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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I can’t write smut to save my life, but Bottom Ghost week coming up makes me wanna give it a try lmao

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Aweeee thank you so much !! ❤️❤️

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I get in the mood to write so infrequently that I must hyper focus on it when it arrives. Hopefully it lasts this time lol.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

They’re absolute sweethearts to each other I love them ❤️❤️❤️

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Without breaking the kiss, Ghost brought his hands up to Soap’s cheeks, cradling his face as gently as Johnny had. When they finally broke, Ghost leaned down and pressed his forehead into Soap’s, and smiled. “More alive than ever.”

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Their first kiss was delicate, a soul crushing thing, as Johnny moved lightly against him, like he was scared he would scare Simon off.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

As Soap leaned into Ghost, he was incapable of doing anything but keeping his eyes on Johnny, as if Ghost closed them, the moment would end and everything would disappear.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“You don’t know how much you mean to me. How could you, when I’ve never told you?” Soap smiled then, a bright and beautiful thing that constantly stunned Ghost.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost was still, barely able to take a breath as Soap continued. “You are my safety. I’ve never known peace, from my own head, or even on the battlefield. But with you, it all quiets.”

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

With hands made for killing and stained with blood, slowly, so slowly, Soap rolled the mask up to rest above the bridge of Ghost’s nose. Ghost let him, knowing he would allow anything Johnny wanted. “Do you have any idea how you make me feel?” Johnny whispered, eyes locked on Simon’s.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Soap did pull away then, and Ghost squeezed his eyes shut as he prepared for a rebuke. But instead, warm, gentle hands cradled Simon’s face. Even through the mask, he would know those hands anywhere.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost could feel Soap about to say something, so quickly he continued. “You make it all feel worth it. Every scar, every bullet shot, every sleepless night. Getting to see you in the morning makes it all worth it.”

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost could feel Johnny stiffen against him, and Ghost went to pull away before Soap squeezed even tighter.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost’s hands shook as he grabbed Soap’s arms, pulling him even closer into himself. His heart thumped heavily in his chest, and every word he knew flew from his head. Instead of the words he had swimming in his head night after night, what fell from Ghost’s mouth was, “You make me feel alive.”

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost spent his nights staring at a dark ceiling, feeling Johnny’s leg intertwined with his own. Tracing his arm that Johnny had pulled him closer with. It was when Johnny came up behind him, wrapping his arms snuggly around Ghost’s frame, that Simon knew he couldn’t keep it in anymore.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Ghost felt like he was floating on clouds when Johnny reached for his hand, interlocking their pinkies on helos home, or resting his head on his shoulder as Soap caught a few moments of rest.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Then, almost as if Johnny had taken permission from the first wink Ghost gave him, he turned it up a notch.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It took time to fight through the first instinct of panic when Johnny threw a wink his way, or a flirty joke chuckled over comms. Before long, Ghost was responding with his own, much to Soap’s apparent delight.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It took time for Ghost to adjust to it, the feelings now beginning to find their way to the surface. Ghost knew what was growing inside him then, the terrible longing for Soap. He knew what it could do to him, how it already had.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

But, with only a beat missed, he quickly followed up with his own pickup line. It almost stumbled passing his lips, but he steadied himself and his suddenly racing heart. And that became the new normal.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Then one day, a flirtatious comment over comms. The first one startled Ghost so much he almost dropped his sniper. Steady hands and ingrained training were the only things that kept it in-hand.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Time spent together in Ghost’s room, since it had more space than Johnny’s. Ghost filling out endless paperwork as Soap sketches any number of things in his journal. Mindless chatter keeping them both awake into long nights.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Television shows watched together between missions became a favored pastime for Ghost. He found himself more relaxed than ever as they watch anything from hospital dramas to documentaries.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#GhostSoap Ghost who falls in love slowly. He didn’t recognize the feeling as it grew, only knew how good it feels to be around Johnny. It started with little moments; a bump on the shoulder, a kick under the table. A joke shared over coffee and tea in the morning.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Eventually, Johnny would receive a kiss when he brought his gloves back, a wide smile on both of their faces as Ghost slipped the gloves back on and then interlaced their fingers.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

