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On the verge of tears 🥺

[magicalqueennightmare]

This idea has been circling in my mind and I couldn’t think of a better writer to execute it if you decide to write it. A John Walker x reader fic. The reader is an eternal who had a small four or five year-old girl with Druig. They are now separated years later. There is a situation that reveals the reader to the thunderbolts and more importantly John. In this fic John has visitation with his son Eli and Eli is aged up a bit for the sake of the story. It would be cool for the daughter to have powers like her mom maybe kind of like a Wanda Maximoff vibe power, but hers are more childlike so they cannot truly hurt somebody but they can help her protect herself or others.

[magicalqueennightmare]

Something New

John Walker x Eternal Reader

When you, Druig and Makkari have to help the avengers with a threat you meet John Walker

Mention of violence, mention of divorce, cursing, little smidge of sex mentioned

A/N: Reader has child by Druig.

“Ashy, where’s your father or Kari?” you didn’t like having to leave her but New York needed help and this was beyond the team of heroes that were there. Your initial plan was to just leave her with Druig or Makari but that was before it was very clear this was going to require multiple of you to get the job done. “With Uncle hast” she replied with a smile and you let out a breath of relief. He came. Of course he did. He didn’t want to actively fight anymore but you trusted him to keep Aisling safe while you did. 

“Good. Go get your things. You’ll be going with uncle Hast” you watched her run up the stairs towards her room and headed for the kitchen of the small flat Druig and Makkari currently had in London. Phastos turned when he heard your footsteps approaching and smiled “Riven” it wasn’t your given name but one he’d deemed you with. It meant broken yet unbowed. He claimed you were stronger with your scar than before. There were days you weren’t sure.

“Thank you for coming” you breathed, letting him pull you into a hug. He waved a hand towards Makkari “I didn’t have much of a choice even if I would’ve wanted to say no” you laughed and signed to her “kidnapping people again are we?” 

She shrugged and signed back “Only for Ashy” “One of us will come for her as soon as the battle clears” you assured him and he nodded about the time your five year old came running into the room. She grinned up at you, her dark curls bouncing “Ready mama” you nodded, bending to scoop her into a hug “Ok little one. Give me a hug then go see your Da and Kari” 

She squeezed you tight and pressed a kiss to your cheek “Love you” “Love you more” you whispered. She wiggled out of your arms and used her powers, the light golden aura carrying her over to Druig who caught her in his arms, a rare smile on his face. “Mama or Da will be back for you soon little one” he promised her as he hugged her. She nodded and kissed his cheek “I know Da. Love you” “Love you more” he told her then she jumped from his arms to Makkari. 

Her signing was still a little off but she could manage “Love you Makkari” and that put a smile on Makkari’s face. 

Phastos caught her then and Makkari smiled and signed “Hold her tight” the two walked outside and you knew within moments Makkari would have them safely back at Phastos’ home with his husband and his son Jack. 

Druig leaned against the counter and smirked at you “Sure you don’t want to sit this one out with her?” you raised an eyebrow, “And let you and Kari have all the fun? No thank you” 

“Man, why is it always New York?” Sam grunted. John barked out a laugh that turned into a grunt of pain when the thing that was attacking them slammed him backwards into a building. Somehow out of all the teaming it had ended with Sam, John and Bucky together against one of these things that was nearly fifteen feet tall. The irony of the three of them on the same team wasn’t lost on John but it wasn’t like none of them exactly had time to dwell on it.

Sam threw the shield and it bounced off of the many limbs swinging towards John which gave him enough room to recover and fire at the thing. Sam caught the shield as John shrugged “Just lucky I guess?” 

Bucky slashed one of the limbs and glared at them both “I miss when you two hated each other” there were about six of these things loose and they were hard as hell to put down. 

“What is the plan any freaking way? Just keep throwing everything we got at these sons of bitches?” John asked, ducking a limb and slashing into it. That limb fell and the thing screamed in pain. “Basically!” Sam and Bucky both shouted in unison.

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John wasn’t sure what was going on but there was a surge of energy and suddenly three people were standing in front of them. A man with a cocky looking smirk, a shorter woman with a light smile and then there was you. You were calculating the enemy and the allies the moment you entered the fight. 

Your eyes landed on Sam and you gave the barest tip of your head “Captain America? Need some help?” Sam laughed “Would be appreciated!” you nodded to the man and woman with you “Druig, Kari..spread out and help the others. I’ll help these three and we’ll move onto the next” they both nodded and moved at your orders.

John watched as you moved your shoulder and a sword appeared, it wasn’t a traditional sword. It was clearly made of some sort of energy. You’d just materialized it. “Are those fucking eternals?” Bucky grunted and Sam nodded “I think so”

You jumped into the fight right next to them and John watched in awe at the way you moved, sliding under the wild slashing of the beast then came up, digging your blade in and pulling it apart. Before its body could slam into the ground and cause more damage however your eyes glowed a golden color and its body faded into a small sprinkle of dirt.

