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some werewolf soap I've been cooking up for #WIPWednesday 🥰

Soap wouldn't exactly call his lycanthropy a curse. Frankly, he's lived with it too long. Over half his life with his latest birthday rolling around; maybe he'll buy himself a cake for his twentieth anniversary.

Another successful year without mauling someone while you were in a blind rage! Congrats!

Like anyone with an incurable disease, he's learned to adapt. Refused to let himself slip into the attractive ennui of thinking he's little more than an animal in human skin, playing dress-up with his own body in the hopes that he can have something of a normal life.

His life isn't normal. Hell, his job isn't normal. His team isn't normal. Maybe that's why he gets on with them so well. They don't shy away from him, don't fidget or look uncomfortable when he lets a snarl slip through, never show fear when his eyes flash with a strange, golden sheen. Just another little Soap-quirk, when Soap shakes himself loose after coming inside from the rain. A fact of life they embrace when he huffs at them or relies more on his nose than his eyes when clearing a room or breaching a compound.

They trust him, when all's said and done, which makes it really fucking inconvenient when his shift starts. Soap hasn't met many other werewolves in his life - doesn't really like the idea of being clocked on sight, let alone approached. He has his pack, his family, and if Price or Ghost chose to expand the 141 he'd embrace them under his protection as well, but that acceptance does not extend to strangers.

His wolf's a territorial bastard.

So he has precious little frame of reference. Werewolves are still staunchly in the 'made up legends' part of a human's day-to-day life. There's no book he can read or site he can browse with a tutorial on how to live as a wolf. No 'What to expect when you're first shifting' or 'Top 10 Tricks to Keep Your Fangs Out of Your Friends'.

Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Alone Dragon Ghost has just grown a third head. I'm sure there's nothing problematic about that 👀🐉🐺💕 archiveofourown.org/works/93355081

What's Black and White and Re(a)d All Over?
HigherMagic
Summary:

It took three months after exposure to the Z-virus for Simon to start changing. He has two heads already - his original black head, 'Simon', and now a white head sprouting on his left side, 'Riley'.

He's felt itching, uncomfortable pressure on the right side of his neck, similar to what he felt when Riley was starting to emerge. He mentally prepares himself for the arrival of a new head, and hopes to the sun above that it's not going to be a problematic one. He already has his claws full trying to wrangle Riley out of whimpering and going belly-up for Soap with a single look, has learned to tune out Riley's plaintive, incessant cries for touch and attention whenever Soap is close by.

So, yes, he's desperately hoping this third head is a little less…needy.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here we have it! The absolute monster this fic turned into but was a grand old time the whole way. Alpha Mafia Leader Ghost and Omega Barista Soap and their whirlwind romance for @laswellspup.bsky.social Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/932808...

Homophrosyne
HigherMagic
Summary:

He likes his job, really. The scent of coffee reminds him of home, his sisters and mam relying on the stuff like it's the nectar of the gods. He likes Martha, likes how no-nonsense but caring she is, always making sure John takes his heat leave, lets him have first pick of the leftover treats and looks the other way when he brews himself a pick-me-up. Likes that it's close to his flat and pays well enough to let him live alone.

And for the most part, he likes his customers. His regulars - Lindsay, the shy uni student who likes to use the shop as a place to do her schoolwork, tucks herself neatly in a corner booth with her big headphones and mug of tea and the most blueberry-heavy muffin on offer. Mickey, the older retired bloke who flirts with everyone in that charming, harmless way. Jeanette, his neighbor, whose schedule often aligns so that John walks home with her, helps her with her shopping and watches the kids while she gets settled, leaves her flat above his with a home-cooked meal big enough to feed him for days.

And…Simon. He really, really likes seeing Simon.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

👀🦭🐉🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/92528226

With Steadfast, Iron Wills
HigherMagic
Summary:

"John says there was a post put up about an hour ago, and a message back came through just now."

After the incredibly cathartic resolution with Soap's former husband's friend, Daniel - freeing his trapped selkie wives and murdering him - Price had called Nik to help with breaking the phone and getting all of Daniel's contacts, set up some sort of tracking that is far beyond Soap's understanding of technology. It sends an alert to Price's phone when certain code words or message threads come up, or when any of Daniel's contacts makes a suspicious post. Thus far they've managed to liberate selkies and merfolk from the clutches of another half-dozen human captors.

