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Royal | they/them | over 25y/o and still freaking out about it multifandom nerd firmly rooted in multishipper hell avid reader, occasional writer, plot bunnies abound hoarding art and porn in my likes, as one does https://heckin-mess.straw.page/

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heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 1h

midnight thought:
bear Price x cub Soap
big hairy man and his big-ish fuzzy boy

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 5h

me succumbing to the horde of plot bunnies

a man is surrounded by a bunch of rabbits including one that says mybbbunny on it

Alt: a person is sitting on the ground swarmed by a crowd of over twenty five rabbits of varying colour. he ultimately gives up and lays down completely, letting them crawl and hop all over him

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heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 6h

evil hands, hella sus.
is it you? are you the one planting the Ghoap thoughts in my brain? some kind of gay fanfic telepathy?
are you plotting my demise, waiting until my brain is overloaded with fic concepts and spontaneously combusts?

... I got my eyes on you (¬_¬)

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 9h

you right. more fic good. always need more fic.
very much appreciate the cheering. <3
(If only I could focus on one story at a time xD)

(I'm starting to wonder if they're called plot bunnies because they breed so quickly 🤔 )

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

...and here's where I run outta steam.

[there's a lot of stuff i like to keep flexible for AU purposes - like what year he was born, if/how his face is scarred, the age difference between him and Tommy, etc - so all that's left out]

but uhhh yeh. Ghost headcanons 💀🎉

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- he's actually rather tactile, but the prolonged touch starvation makes even casual touches difficult for him

- he's undeniably some flavour of neurodivergent

- he's fine with drinking but never lets himself come anywhere close to being drunk; also has fairly high alcohol tolerance

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- every time he's forced to take leave (off base), he visits his family in the cemetery; sometimes he spends a few hours there talking to them, or simply just being with them

- (He feels guilty - feels like he's talked to them more since they died than he ever had when they were alive.)

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

[CEFR levels -- www.coe.int/en/web/commo... ]

Global scale - Table 1 (CEFR 3.3): Common Reference levels - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) - www.coe.int

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- he's rather gifted when it comes to his ability to pick up on foreign languages
-- using the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): level C1 in Spanish, B2 in British Sign Language, B1 in Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian, A2 in Russian and German, and A1 in Arabic

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- he's gay; doesn't struggle much with internalized homophobia since there's a lot that ranks significantly higher on his list of reasons to hate himself

- he's somewhere on both the aro and ace spectrums; even if he were aware of this, he couldn't be arsed to find any particular label

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- he doesn't know if he's a dog person or a cat person - he likes them both but has little experience with either

- he's arachnophobic; nothing to do with spiders, it's scorpions that he has issue with

- his name on official file is listed as Ghost Riley; few know his actual given name

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

- he's a millennial

- his birthday is 26 October (for astrology nerds, his sun sign is Scorpio)

- he hates both Halloween and Christmas and will keep as busy as possible during those seasons

- his favorite time of year is spring; lucky bastard doesn't have allergies

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 10h

random ghost thoughts / headcanons no one asked for-

#ghostcod #simonghostriley

- his mum was Irish; she grew up in England, but would spend summer holidays in Ireland with her father's extended family

- his mum was seventeen when he was born

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 12h

cackling at the thought of drunk Gaz on a kids' leash.

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 12h

sometimes i get annoyed with myself for adding tags like. in whatever i'm saying
but there's a character limit so it just. makes sense, right?

still looks hella cringe to my brain but that guy's an asshole so

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 12h

I mean, how many ways can a bro write two idiots falling in love?
there's gotta be a limit here somewhere

(there isn't, I'm doomed.)

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 12h

these are just the ones I've moved to ellipsus.
there's uh. several more.
brain will not quit it with the plot bunnies.