You turned to face him, Sam and Bucky. A small layer of blood was coating your face but your eyes, god your eyes looked bright and a small mischievous smile was on your face “I’ll help with cleaning up after the fact but what do you fellas say about taking out the next one?”

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Once the Ulundo were all down, Druig and Makkari made their way back to your side. The Avengers team was circling up as well. You smiled at Sam Wilson and offered your hand. You told him your name and Druig added “Everyone calls her Riven though” you shook your head with a small smile “That loud mouth is Druig and the beauty at his side is Makkari”

John Walker was watching you curiously as you followed Yelena Belova towards the worst of the damage to begin helping put the city back together. You looked over at him with a smile “Yes?”

He shook his head “I always thought your kind were just legends” you laughed “Don’t let Druig hear you say that. He’s got a big enough ego” he laughed, falling in step with you and the blonde. You didn’t mind the company. Yelena seemed nice enough anyways. She was asking questions about what you could and couldn’t do.

“I can do this for one” you let your powers flow out into a park that had been completely destroyed and the two of them watched as the trees and ground slowly knitted themselves back together. “Damn, where have you three been hiding?” John asked and you shrugged “In London for those two. For me? I actually live in upstate New York”

“So you all live normal lives?” Yelena asked once the clean up was finished. Bucky and Sam had invited you, Druig and Makkari back to what they called the watch tower. You simply knew it as the large eyesore Tony Stark had once erected but nevertheless all of you accepted. It was nice to have a meal and sit down to catch your breath after a battle instead of having to continent hop so soon.

“As normal as we can” you replied, sharing a small smile with Druig. Really the whole trying to have places to call home had simply happened over the last five years or so. When Aisling had come along, hell none of you had even known it was a possibility for any of you to reproduce. None of you were sure how it had happened, maybe it was the power surges you and he both had been suffering around the time you were together romantically. Maybe it was the least little change in your beings but somehow you’d gotten pregnant after a night spent in Druig’s arms.

You weren’t meant for him nor him for him but Aisling was meant for you both.  No matter his temper in the past or his attitude at times, he was a good father. Makkari took to the role of being..something to Aisling as well. You weren’t sure what label to put on it.  Makkari and Druig loved each other. That was plain to see. Makkari would go to the ends of the universe to keep Aisling safe. You and Makkari would fight to the death for each other. Did a label really matter? Ashy knew that you were mama, Druig was Da and Makkari was her Kari.

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John’s phone rang and you cut your eyes at him when he stood up and apologized “I’m sorry this is my ex wife. It’s about my son”  when he left the room you leaned closer to Yelena “He has a son?” Ava nodded “Eli is five I believe. Did you see what happened when Walker had that shield?”  she nodded at Sam’s shield that was leaned against the far wall.

You nodded because even for you, that was hard to miss. It had been on nearly every news source. You found it horrid to repeatedly air not only that man’s death but John’s biggest mistake for the world to judge him for. “Yeah Eli was born not long after he was stripped. Divorce. Took him a while to get visitation”

Druig shook his head “I couldn’t imagine being apart from my little one for over a week or so” Bucky leaned up to look at Druig “You have a kid? You can reproduce?” you laughed “Apparently. Our daughter is actually five as well”

“Your daughter? I thought he was with..” Sam trailed off and pointed from Druig to Makkari. You laughed “He is, Druig and Makkari are together but Druig and I share a daughter”

Joaquin burst out laughing “Man no offense to you or Makkari. I mean this with all the respect but damn Druig. You got it like that?” Druig just leaned back, a smirk on his face which caused you and Makkari both to roll your eyes “Do not inflate his ego any further”

“I didn’t do anything!” John defended as he walked back into the room and that made a round of laughter go around. “I didn’t even mean you Walker!” you managed to get out. You explained the conversation he’d walked into the tailend of. He sat down next to you, nodding slowly. He looked from you to Druig. “Well if you two have a kid…how powerful is she?”

You winked at him “Don’t worry. Her powers are on the slower former side and we’re teaching her how to be smart with them” you cut your eyes at Druig then at Makkari, signing along with your words as you said “Well Kari and I are teaching her” 

“We’d all like to meet her one day. If you would be comfortable with it” Bucky spoke up. You looked at Druig then signed at Makkari “What do you think?” He nodded, so did she. You nodded slowly then signed “Wanna go get her?” 

When Makkari stood up, a grin on her face. Everyone looked curious. “Where’s she going?” “You all wanted to meet our little one” Druig offered and that was it before Makkari disappeared. 

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A few moments later Makkari appeared again, Aisling’s head over on her shoulder. The only sound that could be heard was the giggling coming from your little girl that happened every time she got to be a part of “Kari’s powers”

Makkari sat her down and she came running over to you, jumping into your lap “Mama” she gave you a tight hug then used her powers to move from your lap across the room to Druig’s. Everyone watched it in awe as she hugged him “Da!” 

