You truly have a gift of giving Billy a lovely economy of words when you're putting him through the wringer and I love that all that's on his delirious mind is the safety of everyone else but himself. And the thread that weaves through the ODS, you never leave a man behind, you finish the mission. Yet another bromantic victory.
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Brian sighed, watching Graham as he slept. Just a week ago, he’d been fine. Awake and alive, talking and cracking jokes. He’d surprised Brian with his concern, and even in his delirium, he’d only talked about other people -- about the mission.
--So Billy!
Nodding, Garringer looked at Graham again. “He’s good at beating the odds,” he said. “We’ve got that in our favor, anyway. He’s too much of an annoying son of a bitch to actually die.”
Brian’s gaze drifted to Graham. Normally, such sentimentality was easy to write off, but in Graham’s case, he wondered if Garringer had a point.
--*sigh!
Graham cried out; he pleaded and he begged.
And Garringer stood firm.
It was a decision he’d made. There was a cause worth fighting for -- a cause worth Graham’s life. He might be prone to thinking that Garringer was just a heartless son of a bitch, but the steadfast gentleness by Graham’s side told another story.
It had to be some cause. Brian had never believed in anything strong enough to die for.
But then, Brian had never believed in much of anything at all.
--wow...so loved this Casey moment. Sob! Such heartbreaking devotion! This was BEAUTIFUL!
“Hey,” Garringer said, sounded guarded and rueful. “Are you done throwing up? It’s starting to reek in here.”
Graham smiled lazily. “You didn’t leave.”
“And neither did you,” was Garringer’s simple reply.
--so much meaning!! Bromance extraordinaire!
But then, he closed his mouth. No one had even missed him. If it had been him, suffering from yellow fever or nursing a gunshot wound, no one would have been there to take him in or to kidnap a doctor. No one would have known at all.
Graham was too talkative; Garringer was insane. But they were committed to each other -- and whatever cause they were involved in. Brian liked to think he was the better person -- what with not kidnapping people and holding them against their will -- but suddenly, he wasn’t so sure.
He wasn’t sure about anything.
No one had even missed him. Brian had feared for his life, and no one had even thought twice.
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Date: 2013-01-06 02:54 am (UTC)Fave parts:
Brian sighed, watching Graham as he slept. Just a week ago, he’d been fine. Awake and alive, talking and cracking jokes. He’d surprised Brian with his concern, and even in his delirium, he’d only talked about other people -- about the mission.
--So Billy!
Nodding, Garringer looked at Graham again. “He’s good at beating the odds,” he said. “We’ve got that in our favor, anyway. He’s too much of an annoying son of a bitch to actually die.”
Brian’s gaze drifted to Graham. Normally, such sentimentality was easy to write off, but in Graham’s case, he wondered if Garringer had a point.
--*sigh!
Graham cried out; he pleaded and he begged.
And Garringer stood firm.
It was a decision he’d made. There was a cause worth fighting for -- a cause worth Graham’s life. He might be prone to thinking that Garringer was just a heartless son of a bitch, but the steadfast gentleness by Graham’s side told another story.
It had to be some cause. Brian had never believed in anything strong enough to die for.
But then, Brian had never believed in much of anything at all.
--wow...so loved this Casey moment. Sob! Such heartbreaking devotion! This was BEAUTIFUL!
“Hey,” Garringer said, sounded guarded and rueful. “Are you done throwing up? It’s starting to reek in here.”
Graham smiled lazily. “You didn’t leave.”
“And neither did you,” was Garringer’s simple reply.
--so much meaning!! Bromance extraordinaire!
But then, he closed his mouth. No one had even missed him. If it had been him, suffering from yellow fever or nursing a gunshot wound, no one would have been there to take him in or to kidnap a doctor. No one would have known at all.
Graham was too talkative; Garringer was insane. But they were committed to each other -- and whatever cause they were involved in. Brian liked to think he was the better person -- what with not kidnapping people and holding them against their will -- but suddenly, he wasn’t so sure.
He wasn’t sure about anything.
No one had even missed him. Brian had feared for his life, and no one had even thought twice.
It was something of a gut punch.
--wonderful!