It's not a perfect system, so of course they do their due diligence, but the nature of these deals and the urgency of their sea-siblings' situations prompts them to act quickly when they get another alert.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

for those ✨familiar with my work✨ you may recognize everyone’s favorite temporal anomaly 🦋🌌

A section of my tattoo progress showing Nebula’s butterfly wings, colored to look like a nighttime galaxy sky.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

lol it was wishful thinking, too much plot. have a snippet instead #WIPWednesday

"What did Price mean?" Soap asks idly, toying with the fine, light strands of hair curling at Simon's nape. "Been a while?"

Simon sighs, and stands. He takes Soap's hand and leads him outside, where the air is crisp and cool, the wind constant and bringing with it briny-salt and softening the blaze of the midday sun. "When I was in service," Simon begins, leading Soap to the shore and sitting down in the sand, toes in the damp parts where the tide is going out, "and we had to be in the water, I'd shift if it was deep enough. Sink ships if the mission called for it."

"Like the monsters of old," Soap teases, crouching beside him with a shiver. Simon is huge in the water, so big that Soap can't see the end of him if the water is dark enough. His teeth are as long as Soap's entire body, his eyes big enough to curl up in and sleep. Soap can easily imagine him snapping a vessel in half, swallowing it whole.

Simon eyes him, presses his lips together. "Does it make me monstrous to say I liked it?" he whispers, almost too quiet to hear over the roar of the ocean. "There's a way men scream when they're drowning. Like a gurgle, holding the last of their air. The way they taste when they're panicked."

"No part of ye is monstrous tae me," Soap tells him honestly, squeezing their fingers together. "Ah like it too. Killing bad people."

"Not all of them were bad people," Simon says gently. "Just following orders, like I was following mine. But sometimes I think, why shouldn't I? Before I knew you, or Gaz, or even Price…" Simon swallows, looks out to the ocean. "My mother - the woman who raised me - was fae. Beautiful, and dangerous, but broken, because my father learned her true name and used it to possess her." His upper lip twitches, showing his fangs. "He was the first human I ever ate. Two bites, two mouthfuls, and he was gone."

Soap leans against him.

"Humans like to possess things," Simon continues quietly. "Sometimes I think they forget that they were once fish too."

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another giveaway for the books! @mothmamber.bsky.social requested Ghost having a Totally Normal Reaction™️ to seeing Johnny in drag 👀💃 Enjoy!

Just a Joke (No One's Laughing)
HigherMagic
Summary:

"Ah understand if it makes ye uncomfortable," he mutters, looking away again. "Was just havin' a laugh, ye ken. Puttin' on a show fer the lads."

Ghost doesn't tense or step back, but it's a close thing. "…Was it?" he manages, causing Soap to meet his eyes again. Soap knows how to read him, even through the mask. Ghost has no idea what he's seeing, now. "…Just a laugh?"

Or: Ghost has a Totally Normal Reaction(tm) to seeing Johnny in drag.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I come to thee with a sequel! More super toxic wolf Ghost/hybrid Soap in mated bliss (: Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/92142171

Play Fight
HigherMagic
Summary:

Despite Ghost's brutality and possessiveness, he's a good mate. Pushy because he knows Soap needs to be pushed. Domineering because he knows Soap is happy to accept it, to be brought to heel and follow his lead. Soap will never say a bad word about his mate, will never disparage Ghost or his behavior - he knew what he was getting into, happily followed the scent of Ghost's claim on him until he ended up in the wolf's den.

He knows Price and Gaz are concerned for him. They see the dark shadows under his eyes, brought on by the team's busy day schedule and then Ghost's nocturnal instincts rarely allowing him a full night's rest. They see the way Soap doesn't even take a piss without looking to Ghost for permission.

They're human. They don't understand, but Soap doesn't need them to.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have literally never lived in any of these cities, or even close to them 😂😅

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I mean this makes sense as someone who grew up in England, then lived in Virginia for 10ish years and now lives in Georgia I guess...but this map was STRUGGLING for me and I have never lived in Nevada so idk.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the only difference is that I installed an extension that filtered out games with an AI disclosure in their description.

221,637 results match your search. 12,795 titles have been excluded based on your preferences.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

food's up my darlings! come get some eldritch creature Ghost and hybrid Soap! written for my dear friend @tngnts.bsky.social, thank you as always for giving me an excuse to write more body horror creature fic 🦌🐕❤️‍🔥 archiveofourown.org/works/91286856

What Has Sharp Teeth and Hunts For Sport?
HigherMagic
Summary:

Not a deer.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A new fic is live, hot off the presses! For @crocodile-god.bsky.social may I present Simon who has a doppelganger, and Soap who loves them both. Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/91199306

Mooring Anchor
HigherMagic
Summary:

Soap does his research whenever he encounters something strange. By his best guess, with what little he knows of Simon's bloody and fraught history, and from observing Ghost, he thinks he's dealing with a doppelgänger. A manifestation of something darker, a little more alien, forged when on the very edge of death, half a soul lost to the afterlife while the rest remained to power its human body, doggedly forcing itself to survive.