“Wow!” Sam was the first to speak. You stood and walked over to her and Druig. He stood up with her so the two of you could introduce her to everyone. “This is Aisling” “Or Ashy for short” Druig added with a wink at you. You shook your head “Or Ashy”

Everyone introduced themselves but stayed seated so as to not overwhelm her. She looked up between you and Druig “Are they the heroes you helped?” “They are?” she grinned “Is Captain America here?” Sam whistled and leaned back then pointed at his shield. She laughed “Cool”

You shook your head “Her parents are eternals and she could care less” Druig laughed “I think you’re cool darlin” you grinned “Thanks hun” Makkari shook her head but could you feel a set of eyes on you and when you looked up John was watching you. You had to admit he was a good looking man. Ava had gone a little into what happened to him and you knew some. He hadn’t deserved most of it.

You offered him a small smile and he gave one back. Maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to start helping the humans more often?

“You know I hate it when you two have to travel like this” you didn’t like arguing with Druig but he and Makkari had to travel outside of the damned milky way. That meant he’d be away from Aisling for close to a month. “I know sweets but we have to. Sersi and Thena need us” you rolled your eyes, trying to hold in your anger because the last time? You’d accidentally made a tree grow in the middle of your kitchen when your anger had gotten the best of you. 

“And if our daughter wants to speak to her da? Or Kari while you two are gone? What should I tell her?”  he sighed “We’ll have communications Rive. You know me, I’m not going to do anything too risky. I may have been like that in the past but you know I have gotten better since you had her” 

You shook your head, looking outside of your kitchen window to see a new field of flowers had grown within the last few minutes. Guess your powers were still responding one way or another. Craving to create if you couldn’t destroy. “I know Druig. I just don’t like us being on different planets now. It’s not like it was. We have something worth losing. What if something was to happen? I can’t get to Phastos fast enough” “Then go to the Avengers tower. They may not be as strong but they’ll help. I promise I will be back as soon as I can” he swore and you let out a breath “Ok. You better take care of Makkari and call Ashy for bedtime”

“I will sweets. I promise” he hung up and you stared at the phone. You and he were so old yet communicating over phones to talk about your child. Aisling coming about really had changed a lot of things hadn’t she? 

“Bud, I don’t know anyone else with kids..” John trailed off then nodded to Eli “Give me five minutes bud” Eli grinned “Ok” 

John had your number, the fact that a being as strong as you had a cell phone was a bit hilarious to him but still. He hoped this wasn’t a bad idea. He hit your number and you answered on the third ring “If this is a big threat I need someone trust worthy to watch Aisling. Druig and Kari are off world”

He laughed lightly “Off world?” “Long story” you replied so he chuckled again “Well no threat just a five year old that’s bored of his dad and I was wondering if maybe Aisling was bored of you?” 

You laughed lightly then called Aisling over. He could hear you bouncing the prospect of getting to spend the day with someone her own age off of her and the answer “Please mama” was loud enough he could hear it. You leaned back to the phone “Guess I’ll be at the tower in an hour? I’m stuck to driving which I absolutely hate” 

He laughed “I could always come pick you up? I mean if you don’t mind me knowing where you live?” The answering laugh was so genuine it made his heart ache “I don’t mind. Fairly certain I’d win in a fight” you told him your address and he promised to be there soon. Before you hung up you said “Drive safe Walker, for Eli’s sake”

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John’s truck was nice. A big blue ford. Aisling’s booster seat fit comfortably in the backseat next to Eli’s. The two of them were already chatting like they’d known each other their entire lives. You looked back at them and smiled “Don’t you wish we had the ability to do that? I’ve always found children so enamouring. They’re always learning, always eager to find out what’s in the world”

He nodded slowly “How old are you?” you raised an eyebrow “Isn’t it a thing for men to not ask a woman that?” he shrugged “Yeah but I figure if it actually upset you. I would’ve already gotten my..” he trailed off, cutting his eyes back at the kids then finished “Backside banded to me”

You laughed “I saw the stoneage” “Wow” he breathed and you laughed “Sorry?” he shook his head “No, it’s just.. It’s amazing to think about everything you’ve seen”  “It’s nothing always been good. The wars drove Druig and I away from the others. They wouldn’t let us intervene. Even when we could’ve stopped them”

A look passed through his eyes and you felt horrid remembering he was a soldier. He shook his head “I’ve only seen a couple. I can’t imagine everything your eyes have seen” you smiled sadly “I wouldn’t want to put those images into your head John. You’ve seen enough. So, what are we doing today?” 

He grinned “Now I wanna go to a museum just so you can correct things” you laughed “I’d prefer the aquarium. Ashy loves the one nearby” He nodded “Eli! Aquarium?” “Yes sir!” Eli replied quickly so John laughed “Sounds like we have a plan”

“So, did any of you know Eternals could..” John trailed off and nodded towards Aisling where she and Eli were attempting to play a claw machine game. You pointed as she used her powers to guide the stuffed bear Eli was after into the chute. “Ashy” you warned, looking around to make sure no humans had realized it.

