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writer, bookbinder, feral bird person who selfshipped too close to the sun 27 ✦ she/they ✦ 18+ only!! ✦ NSFW at times 🪶 — sparrow-likethebird.carrd.co 🫧 — ao3.org/users/pap3rtigers #pap3rthread ✦ #pap3rfics ✦ #poly141 ✦ #CoDMW ✦ #ghoap

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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 6h
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Bookie's House of Priceghost week @bookiefics.bsky.social · 20h
A short snippet because everything is too spoilery 🫶🏽❤️, but happy wip Wednesday! #priceghost
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 18h
have another #SoapisALIVE / #GazisSAFE #WIPWednesday yay! Only a couple more weeks before @soap-is-alive.bsky.social floods the tag~ #ghoap #pap3rfics #ghostsoap #soapghost #codfic
Maybe he already has driven John mad—the entire thing is insane, it's absolutely fucking mental, because he doesn't know the bloke from a hole in the wall. Just knows he's a blond with sad eyes who doesn't bloody talk and sits like he's trying to blend into the furniture.

Except every time Dr. Steuber brings up friends and connections and putting yourself out there, John, that's where his brain goes. Straight to the empty chair. Straight to the random stabs of grief because something is missing and he doesn't even know where to start.

But he's not ready to tell her about that yet. Call it trauma, or avoidance, or whatever the next fancy term someone in a white coat throws at him, it's… it's his. It's the one thing he has that's only his. The rest of his life is trapped behind smoke and mirrors, but this part… it's the first thing that's properly happened to him since he woke up with a hole in his skull and his brain scrambled and he's not ready to share it yet.

He also doesn't tell her about the memory flashes—the brown eyes, the grease paint, the phantom warmth of a body that his skin remembers but his mind doesn't. John absently rubs at the tattoo on his forearm. As sweet as Dr. Steuber is, she'd want to dig into it—which, that's why he's here, but…

