LINK: Mike had to fight to resist the urge to sit on the side of the road and whistle 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' while his best mate cursed and swore colourfully, kicking the tyres of his car after they ran out of gas mid-road trip.

[Follows THIS]For as long as he could remember, Rob had been a light sleeper. A lot of it was probably born of being a soldier, but it never took much to wake him up. It had been a pain in the ass when he had been recuperating from the whole getting blown up thing. He had been a cranky bastard more often than not both from pain and lack of sleep, ( Read more... )

LINK: Mike knew, as Rob hugged him and told him he was really glad to have him there, that it really wasn't the right time to tell him about that phone call.

[Follows THIS]By the time Rob and Mike made it the few blocks home, the bottle of scotch was gone. Mike threw caution to the wind and decided to share it with his friend, and when they made it to the front of the apartment block, they were both singing, arms around each other and really not making all that much sense at all. It was a miracle Rob ( Read more... )

LINK: Sometimes ya' just gotta do what ya' gotta do when ya' know they ain't really okay.

5.16. "Your brother is in a bad hour here and the only way through this is you."
Pride and Glory

Co-written with tacticalmindThere was a light snow laying that morning from a fall the night before. It was cold, but nothing that Mike couldn't handle. He rubbed his hands together and blew on them, shaking some snow off his heavy booty as he watched the familiar ( Read more... )

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Rob couldn't decide whether things were awkward or not. It felt like it should be awkward, and he knew it wasn't exactly an ideal situation, but it wasn't actually unpleasant. He did suspect Mike agreed to come to dinner because he felt guilty about what happened to Rob. Not that it was his fault, but when you're a soldier and a ( Read more... )

3.3. "Happiness isn't what you want, it's wanting what you've got."
Garth Brooks

Co-written with tacticalmind

( Thought I better sacrifce some of my lunch break to come make sure ya' hadn't deceased on me. Lucky I ain't the squeamish sort or you'd be putting me right off my ration of... something brown and squishy. Bonus, though, actually got a mini Mars Bar today... )