She shrugged “Eli wanted him mama” you shook your head, squatting down to her level “We can’t use those in public like that. We’ve talked about it” she pointed at John “He seened it” you nodded “He knows but only him and Eli. Deal?” she nodded so John cleared his throat “Ice cream?” you shot him a grateful smile “Ice cream it is”

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The kids sat on one side of the booth, you and John on the other. You leaned over closer to him and whispered “About your earlier question, no. None of us know how she happened. Druig and I had… well no child had come before her. I don’t know why that particular time a child happened or how but she’s an anomaly I guess”

He nodded “She’s beautiful. Looks like you” you smiled “Did you just call me beautiful by side effect there John?” his cheeks turned a light pink “Maybe?” you laughed “Well Eli is a handsome little boy but he probably gets the good looks from his mother” and smirked at John who shook his head “Handful aren’t ya?” you laughed “You have no idea Walker”

“I’d like to” he replied and you felt your heart flip. Damn. No one had ever made you have a reaction like that from an innocent moment. You forgot the fact that he’d been enhanced with the super soldier serum which meant his hearing as well. He grinned when your heart sped up. He heard it. You shrugged “Maybe you’ll get to” 

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That evening when John drove you and Aisling home, the kids dozing in the backseat it felt so close to normal, to human. He reached over, hand brushing yours gently “This was fun sweetheart. We should do this again. I have Eli a week every month until school starts then its every other weekend"

You let your fingers brush against his hands, a slow smile working onto your face “I’d like that John” you raised your head, “I mean, it’s nice for Ashy to have someone her age that won’t get scared if she accidentally uses her powers” he smirked like he could tell you’d been thinking about spending time with him without the kids as well but he just nodded “Eli wouldn’t, he knows some people are just different. Plus he really loves that bear”

You looked in the backseat and sure enough Eli was snuggled to the bear Aisling had gotten him. You chuckled low, reaching for the door handle so you could get Aisling but right before you got out the truck you looked back at John “You have my number Walker. Use it” then slid out the truck to get her out of the backseat. He turned around to smile at you “Need help getting her in?”

You laughed “I could throw you with one hand John. I can carry her but thanks” he raised an eyebrow “Now I’m gonna need to see that” you winked at him “Like I said, call me” then closed the door and headed for the front porch. 

Makkari was inside, Aisling was showing her the new stuffed animal she’d gotten at the aquarium and the matching shirt she’d gotten with Eli. You had walked out onto the porch, sipping coffee in the early morning light. Makari and Druig had come straight to your place as soon as they’d gotten back to earth.

Druig followed you out, eating his third donut of the morning. He leaned against the banister opposite of you “So, you and Walker?” you shook your head “Don’t start” he laughed “Should I have a talk with him? Don’t hurt my little sweets” 

You rolled your eyes “I can take care of myself Druig. I would say you’re the worst mistake I’ve ever made but look what came out of that” he grabbed his chest “That hurt Riven. You care for me still” you nodded “Of course but we were volatile together” he nodded “Fair enough. He seems like he treats her good”

“We went to the aquarium with him and his son. He didn’t propose” you teased. He nodded slowly “I’m just saying, as long as he treats you good along with her. You’re both important to me” you smiled “I know Druig. I’m not jumping into anything with a human, let alone a super soldier” “But you could like him?” he asked, staring at you with eyes that matched Aisling’s so perfectly you couldn’t lie. “Maybe�� he nodded “Then try it love. It won’t hurt. You’re stronger, older and wiser. You have the advantage” 

“Being with Kari has made you smarter” you teased and he laughed “Good to know”

When you first agreed to a date with John it was after a few more playdates between the kids. Eli was home in Georgia with Olivia and Aisling was in London with Druig and Makkari. It seemed like a good time. 

You had just zipped your boots when you heard a knock at your door. You glanced at the time to see he was early. You stood and walked over to open the door. He looked nervous. He was wearing a button down dark blue shirt that made his eyes look even brighter. You smiled when he said “I would’ve bought flowers but I remembered you have an entire field outside your kitchen window” 

You laughed “They rebloom every time Druig pisses me off” he looked over at them and raised an eyebrow “Poor guy” you swatted his chest “Hey! You’re taking me on a date!” he laughed “And you look like a dream Riven really but I am imagining how many flowers would be around Olivia’s house if she did that”

You shook your head “Let’s go” you grabbed your keys and jacket then followed him out to his truck. He insisted on opening the door for you, which you found a little weird but kind of sweet. 

