Riley left the military after years of service, he never expected civilian life would include so much socialising, especially with coworkers. He manages to avoid it all by telling a small lie: he has a boyfriend. A perfect, convenient, totally-not-real boyfriend who keeps him “busy” on evenings and weekends.
Problem solved, one would think. Until the mandatory company Christmas gala demands attendance of said boyfriend.
Ghost is reluctantly introduced to one John “Soap” MacTavish, a charming mechanic who is willing to help out. It should’ve been simple: pretend to be in a relationship, fake a few smiles, have a few drinks, and done.
Except one night of pretending to be a couple turns into texts, favours, and a growing friendship neither of them expected. Now, Ghost finds himself tangled in something dangerously close to happiness and has to face the truth: his fake boyfriend might just be the most real thing he’s ever had.
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04 Feb 2026
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When a mission gone wrong leaves John "Soap" MacTavish in a coma in a foreign hospital, the language barrier turns Simon "Ghost" Riley into Soap's husband instead of his partner.
What begins as a bureaucratic mistake snowballs into a full-blown fake marriage as Ghost is forced keep up the ruse in order to deal with hospital staff, paperwork, and, to his horror, very real in-laws.
By the times Soap wakes up, he has acquired a very devoted husband the nurses swoon over and his parents have accepted into the family.
As Soap recovers, he and Ghost try to navigate their growing feelings as the line between pretend and fake starts to blur. By the time Soap is cleared for active duty again, they must figure out what their relationship really is… and whether the fake marriage everyone believes in might not be so fake after all.
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04 Feb 2026
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Ghost doesn't know anything about werewolves, so understandably he is not overly excited about getting one in their unit especially if said werewolf is supposed to be his sergeant. Over time the skilled and competent Scot slowly changes Ghost's mind.
One day Ghost gets injured and Price sends him to heal at home. The problem is that Ghost treats his apartment as a safehouse - a place to survive, but not to live. Soap notices how Ghost suffers in silence and drags him to his home to take care of him.
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18 Dec 2025
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"All stories come from some'ere. They hold a fraction o' truth. The Ghost may no' be real. But after hearing all the stories, be'er t' air on the side o' caution, aye? So as no' t' get caught unawares by a giant monster in the middle o' the moor."
That made sense. The stories of monsters in the woods, over the moors, or in the lochs may be just to scare children and give the adults something to pass the time. But his father was right, better to assume it is real, and be respectful of it. After all, if there was such a thing as a giant beast covered in fur, that howls in the night and hunts over the land, capable of tearing animals to pieces and leave gouges in hard wood, John imagined it wouldn't appreciate being told it's just a folktale.
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15 Dec 2025
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slow start for ghost/soap but damn is it a good story <3
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17 Nov 2025
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Nana MacTavish raised all her grandchildren on folktales, regaling John and his sisters with stories of kelpies, wulvers, the bean nighe, and Nessie herself. But John's favorites were about selkies. He's so enamored with the tales that he sees proof of them everywhere. Like the way Ghost is always more at ease near the sea, or how he has a fur coat he keeps in a locked chest. Of course, John knows it's all in his imagination- or is it?
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- Part 1 of On Your Wavelength
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03 Nov 2025
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A soapghost vaguely turn-of-the-century AU, posted here for easier reading as requested
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30 Oct 2025
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Soulmate AU: In a world where having a soulmark is a rare and forgotten phenomenon, finding your other half can be more a curse than a blessing.
Soap joined the military intent on escaping the stigma of the mark, adamant he'd never find his soulmate.
When Soap’s lies begin to unravel, he must contend with his awakened soulmark, and a sicaria drug lord hell-bent on watching him burn.
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26 Sep 2025
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Soap makes a choked off noise of pure, unadulterated panic, and then he’s floating, drifting far away as his ears ring from the sound of multiple bombs going off.
When he comes to, he only gets to be happy that he’s somehow still alive for a moment, because everything hits him all at once. Pain explodes from every single part of him he can feel, and he wants to scream. He doesn’t, instead trying to take a deep breath to ground himself, but there’s rubble on top of him that’s unyielding, restricting his every breath.
His breath catches in his throat; focus, MacTavish. Assess your situation before you start panicking.
or, Soap gets trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building, and makes the (stupid) executive decision to omit that piece of information to the rest of 141. No one is happy about this when they find out.
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- Part 1 of whispers
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24 Sep 2025
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Soap is physically affectionate by nature.
Ghost is not.
Johnny might just be rubbing off on him though.
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07 Sep 2025
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A thousand lives, spiralling out around him, all full of possibilities...but Simon lived in this one.
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Ghost slowly learns how to be in love, and in doing so learns how to stop wishing for a different world and start living in the one he's got.- Language:
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22 Aug 2025
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Following a row of circumstances that might or might not be Soaps own fault (they totally are), his family now thinks him and Ghost are dating and expect him to bring this boyfriend of his along to his cousins wedding.
So really what other option is there than to bother Ghost into coming along to Scotland with him and pretend to be his boyfriend? Not like his crush could get any worse, right? (wrong)**
Soap opened his mouth again and rushed it all out in one single breath. “Ineedyetobemyfakeboyfriendforthenextfewdays.”
Ghost blinked at him slowly. “The fuck you just said?"- Language:
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19 Aug 2025
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Mobile friendly collection of my art for this AU, can also be found on tumblr "#tactax mwii creatures au".
Some commentary from the original tumblr posts added.
Image count: 37 [1 New! Jul 24]Contains one .GIF with mild flashing.
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- Part 1 of Alb & Bomb (CoD Monster AU)
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17 Aug 2025
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Soap huffs, wiping the dried blood from his ear. He stares at his fingers for a long moment, then leans his head against the wall, staring out into the moonlight. “What if it didn’t have to be a mistake, huh? You and me. What if you could be happy?”
“I think that’s what I’m most afraid of.”
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When Ghost realised he was in love with Soap MacTavish, that realisation scared him beyond belief, and he cut himself off in response.
And he'd do anything to undo that mistake.
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16 Aug 2025
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John “Soap” MacTavish never meant to come out as bisexual on national television – it just slipped out during a post-match interview. Overnight, his rugby stats take a backseat to accusations of queerbaiting, invasive questions, and endless speculation.
Enter Kyle “Gaz” Garrick, an old mate from school, now in the military and schemer extraordinaire. His solution? A fake boyfriend. Someone private, unreachable by the press.
Someone like his lieutenant – Simon “Ghost” Riley. Luckily, Ghost owes Gaz a favour. A big one.
It’s just meant to be a few quiet photos, some social media buzz, a bit of smoke to keep the wolves at bay. But as the season wears on and the fake relationship starts bleeding into quiet nights, real texts, and barely-there touches… Soap starts to wish it were real. And Ghost – Ghost stops knowing where the act ends and something real begins.
What starts as a cover story slowly becomes something neither of them know how to fake anymore.
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14 Aug 2025
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When Ghost looks up, he finds that Soap's eyes are on him. The next words out of the Scotsman's mouth catch him so off guard that time seems to stop for a moment.
"Will you marry me?"
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When Soap is injured in the field, he makes Ghost a proposal. Ghost humours him, if only to keep his mind off his bleeding for a while.
It's not like anything will come of it, of course.- Language:
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13 Aug 2025