From then on, anytime Ghost found a hole in his gloves, he’d silently bring them to Soap with a chocolate bar, a coffee, or any other goodie in exchange for Johnny fixing his gloves for him.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“Anytime, LT.” Johnny said with a smile, knowing he’d do anything to keep that softness in Simon’s eyes.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“Thank you, Johnny.” Ghost almost whispered, fingering through the box. He picked one up to inspect it closer, and Soap knew he wouldn’t be able to see where it had been ripped in the first place, or where the new stitching was.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“Save you a bit of headache, going to all those Halloween stores to stock up every year.” Soap joked, but the look in Ghost’s eyes did not fade.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

When he presented the box to Ghost, the man stood there, astounded. “How did you do it?” He questioned, and then added, “Why?” His eyes were wide and soft, as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It took several days to make the gloves whole again, between holes, rips, and entire fingers missing that he had to replace. But in the end he had 12 pairs of gloves for Ghost.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

He let himself into (broke into) Ghost’s room and claimed the box of junked gloves as soon as he felt confident in his stitching.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

That’s when Johnny started practicing. Stealing some thread and needles from medical, he practiced on practice dummies. Before long, his stitches were neat and consistent, a barely-there seam.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ghost just snorted and pulled the glove back to him. “Bit too unwieldy with a needle.” He nodded towards Soap’s shoulder. “Right there’s about the best I can do.” Soap chuckled, picturing the scar that had healed well enough, but raised and angry pink.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Sometimes it was just a hole or two, where the gun racked too closely and pinched the fabric. Johnny looked closely and asked, “Why not sew them up?”

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#GhostSoap Soap who learns to sew after Ghost shows him a bin of destroyed gloves. There must have been fifteen pairs at least, tattered, torn, or peeling away in the box. Soap’s mouth was agape as Simon flipped through them, pointing out where the gloves lost their lives.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

His entire life he suffered, just to have Johnny help him back on his feet and learn what is is to be loved ❤️❤️❤️

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Eventually, with the help of Johnny, Ghost reached out to others. Let himself be congratulated with a fist bump, or a well-meaning punch without panicking. Because of Johnny, Ghost felt like a person.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Simon cried the first time they held each other. Feeling the entirety of Johnny’s presence was overwhelming in a way Ghost hadn’t known how to handle. His entire being sang to him, made him feel whole.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

He spent his nights in bed, tracing the bits of his arms that had touched Johnny. Just waiting for the next time they would meet, and Simon could feel alive again.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It meant more to Ghost than he would ever admit to even himself. Made him feel like a person for the first time he could remember.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Moments spent that Ghost could think of nothing else but the body pressed in some small way against his own.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Legs pressed against his during helicopter rides, even falling asleep against each other. Mess hall lunches spent across from each other, feet intertwined. Breaks on the couch in the rec room, shoulder to shoulder as they pass popcorn in front of a tv.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

After that first time, Simon found himself going out of his way to find excuses to touch Johnny.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

In the end, Ghost hand found itself on Johnny’s shoulder for a total of two seconds, but the feeling of warmth on his palm relaxed him for the rest of the day.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The first time Ghost reached out to Soap, it was days in the making. Ghost knew he had to do it early in the morning, so he still had plausible deniability about him still being half asleep. Past that, he was just working himself up to the moment.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

But after Las Almas, when they regrouped in the church and Johnny slung an arm over his shoulder, he couldn’t help but lean into it a bit.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

At first, it was like that with Johnny too. Soap would reach a hand out for Ghost’s shoulder, and Ghost would deftly deny the touch.

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42 Screaming Bees @42screamingbees.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#GhostSoap Ghost who is reluctant to be touched. Finds himself putting distance between friends when he realizes that they aren’t afraid of talking or touching him. Just brief pats on the shoulder, or a fist bump, but the feeling tingled for hours after and he couldn’t stand the foreign feeling.

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