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“So, where are we going?” you asked John once the two of you were on the main road. He smiled “You said you like Italian right? I mean I know you’ve probably had like top tier authentic Italian but I know a fairly decent little place”

You laughed “I’m actually not that picky. Believe it or not, if the father of my child wasn’t proof enough” he shook his head “You and him tease the hell out of each other don’t you?” you shrugged “That’s what happens when you’re friends then lovers then back to friends only to find out your bodies did something together that should have been impossible”

“Can you have another?” he asked and you shrugged “I’m not sure. Sersi worked with some scientists to develop an internal birth control similar to the ones humans have that is now implanted in myself and Makkari, just in case” “Worried you’ll sleep with Druig again?” he asked and you scrunched up your nose “No, just worried I may one day want to be with someone beside Druig”

“You haven’t been with anyone since she was born?” he asked and saw you get visibly flustered. He kicked himself for asking something so personal until you shrugged “When we found out I was pregnant it was on the end of us all nearly dying. I had to recover. Then it was one thing after another. Then she was here and we were all trying to settle down a bit for her”

“Makkari never gets jealous? It seems like you and Druig have a good bond”  he wasn’t trying to pry as much as he just wanted to know more about you. You shrugged “Makkari has known me as long as Druig has. When Druig and I decided we no longer wanted to seek each other romantically it was a dual decision. We still care for each other but we always have, us sharing a child strengthens that. However, we don't leave Makkari on the outside. She helped me deliver Ashy. Ashy recognizes that she has mama, Da and Kari. I don’t think she ever gets jealous because she truly has no reason”

“I guess you all have learned maturity beyond what us humans know” you burst out laughing at John’s words and reached over to pat his arm “Get to know Druig a little better before you speak on his maturity level”

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When the two of you got to the italian place, John walked around to open your door and you raised an eyebrow “You don’t have to do that” he nodded, closing the door. He stepped closer, one hand hovering at your lower back until you stepped into his touch and that seemed to relax him.

“Can I admit something?” he asked as the two of you headed inside the restaurant “What?” you asked and he smiled shyly “This is my first date with someone new since high school” your eyes widened “First for us both then. Let’s enjoy the night”

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By the time John drove you home that night you were wishing the night could be just a little longer. He was handsome, yeah but he was sweet. He asked questions, he wanted to know things about you, he shared things about himself. He laughed over stories, teared up over others. You found yourself being drawn to the blue eyed super soldier more and more.

He parked in front of your place and you rubbed a hand across the back of your neck “I had a really good time John” he smiled “I’m glad, can I walk you to the door or are you going to glare at me?” you laughed “No, you can walk me” 

He got out the driver’s side door and walked around to open your door. Once you were out of the truck he slipped his arm around your waist as the two of you walked up the doorsteps onto the porch. You turned to face him once you were at the door. He was already looking at you, the look in his eyes made your stomach flip, heat flickering to life. 

“John” you whispered then the next thing you knew your lips were meeting. One of his hands went to your hips, the other holding your chin gently, anchoring you in place as his tongue flicked into your mouth, rolling against yours. Your hands fisted the front of his shirt and you had to remind yourself to loosen your grip. 

This was nothing like kissing Druig. Every time with him had been lust filled or angry, both of you hurting and just needed to hold onto each other to get through. This however. This felt like John was trying to memorize the feeling of your mouth against his, like was trying to savor the taste of your lips in case he never got to experience it again. 

When you broke away from each other, chests heaving you pressed another kiss to the corner of his lips “Aisling is in London” you whispered and he nodded “I don’t wanna move too fast” you kissed him again “You’re not” he pulled you closer, your body flush against his “Are you sure?” you nodded “I’m sure” he groaned lightly “I really like you Riven” you leaned up kissing along his neck as you went then whispered into his ear “Then come inside and show me”

You pulled back from him and unlocked the door. You stepped inside, waiting to see if he would follow and within seconds you felt his arms slip around your waist, pulling you back against his chest “Where’s your bedroom sweetheart?” “Second door on the right” you replied, a low moan leaving you when his teeth lightly grazed your neck. He nodded “Let’s see if you put good that threat of throwing me”

You turned in his arms, pulling him down to deepen the kiss as you cupped the rather large bulge in the front of his jeans “Lets see” you teased then turned to walk down the hallway, stripping as you went. You looked back and he shook his head, blue eyes darkening “You are a handful” you got to the door of your bedroom and was down to your bra and panties. You winked at him “Good thing you’ve got two hands then” and stepped into the room. His heavy footsteps followed you. 

When he got you in his arms that time he spoke with his mouth against your neck “This is gonna be a long night baby” you smiled and pushed your ass back against his crotch, causing a low groan to leave him “Yeah, feels like it”

You woke up the next morning, a quiet ache between your thighs and John’s large frame wrapped around you. Flashes of the night before went through your head. His mouth on your skin, your mouth on his. The way he gripped your thighs, how it felt when he pulled you even closer when you were both right on the edge, how he rang back to back orgasms out of you until you were a mewling mess. 

You’d given as good as you got, you’d made him moan your name time and again until it became a broken sob falling from his lips, his grip bruisingly tight when your mouth moved across his body, when your hips moved over his. By the time you both had fallen into the sheets exhaustion winning out your bodies were well and thoroughly spent. 