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 12h

...I have no self control
too many #ghoap AUs send help

a screenshot from ellipsus showing the contents of a folder
from left to right, top to bottom the individual stories are titled
1. gen | The Story of Simon Riley
2. GS | Kissaphobic
3. GS | Meddling 'verse
4. GS | The Hunted
5. GS | Unsteady
6. GS | Veteran AU

/end alt text

an edited screenshot from ellipsus showing the contents of a folder
there are six stories, each with an added brief description
from left to right, top to bottom the information reads

1. gen | The Story of Simon Riley
Modern Warfare 2: Ghost, Ghost's Backstory canon rewrite

2. GS | Kissaphobic
'09 veteran! John x trans! Simon, dubbed "Homewrecker verse"

3. GS | Meddling 'verse
'09 alpha! John x omega! Simon, featuring Meddlesome Mama MacTav

4. GS | The Hunted
omega! John x alpha! Simon, dead dove mating run prompt

5. GS | Unsteady
post modern warfare 3 alternative ending, domestic featuring family feels

6. GS | Veteran AU
hurt! John x veteran! Simon, found family feels, featuring a cat named spooky

/end alt text

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 1d

brain is fuzz and refuses to focus
have some more rando snips from the meddling 'verse

a snippet from ellipsus

the salty edge of sadness taints her scent, and the next thing he knows, Roach has shuffled over to sit at her knee. He doesn't feel afraid when she looks down at him, instead he just rests his head against her thigh, chest rumbling with something akin to a shaky purr.

Usually, Roach hates when these kinds of things happen, these instinctual overrides or whatever. They're so foreign and make him feel wrong. With the pups he does alright, considering the years he's had to adjust; but any other time…

He can see Ghost watching him, see the concern in his eyes, but Roach actually feels okay. A little unnerved, sure, but he's used to that. Right now, he just wants to comfort Alpha MacTavish, give her something to focus on.

Long nails scrape gently against his scalp as her hands card through his hair. It takes him a moment to realize she's speaking, but to Ghost instead of him.

"Can see why ye recommended him," her voice is soft, "But yer daft if ye think I'll be leavin ye behind."
/end alt text

a snippet from ellipsus

"Respectfully, Mrs MacTavish, you know nothing about me."

"Think that goes both ways, ye ken little about me, or ma family," Mrs Mactavish says, "But ye were willin to trust we'd take care of your dear friend."

Ghost, stubborn asshole, shakes his head, "That's different."

The alpha then asks, "Does this have to do with yer previous alpha?" Everything in Roach locks up, a low whine rising from his throat. Ghost begins to growl, but Mrs MacTavish is already speaking, "Oh hen, I'm sorry, tha was careless of me." Her palm runs down the back of Roach's neck, soothing him gently. "I didnae mean to upset either of ye, I only-" she pauses, taking long enough that Roach lifts his head so he can see her.

"I'm only sayin tha I ken what ye did, Ghost, an so does ma Match." She meets Ghost's eyes, "Tell me truly, do ye pose an unreasonable threat to me or any other alphas?"

"No."

It's not Ghost who says it.
/end alt text

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 3d

Ghost being so excited is ridiculously cute. that's not a dragon, that's a puppy and I love him

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 3d

crying bc i love him <3

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 3d

yes. perfect additions. you so get it.

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 4d

Shut up Soap is just. Peak Angst.
physical torture? he's got training for that.
psychological torture? harder but he's got some training for that too.
he'll live or die trying.

but the onslaught of emotional hurt from being told to shut up by someone he loves, who he hopes loves him? unbearable.

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 4d

meanwhile Ghost and Bucky are just trading war stories
'cartel hung me from a tree with a meat hook thru my ribs'
'soviets made this whole evil dentist's chair to fry my brain'
'i was buried me alive'
'i was on ice between missions. for years sometimes.'
and they nod at each-other in solidarity

heck @r0mantics.bsky.social · 4d

the whole time I was making this, the idea of winterhawk meeting ghoap was simmering in the back of my mind

Clint's disaster self is somehow disarmingly endearing. Ghost wouldn't stand a chance
Soap would work his charm on Bucky
Both Clint and Soap are *so* ADHD coded and things will end up on fire