Depending on the culture, doppelgängers are either a ghostly mimic, or a manifestation of a spiritual twin - able to share memories and feelings, but often bringing bad luck or representing the 'evil' side of the person it haunts. In some cultures, this spirit is not malicious, but more often than not they are frightening, and cause distress to the victim of their mimicry as well as those around them.

Personally, he doesn't think Ghost is inherently malicious. He doesn't go out of his way to cause Simon trouble, or behave in any way that feels out of character for Simon aside from his Otherness, which isn't something he can help. Animals sense oncoming rain, liminal spaces cause an instinctive crawl of fear beneath the bones, and Ghost unsettles people. That's just the facts of life.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

oh you thought I was done?? if I had my way @hyenabones.bsky.social would draw me dragons forever. this time we have red! an abomination and genetic anomaly rather than a species, red dragons are tyrannical and destructive, and very hard to kill.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

obsessed with the new dragons, look at these little creatures I would die for them @flightrising.com

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It’s Black Cat Appreciation Day! Here is my void. Appreciate her 🐈‍⬛💕

A black cat with gold/yellow eyes lying on her side on top of a blanket and staring at the camera.

A black cat with gold/yellow eyes lying on her side on a blanket. She is staring off to one side, no doubt plotting an escape or something nefarious.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

a VERY happy smaugust to meeee!! you know once my dear @hyenabones.bsky.social opened up dragon commissions I had to jump on that. here we have sketches of my various dragon species! thank you so much yeeny for your hard work bringing them to life, I'm in love! 🥰🐉❤️‍🔥

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

(obligatory 'I am not an artist' caveat) but here are some vague sketches of Skitters Soap and Roach! Soap adapted his body from a human, and Roach adapted his body from a Hodrian host.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

oh my god roselyn hiiii babe 🥰

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm bad at writing for one day each, I do my event weeks like I'm ordering at chipotle lmao

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

can confirm my and @sundaycat.bsky.social's night has been made because @xiobji.bsky.social drew the SCP boys as the sweetest, fluffiest little beans?? their tails interlocking has me clutching my chest oh my god thank you SO much!! 🥹🥰

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

oh my god scam bots, please try harder. this is a one-shot lmaooo

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

it's been a while but at least not 20 years amirite Odyssey fans #wipwednesday

The isle of the Lotus Eaters is beautiful, even with the graves. It's the first thing he sees as they approach the shore; dark plots of wet and disturbed sand - shallow and eroded by time and tide. Some are fresher, marked with a single bleached stake, others are older than he is.

They anchor the ship outside of the shallows and row to shore - Ghost, Roach, Gaz, and Soap take up one vessel, Graves and a crew of half a dozen Shadows man the second. Price and Shepherd remain on the ship, naturally - Ghost wouldn't feel right having the ship unguarded by their Captain, even if he wishes he, too, didn't have to set foot on this accursed land.

"Don't eat a single thing they offer," he warns the Shadows. "No fruit, no wine. You do that and you'll be ensnared by the lotus. A single drop is enough to wipe you clean, and we will leave you behind."

The Shadows nod, casting furtive looks towards the gently swaying trees. It's a beautiful shore, even Ghost cannot deny that; brilliant white sand meets shallow, crystalline water. Small tributaries and pools where the tide has left some water behind teem with small fish and little crustaceans. Fruit grows in bounty, high up in the trees, giving off a subtle grow beneath their dark crowns.

Gaz puts a hand on his shoulder, squeezes once, and then leaves him with Soap, Gaz and Roach joining Graves and his Shadows to venture deeper into the land to find quarry to hunt. Ghost watches them go, and wonders how many of them will make it back.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

An unofficial submission, but very cozy tree spirit Ghost and military vet Soap (: archiveofourown.org/works/88824086

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

For the #ghostsoapfantasy2026 Saturday prompt, 'Creepy & Crawly', may I present Soap vs. a sleep paralysis demon that keeps wearing a familiar face. Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/88755476

What Do I Look Like?
HigherMagic
Summary:

Now, Soap's got a healthy amount of superstition, as much as the next guy. He taps twice on the spines of his sketchbooks before opening and closing them. Wrenches his door handle up whenever he enters his room even though that does nothing to lock it, just because back in his childhood home the front door would stick and that was the only way to make sure it was properly shut before the deadbolt would work.