The feeling of him stirring behind you let you know he was awake, even before he pressed a warm kiss to your bare shoulder. “Guess I should get to know Druig a little better now huh?” you laughed “Guess I should meet Olivia too?” he grinned against your skin “You really want me Rive?” you turned in his grip, looking up at him and the sadness that tainted the contentment in his blue eyes made your heart ache.

You pressed a kiss to his lips before curling against his chest “Yeah, I do want you John” he pulled you even closer “Lucky me” 

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[magicalqueennightmare]

Penpals-Part 10

John Walker x Reader

John’s home and you two learn to be together full time and fully blend your lives

Talk of emotional insecurities, cursing, sex and I think that's it

Christie was doing good. After getting out of her mother’s place it didn’t take the girl long to turn everything on a dime. It turned out the only thing she needed was to see that she truly did have people that would back her. She stayed with you while she took her high school equivalency test and ended up scoring high and qualified for a full ride scholarship to the University of Arkansas.

She would move into the dorms a week before John was due stateside which meant she had a front row seat to any and all emotions you tried to hide. How the hell she’d gone from a client to a proxy younger sibling you weren’t sure but there it was. She’d graduated from your meetings and programs and into your freaking living room which by this point was her bedroom.

“So, I’m not supposed to point out how you pace any time anyone mentions how close it is to John coming home?” She asked one evening. You and her had gone over to Theo and Emma’s for dinner. Emma had of course wanted to talk about John, asked if you were excited, what the plan was for when he got home. Your stomach had knotted up enough that you’d drank a second glass of wine and Christie had to drive back. 

John would be staying in housing on base for a while. That was literally the only plan set forth for the time being. You didn’t want to admit you were worried that maybe what you two had weren’t strong enough for this? Yeah you loved him but you’d only spent two weeks face to face. The rest of the time had been phone calls and video, letters, emails and texts. Was that a strong enough base for him to be not even half an hour away?

“We haven’t fought,” you told her, flopping down in the recliner across the room from where she was perched in the center of the couch with one leg drawn up under her. “What?” she asked with a surprised laugh. You shrugged “We haven’t fought. We haven’t been around each other enough to fight. What if he’s made this commitment to the base here, the position then he gets here and-and we have our first big fight and can’t get past it?”

“That’s why you’re nervous?” she asked with a laugh so you shrugged “Yeah?” she shook her head “I may be younger than you and not really a relationship expert but here me out here why not and I know this is a stretch since you’re the one with the psych degree and all but why not talk to John about your fears? Be honest and open. Lay it all out for him” 

You groaned, scrubbing a hand across your face “You listened too much during our one on one sessions” she grinned “Well you were the only person over the age of twenty five that gave a damn if I lived or died” you shook your head “I feel we should tackle that subject a night I’m not spiralling myself. I’m gonna go crash, if you need anything holler. The locks are locked and I have work in the morning. I’ll wake you up when I get up and drop you off” she nodded “Sounds like a plan” 

“I’m keeping my place in Georgia. At least until the lease runs out. I already paid it up anyways” John told Lemar who raised an eyebrow “Makes sense logically”

John sighed, lifting his head to look at his friend “and that’s half a sentence. Say the rest” Lemar shrugged “Sounds like a cop out for something else. Subleasing is allowed and you could find someone that would take it. I mean I get it but you need to admit the real reason you want to keep it”

“Olivia left me Lemar. What if Luna does too?” He felt pathetic just giving voice to the thought but it was there, bouncing around in his head. “Well in Liv’s defense you two were a lot younger and you were gone a hell of a lot more than home. You're done with active duty John. Hell you couldn’t have met Lune at a better time. That woman loves you. I’m not saying move in together from the start, I’m not saying to get rid of your place in Georgia I’m just saying to talk to her. Be honest about any fears you have. Don't go into this thing half cocked. If you love her like I think you do, work for it”

“And if she thinks I’m trying to find an out?” John worried. Lemar shook his head “She won’t. The way you reacted even after the fact seeing her hurt? Monica even told me the way Luna was talking to her about it. She knows how you feel about her John. Don’t let yourself think about it too much. You’re smart as hell man but that trips you up sometimes because you overthink some things. It’s like when you finally told her you loved her. Just allow yourself to feel for once. You are more than capable of making the right decision in the heat of the moment”

John laughed lightly “When did you become so damn smart?” Lemar grinned “Probably when you started acting so damn dumb…somewhere around that first email” and kicked his boot before walking away.

You were nervous when John called. You knew you needed to talk to him, tell him your fears but god you didn’t want him to think you were scared of him. Christie was asleep on the couch and you were sitting cross legged on your bed, opting for your laptop over your phone to talk to him. When the alert came through your heart flipped before you clicked connect. 