…he doesn't know her yet.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The best
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Bookie's House of Priceghost week @bookiefics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm not seeing enough of my men on my tl. I love poly141
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Rejected_Reapermain✨Comms open✨ @rejectedreapermain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Selkie Foap n Ghost cuddles // comm for the lovely @/rei_khya on Insta #Ghoap #Callofduty #MWII
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Kitte (writes) @kittewrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
feeling a little depressed so. hey. price kissing gaz gently on the lips and wiping away the tears he has involuntarily shed. telling him he's a good man and a good soldier, and most of all, so good to *him*. what he doesn't say is that he'll never love another, but gaz knows.
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auntie lino’s strap @aplethoras.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
everyone shut up right now i have to read the same two people falling in love with each other over and over again in every conceivable universe
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(I may or may not be listening to SINNER by Scratchcard Wednesday on repeat right now...)
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
soft and clear in the night air, chair facing the window with his back to the door as he lovingly cradles the instrument in his lap. *"I'd apologize, but sorry never healed no pain..."* And Ghost stands there, transfixed by the melody, only to realize the song... it's a song about *him.*
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
and stops short because the *voice.* He doesn't place it at first, but curiosity has him drawing closer until he finds Soap's cracked open door and stops dead in his tracks. *"You said my mother ain't the sinner, but by God you ain't no saint..."* His voice rings out
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
*"I give you problems, you give me pain... wish you would walk away, wish I could change. I'm sick of stalling, we're bound to break, it's not my fault I'm falling further every day..."* Ghost is roaming the halls one sleepless night, turns down the corridor to Soap's bunk
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
in the wear marks on the fretboard. It lives in its case under his bunk, for the most part—couldn't think of a better spot, and when he can't sleep he can reach it and noodle around for a bit till his thoughts calm down.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He took off one day when the 141 weren't doing anything, drove himself to this little shop in downtown Hereford, and came back with an old, beat up guitar. The first time he saw it, he knew it was *his*, saw his scars reflected in the scuffs along the body and his touch
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He's so *pure.* Clear, good tone and pitch, and most importantly... he *likes* it. You can tell, when he feels the music and he's tapping his foot to the beat and that soft smile graces his face as he lets the notes move him... think Josh Ritter, but Scottish.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
having really specific #ghoap thoughts about how Soap's not just a demolitionist who loves making things go boom, but he's also... quite the talented singer/songwriter. And sure, alright, he's no Frank Sinatra or Marvin Gaye or Freddie Mercury, but his *voice...*
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ghost's MASSIVE hands are giving me life
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OBVIOUSLY. It's totally tactical.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#pap3rthread / #CODFic / #codmw / #ghoap / #pricesoap / 🧵🧨 "wildfire boys" (excerpts from Price's Journal) **May 8th, 2019** Some soldiers are easy. Steady lads, strong under pressure, braver than they look and calmer than you'd ever expect.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fucking WHEEZING at the goldfish
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Zef @imsobooorrreedd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sorry for the repost....new CoD stickers up on the store. Link in bio 😘
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Kilo 🌩️ @ripkilowatt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So👀hypothetically… If I had a little something for Kinktober… would y’all be interested?👀 It’s not finished yet, but I’m at ~22k words atm. VERY different from anything I’ve ever written & I’m a little scared to share it… Maybe a snippet for WIP Wednesday? #AO3 #tf141 #kinktober #nsfw
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Corvi - 🐣🎉💖 @corviforms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
seasonally appropriate AND glow-in-the-dark! 🎃 www.etsy.com/listing/8503...
three variants of crow on jackolantern enamel pins, black and orange, purple and dull orange, white and pastel orange, stuck on mini pumpkinsthree crow on jackolantern pins in dim light showing the glowing jackolantern face and eye
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#callofdutyfanfiction #fanfic #fanfiction
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
* * * #ghostsoap #soapghost #ghoap #priceghost #ghostprice #pricesoap #soapprice #johnsoapmactavish #johnnysoapmactavish #soapmactavish #soap #johnmactavish #johnnymactavish #simonghostriley #ghostriley #simonriley #ghost #johnprice #price #captainprice #threadfic #callofduty #callofdutyfanfic