He offers a mindless, habitual prayer whenever they pass by a roadside memorial. Taps his glass once on the table before drinking when on a night out, whenever he's drinking from something made of glass.

Little things. Simple things he barely thinks about, and no one calls him out on in his team. Just another Soap-quirk, one of thousands of little rituals that every man who risks his life on the daily would do if they thought it would put Lady Luck on their side and let them see another sunrise.

But this…thing. This thing has no explanation. No little ritual to make him stop seeing it. It keeps its distance but in that way a haunted doll in films does - with the implicit knowledge that it will get closer, it will move.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hang on I cropped my rising rq:

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

like for me, I'm an egotistical people pleaser who has the power to lead, connect, and brighten any room I'm in as long as I keep a backbone about it lmao

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I will never claim to know what I'm talking about regarding astrology (and to be completely transparent I think it's more of a 'fun to do' thing more than 'actual fact' thing) but:

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

how pastel - I always thought my rising was Cancer, but changing the time of day gives me Libra, Scorpio, Sag, and Capricorn depending on the hour I pick (idk when I was born) so we'll take the Libra ig.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

09 Leviathan!Soap/Bunny!Ghost/Dragon!Roach fic featuring the aftermath of Shepherd's betrayal. Enjoy! 🐍🐰🐉❤️‍🔥 archiveofourown.org/works/88454286

Should Know Better
HigherMagic
Summary:

"You've lost it," Riley whispers, his voice crackling around uneven breaths - strained, shallow. Even now it hurts to speak, his vocal cords shredded to pieces by ash and smoke, his fur still singed, fingertips burned off so not even the coroner would recognize him. "Finally snapped whatever threads of sanity you had left, that it?"

Tav sighs, his hand gliding down the edge of his bunny's soft, dark ear. He won't deny it, so he doesn't. Because this, Tav knows intimately:

He should have fucking known better.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

wtf she lookin’ at me like that for

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I'm so happy I was able to contribute to the giveaway for this wonderful event. @imsobooorrreedd.bsky.social, I hope you enjoy your fic! archiveofourown.org/works/88294501

Rest Easy
HigherMagic
Summary:

If you'd asked Soap almost a year ago where he thought he'd be, he'd have laughed and said probably dodging bullets and trying to stay alive during a firefight. That went sideways when two things happened in quick succession; he took an injury that messed up his knee so badly that he could barely walk on it at first, and…

Ghost got pregnant.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Aliens!! ALIENS!!! Feral aliens!! 👽🥰 The giveaway for @brainrotdeluxx.bsky.social is locked and loaded! archiveofourown.org/works/88177251

Good Bones
HigherMagic
Summary:

Below, near the river, are three of the new creatures. Their heads are bulbous, their skins sagging and bright, the same color as the fading sun-sky. They walk on two legs and carry things on their backs that have no heat. They are communicating in loud, discordant noises, rhythmic but foreign and punctuated with harsh breathing sounds.

The one that removed its shell turns to its companions, baring its teeth, which are small and white. Well taken-care of, as all predators must. Ghost chitters quietly, prowling closer, listening to their call and response. The one without its shell must be the alpha of the pack, and therefore should be the one taken down first.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Another giveaway done! for @chainlocker.bsky.social, this time with Eldritch Horror Soap and Ghost who, quite by accident, has been paying him homage for a long, long time. Enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/88142846

Nothing Loves You, Darling Boy
HigherMagic
Summary:

"Ye ever heard of a whalefall?" Soap asks. Ghost nods. "Big carcass, settlin' down in the bottom of the ocean, and all these other things get to feast off it. Don't care where it swam, how old it was, dinnae even care what it's made of 'cept meat." He takes another drag, down to the filter.

Ghost hands his over, doesn't even think about it until he sees Soap's lip close around the shine of his own saliva. His breath hitches, riveted beyond belief. "Kinda makes ye wonder, ye ken? If there is God, and He's off doin' whatever, what might come in and feed off what He left behind?"

Things evolve to feed. Hunger is the oldest emotion there is.

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

eeeeeeeee!! @helenedraws.bsky.social they’re so beautiful 🥹❤️‍🔥

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Rowan @highermagic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Another giveaway locked and loaded! @multifanfandomgirl.bsky.social requested a post-canon fix-it with Soap and Ghost recovering and retiring together. I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out, I hope you all enjoy! archiveofourown.org/works/87957351