The moment his face came onto screen you let out a breath “Hey baby”  “Hey sweetheart” he greeted. His eyes raked over you for a moment then he lifted an eyebrow “What’s wrong” you laughed lightly “Now who’s doing the mind reading thing?” he shrugged “Now who’s being easy to read?” you grinned, eyes falling to your hands. Your fingers traced over the bare spot on your right hand where the ring that rested around his neck once set. “John, can we talk?”

“Oh god” he muttered and your eyes flew up to see he looked damn near panicked “Are you leaving me?” he asked softly and your heart crumbled “God no” he nodded slowly, wiping his hand across his face “Ok then, what is it?” you played with the necklace around your neck, fingers tracing the engraving that was his handwriting “I love you John, I really do” 

He laughed lightly “But that’s half a sentence” you nodded “I’m scared” “Of me?” he asked softly and you shook your head. You finally raised your head enough to look him in the eyes “We haven’t fought” 

“What?” it came out more as a laugh than a question and you felt your face warm but the issue was still there. “We haven’t been around each other enough to fight John. I mean yeah we had those two weeks at the cabin. We had six months before getting to know each other and these eight months since but do we have a strong enough base for you to be here?” 

“Do you not want me there? I already took the job. I got approved for housing” he looked a mixture of confused and hurt. You shook your head “No John. I do! I want you here. I just..fuck..” you trailed off, covering your face with your hands. He called your name lightly so you lowered your hands looking at the screen. He gave you a small smile “I can’t help if you don’t talk to me”

“I don’t want us to have our first fight and it breaks us” you nearly whispered it but knew he heard you because he smirked just slightly “Oh baby” you laughed “That’s what’s wrong. We haven’t fought and I’m afraid to get you here and then we fight and it all blows up”

“I don’t think it will. Lemar and his family are my family. They love you and your family. I’d like to think your family at least likes me?” you laughed “They do” he waved a hand “See? They all fit together honey. The day I finally met you face to face? It just felt right. Every day since then? I wake up thinking about you. Lemar talks about you like he does Monica. I’m scared too sweetheart. I’ve fucked up a marriage before and saw the only other woman I ever loved walk away from me. It terrifies me to think about you walking away but I think we’re gonna do better  being scared together then apart. Don’t you think?”

“So you’re not keeping the place in Georgia as having one foot out of the door?” you asked quietly. You weren’t sure if he knew Monica had told you and by the look on his face? He hadn’t known. He grimaced slightly “I’m going to sublease it to Lemar’s nephew” “You don’t have to John. This is a new relationship. I don’t want you putting any pressure on yourself” you assured him and he smiled “I’m not. I’m putting myself fully in because I’m asking you to trust that any fight we can fix” “I love you” you whispered and he laughed “I love you too”

John flew into Georgia and was driving to Arkansas considering his truck was in Georgia. He’d called to say he was about an hour out and that was when Allie decided she was a little more than excited to meet him. You’d finally coaxed her outside to the swing set. It would give her an outlet for her energy and you an outlet for your nerves. 

He would be there soon. God, John was home. That thought alone was hard to wrap your head around.  He’d video called from Lemar’s. You’d spent an hour on, meeting all of Lemar’s family and promising to make your way down over the summer. You looked forward to it.

“Aunt Lune?” Allie asked as you swung next to her. You tilted your head to the side “Yeah pretty girl?” “When you and Mr John get married can I call him uncle?” you burst out laughing more from shock than anything “Let’s not talk about us getting married quite yet. Ok?” she nodded “Ok” and went back to swinging.

You shook your head with a laugh. God you could’ve only imagined John’s response to that. You hoped he didn’t have any issue finding Theo’s. You were surprised Charlie and Tiana weren’t here yet. Hell, Christie wanted to meet him as soon as she could. It would be chaos for the first while until he got settled.  “Is he tall?” she asked and you nodded “Very, a little taller than your daddy actually” her eyes got big “Wow” 

“LUNA!” you heard Emma’s voice and your heart decided to do a direct gallop into your throat. Allie grinned “Is that Mr John?” you nodded “I think so. Ready to meet him?” she nodded “Yeah!”

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John wasn’t sure why the hell he was nervous. He didn’t have to report to the base until the following day. He had his clothing. Any furniture was getting shipped. He was staying with you for the first night. Maybe it was the fact that he hadn’t seen you in eight months?

He parked behind Theo’s truck and wondered for a moment if you were even there. Were you coming later? He climbed out and headed for the door. Before he got all the way to it, Theo was out, leaning against the frame with a smirk “Well look what the damned cat dragged in” John grinned “Hey Theo” 

The two hugged and Theo shook his head “Good to see you man” John nodded “You too” Theo stared him down for a moment “You pulling through for her?” “Doing my damndest to” John replied and Theo laughed “Best I can ask. Ready to see her? She’s in the yard with Allie” “Please” 

The two walked inside and Emma was at the counter and grinned when she saw John “Well if it isn’t Captain Walker!” John laughed “Good to see you too Emma” the two hugged then Emma winked at him “I’ll go get her”

She headed for the back door and he leaned against the island, talking to Theo. He heard footsteps and looked up to see you walking around the corner. You froze in the doorway. His heart nearly stopped. You were wearing worn out jeans, his old westpoint shirt and your hair was falling down out of a braid but he’d never seen a more gorgeous sight “Well does the man get a hug?” Theo teased and that seemed to break you and John both out of the trance because you launched yourself into John’s embrace. He wrapped both arms around you, just enjoying the feeling of you in his arms for a few moments. 

