Title: In Between Arms
Summary: In retrospect, Peter could see that the beginning of their quirky, out-of-balance friendship was already the beginning of the end.
Author:
alfirin_kirinki (aka
icedmaple but shh!)
Betas:
shiny_starlight; someone who wishes to go unnamed, but deserves a mention for putting up with it and
musictoyourlipsRating: PG-13
Words: c. 9,100
Written for:
spooningxcore; Historical Ficathon, prompt #3 - "Time Period # 3: 1920-1960"
Disclaimer: Yeah, so, uh - they weren't even born six decades ago.
Author's Notes: A lot of the historical references in this fic tie-in the phenomenal mini-series Band of Brothers, but it is in no way a cross-over as the actual military operations mentioned were genuine actions of the 502nd PIR, sister regiment to the legendary 506th.
This is very much a case of 'if they'd lived in the 40s' rather than 'Fall Out Boy go back to the 40s': getting these kids to sound like themselves while using 1940s terminology is just plain obnoxious. I hope I managed it, and, if it helps, I found myself picturing Grand Theft Autumn-vid Patrick when writing this. I also thought it would be really fun to have Patrick doing one of the things he's sworn he'd never have the nerve to do in real life.
I also want to give a special credit to
lovelyloveleave because her fic quite literally put the Sunshine in mine.
(Title taken from My Heart Is the Worst Kind of Weapon; quote from Brand New's Okay, I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't)
In Between Arms.