"You think vampires are hot because you want to be craved so badly that your presence sustains another person." Simon Riley had his life stolen more than once, and somehow he chose to keep standing, walking, fighting. He hadn't lost that desire to put things right in the world. It seemed other humans did sustain him, in a way. In a way he despised and railed against. But still, he clung to the fringes of their lives, driven by the idea that if he couldn't have a life of his own, the next best thing is making sure they didn't suffer the same. Eventually, someone saw him, gave him some routine, some purpose, and he clung to that like a life line. He would never have a normal life. He supposed he had never really wanted one. But every once in a beautiful blue moon, something showed up that filled him with earth-shattering, grave-digging sadness at the knowledge that it wasn't an option. CW: Check tags. There will be some blood, and talk of Simon's past trauma including SA.

Completed. Simon and John are coworkers. Both ex military, they relate in ways others can't. Soap is facing hard times at home and finds a safe place with Simon. Simon accidentally teaches him that he's worth something the way he is. That love isn't taking someone down a notch. That he deserves better. Simon and John are based on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II's Simon "Ghost" Riley and John "Soap" Mactavish but this takes place in an au where they are both ex military but did not previously know each other. TW: Depiction of domestic violence (not between Ghost and Soap), and suicidal ideation

𝐔𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 "𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐰𝐧. 𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐢 𝐎𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮, 𝟐𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐲- 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚. 𝐃𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐢 𝐎𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐮𝐲𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

so fucking sad