Ghost is a walking dichotomy, Soap has discovered. He's watched him strip the layers of a man's skin away to get information from him, seen him snap someone's neck in as little time as it takes to take a breath. But he's also so capable of heartbreaking kindness. His genuine concern for the fish, the way he saves the best part of his plate for Soap; offering it to him with reverence. The way he's cleaning Johnny's wound so tenderly. It's in these moments of gentleness where Johnny almost forgets what they do, what they've seen, who they are.
So when Ghost's voice snaps into that serious tone it's almost like a slap in his dizzy, goofily smiling, face.
"Wha?"
"Where is it? I'll get rid of it for you." Under the sharp tone is still that lethal gentleness, and even under that is a shaking fear.
"Oh, oh Ghost." He shifts, uncomfortable in his skin and wanting to be anywhere but here. "Ye... Ye cannae get rid of it."
His Lieutenant draws back a little, a mix of apprehension and offense in his eyes.
"It hurt you, nothing else matters."
Soap can feel his heart splitting as his throat starts to burn. Ghost stares up at him with fiery eyes, hands still holding his wrist so so softly.
"Where is the snake Soap? I promise you it'll never hurt you again. Whoever brought it in is going to have hell to pay too." He earnestly promises and Soap feels a single hot tear slip out of his eye.
"Ghost..." He chokes out. "Simon... It's mine."
The small room goes silent. Nothing even dares to move but for the violent flinch the sentence rips out of Ghost.
He doesn't dare say anything, doesn't dare to move or even breathe. He looks down at Ghost and Ghost meets his stare with turmoil roiling in his gaze.
Soap doesn't know what he expected, screaming or sobbing or angry silence but the frantic confusion he can see in the other man is as far as can be from what he'd thought he'd get.
They sit there like that for a few long moments, each absorbed in his own thoughts, before Ghost slowly rises from his kneel. If Johnny were in better spirits he would tease him for the quiet cracks his knees make. And with that violent tenderness he slowly curls an arm around Johnny and leans him down into the bed, pressing behind him and holding him close just like they'd done on any number of frigid nights out in the blind. And they just sit there holding each other in silence as they slowly drift into a dreamless sleep.
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Of the firm belief that of course there's no shame in having a phobia, but there is shame in those who do not find issue with not working away from said phobia.
If you're arachnophobic, i understand, i get it, but if you think you can go through life without experiencing A Spider you're sorely mistaken. So you should take measures to be sure that you can perform as well as possible when facing your phobia.
I have a phobia of adult praying mantises and have long since hated that i found them so disturbing for seemingly no reason, since i knew they're great for natural pest control. Due to the kind of person i am, i recently was given a hatching egg sack of... So. So many praying mantises. I had the chance to say no to it. I took the initiative to work on myself and raise them in hopes it would help my phobia.
I'm not saying everyone who has a snake phobia should go pick up a snake and befriend it, or those with phobias of heights need to go skydiving. But a phobia is a condition, and should be something you work on. It's an explanation of your behavior, but not an excuse. A phobia is a chance to learn how to better understand the world you live in, not shut it out.
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I've never had a pet that made me go "there's not a thought in that head of yours" more than my female kak. My male has two thoughts and that's rage and flirting. But my female has 0 thoughts she's just pretty and stupid.
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[relationship type meme]
👔 strangers working together 🪓 occupational enemies 🩸 enemies tolerating each other for a common goal
because Rorschach still hasn't decided if Copperhead is a hindrance or not.
RELATIONSHIP TYPES! (Send one or more emojis + descriptions for the kind of ship/dynamic you’d like to write with my muse!)
Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes!!! Now that you mention it, these two would honestly have such an interesting dynamic and I'd be so intrigued to see how that would turn out? Rorschach hates criminals, murderers, whores - all of which Copperhead are/is but I think they'd have a lot in common too, at least enough to tolerate one another for the sake of a common goal? Sharing a burning hatred for pimps and paedophiles is definitely one way these two can get along, long enough to put aside their moral differences until those groups are dealt with anyway!
Also the fact these two share a mutual concern for children is another area they can find common ground? For all his flaws, Rorschach has a good heart very deep down, buried beneath his anger issues and unhinged views he's developed over the years. Copperhead has problems too; his sketchy past, guilt complex over not being fast/clever/strong enough to prevent the death of somebody who meant a lot to him so in a way, these two are almost like foils in a way, lowly street trash going down different paths in life (vigilante vs. villain, ect.)
So yeah, I like these suggestions of yours very much?? It would be so interesting seeing these two interact, forced to work together to accomplish a goal or just plain having to tolerate one another not realizing that beneath it all, they really aren't so different at the end of the day. 😂
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