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Still burns just as bright, but there's focus there, now. Ghost, bless him, managed to aim that relentless drive. Thank God for that. Maybe this will be enough. For both of them.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ghost and Soap. There isn't one without the other anymore. That should scare me, but… it's quite comforting, actually. Ghost leads. Soap follows. And even though Soap's still a bloody menace—loud, wild, unashamed… it's fascinating to see how he's grown.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't know what happened in Las Almas, after Graves took Los Vaqueros' base, but whatever it was… I suppose I'm grateful, in a cocked-up way. Grateful that whatever they went through brought them closer until they stopped being Sergeant MacTavish and Lieutenant Riley. Soap and Ghost.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wanted to see two things: how far Soap would go to reach, and how much Ghost could take without burning alive. If it worked, they'd both grow. If not, well… as long as no one got bloody killed, it could be fixed. And for all that distance Ghost has held for years… he didn't back down.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At first, I thought they'd kill each other. Had the barest amount of faith that my wild idea might actually work—not that anyone else did. Laswell bloody laughed at me when I told her. Joke's on her. She owes me a pint. It was a test, almost. For all of us. But mostly for them.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Opposite Soap in every way imaginable. Polar opposites, really. He's a good leader. That's why I did it, because I trust him. Ghost has had my back for years—just like he's had Gaz's, and even Soap's at a distance. But forcing them together… Still bloody surprised that worked.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pairing them up had _not_ been part of my original plan by any stretch. I've known Simon a long, long time—and he barely worked with _me_, let alone anyone else. That's always been the unspoken rule of handling him: send him in solo, get him out quiet, and let him keep his distance.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
But… who the fuck can I trust to not get this daft sod killed by one of his own damn charges? * * * **November 6, 2022** He almost didn't live to see this birthday. But he did. And I only have one man to thank for it. Simon fucking Riley. The Ghost.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
(He's not dangerous. Not to himself, or me, or anyone else except whoever I loose him on.) (That's the part that scares me.) I can't be his anchor and his CO and his confidant and his teacher and his shadow all at the same damn time—not when I'm trying to be that for him and for Gaz both.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The lad needs something more than just a CO—he needs someone who can match his stride. Who can keep growing with him. And yet… I don't want to hurt him. I can't pass him off to just anyone—nor would I. He's one of _mine._ But how do I teach him when I fear what he might become?
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A firm but generous hand to mentor him. Gentle reminders. Hard praise. Someone willing and capable to rein him in without dulling his spark. And it's worked. Somewhat. But I'm not getting any younger, and he doesn't seem to be getting any older.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
* * * **January 17, 2020** I may only be 35 today, but Christ, this daft bloody Scotsman makes me feel like I'm a hundred. What the fuck is a 'tick tock' anyway? * * * **July 29, 2022** I tried. I really fucking tried. I thought maybe Soap would thrive under someone steady.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With any luck, he and Kyle will get along well. Perhaps having another Sergeant around will steady him. Gaz's still learning, but he's calmer. He can help me temper the flames a bit. 𝖨̶ 𝗁̶𝗈̶𝗉̶𝖾̶.̶ Happy birthday, Soap. Here's to many more.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just needs somewhere to belong, is all. Soap. If I keep him close maybe 𝗍̶𝗁̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝗀̶𝗌̶ 𝗐̶𝗂̶𝗅̶𝗅̶ 𝖻̶𝖾̶ 𝖽̶𝗂̶𝖿̶𝖿̶𝖾̶𝗋̶𝖾̶𝗇̶𝗍̶ I can teach him how to control that impulsiveness. He's got a good head on his shoulders, just needs to use it more often.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This time will be different. I will keep them safe. I _will._ (Or I'll bloody die trying.) Garrick. At least Gaz is a slightly better nickname than Soap… Ghost. Simon. Laswell seemed surprised that I picked him. Notorious for going off on his own, for being a lone wolf, but… he's a sound bloke.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
that her only son's died a hero. I knew I couldn't let that happen. Not to a lad who reminded me so much of myself it was like looking in the mirror. (I'd never wear a mohawk.) * * * **November 6, 2019** One. Four. One. One team. Four members. One goal. We get dirty, the world stays clean.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Follows orders, but wants to understand _why_. It's good instincts, that, but… I fear he's given me more than a few greys in my beard. And that's the problem with those wildfire boys—they're spectacular until you're left scooping up the ashes to pass off with a letter tellin' some poor mother
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Doesn't give a fuck about sleep, barely remembered to eat unless I sat him down and shoved a protein bar in his gob during those early days. Wouldn't stop unless ordered to, and even then… Christ, he's so eager to please it hurts. Smart as a whip, but doesn't know when to slow the fuck down.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Soap's one of those lads that lights the candle at both ends and burns himself. Always pushing harder, going faster, rougher, louder… it's always _more_ with him.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Figured he'd get under my skin, get on my nerves, get himself kicked out for disorderly conduct and be hauled off by a pack of RMPs, but… He's _good_. Loud. Cocky as shite. But _good_. The second time? I was damn near convinced that he'd be another one of my wildfire boys.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's hard to imagine that I was that young, once. Brash, bold, bright… Just like MacTavish. John. Soap—what the fuck kind of name is _Soap_? He's fucking brilliant. And that's what scares me most. The first time I saw him, I thought he was a right bloody prick.
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sparrow the BOO-rb 👻 @pap3rtigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The ones who never know how to rest, who chase every answer down every dark alley like they'll solve all the world's problems. The ones who think that doing this job automatically means dying for it, for King and bloody country or whatever the fuck we lure these… these _kids_ in with.
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