#but when he hangs up he tells his mom gee sparky wouldnt have even been able to hear him if he was talking that quiet some days

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i am once again thinking about walter “radar” o’reilly going home to his mother in his class a uniform looking about a decade older, with no teddy bear, yelling at people on the phone. he wakes up earlier than her, now, and sometimes she looks out her window to see him standing alone in the pale blue quiet of dawn in the wide, flat fields of iowa, with his head tilted to the empty sky. listening for something.

#he makes the cashier at the grocery store cry over the phone and hes so sorry #but when he hangs up he tells his mom gee sparky wouldnt have even been able to hear him if he was talking that quiet some days #she wakes up every morning to a steaming cup of coffee on her nightstand and she for the life of her #doesnt know how he does it without waking her up #yes i am transmasc why do you ask #GOD. #radar o'reilly #mash