“God I missed you” he breathed into your hair. “I missed you” you laughed. When you pulled back, you tugged him down into a kiss and he happily let you. The kiss was soft, lingering but made that fire flicker to life within him and he knew from the look in your eyes you were thinking the same. Your chest was heaving just a little. “Hey” he laughed “Hey” then pressed another kiss to the corner of your lips “I love you” “I love you too” you replied then Allie hollered from her place next to Emma “I’M ALLIE!” and everyone burst out laughing.

John grinned as you turned in his embrace to hold out a hand. She came running over so you spun her around in a circle “This little hellcat is my precious niece. The product of mixing marines and air force” John laughed and leaned down to hold a hand out “Nice to meet you ma’am” Allie giggled as she shook his hand “You are tall” 

John cut his eyes at you then looked back at Allie “So, do I pass the approval since you’ve met me in person?” she crossed her arms and stared him down “You love Aunt Lune?” he nodded “More than anything” “You can cook?” she asked and he laughed “Quite a few things pretty good” she nodded slowly then looked at Theo and Emma who both nodded so she nodded too “Ok” then smiled “I like you” and ran back outside.

John laughed “She’s definitely got an attitude like you three” you spun to face him “and what does that mean sir?” he grinned “Nothing baby. Nothing at all. Where is your jeep?” you shrugged “Theo picked me up since you’re already staying with me tonight, I can just ride home with you” he nodded slowly, the idea of you and home in the same sentence making his heart flutter “Sounds good” Theo slapped his hands together “But first, we eat and catch up!”

After Allie had gone to bed, you and John were getting ready to head out when Emma reminded you that the two of you had plans to go shopping over the weekend. Theo laughed “John, you’re welcome to come watch the game if you’re not busy” John nodded “I’ll take you up on that” all of you told each other goodnight then you headed out to John’s truck.

You felt his hand at your lower back as he walked behind you to the passenger side door. “I can open my own door John” you teased and he nodded, leaning down to pull you into a kiss. Your hands slid up to slip around his neck and into his blonde locks, pulling him down to you so you could deepen the kiss. When he flicked his tongue across your bottom lip asking for access and you gladly gave it, a low whimper escaped you at the feeling of his tongue tangling with you. 

He hesitantly pulled away after a moment, a slow smile working onto his face “Yeah baby, I don’t think Theo is gonna appreciate me having his little sister folded up in his driveway” that made a rush of heat go straight to your core “Guess we better head to my place then”

John opened the door so you climbed in. He gently closed the door then walked around. After he’d climbed into the driver’s seat and turned the engine over, he backed out onto the road and cut his eyes at you so you gave him directions to your apartment. 

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John’s hand was a steady weight on your left thigh as he drove. He wasn’t saying much but you could tell he was thinking. “Something wrong?” you asked and he shook his head “No, I have you right here. It’s just hard to wrap my head around that this is because Lemar thought he was funny putting my name into that damn adopt a soldier thing” 

You rolled your head over to look at him as he parked next to your jeep. The beard that he’d trimmed up covered his jaw, the slight scar over one eyebrow that was only visible if you got close enough, the slight underbite.and that shade of blue his eyes were. Everything about him.  “I personally don’t want to think about if someone else had pulled your name” you teased. He killed the engine then looked at you “Don’t then because I am yours until you get sick of me and send me packing” “So, never?” you asked with a grin. He pulled you towards him so you let him tug you across the front seat of the truck and into his lap.

Once you were straddling him he pushed your hair back out of your face “God you’re beautiful” you shook your head, smoothing a hand down his jaw “You’re fucking gorgeous John” the light pink that coated his cheeks made your heart flip. You loved being able to catch him off guard to the point he blushed. He grinned “You don’t have to keep sweet talking. You have me wrapped around your little finger. Hell you’ve had me wrapped around your little finger since the moment you asked me to kiss you” 

“In that case, will you kiss me?” he brushed the softest of kisses against your lips and when you chased his lips when he pulled away he laughed then said “That’s all you get for now. We need to head inside and not give your neighbors a show” you knew you were probably pouting but you nodded anyway because he was right. No matter how much you craved his touch, if any more than a chaste kiss was shared the two of you may very well get carried away.

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John found himself being nervous yet again when he followed you into your apartment. He’d never been here. This was your space. He knew he was welcomed but still. When he stepped in the first thing he saw was the photo of him and Lemar that Lemar had sent you those months ago, framed and sitting on a table next to one of Theo and Charlie. He stopped and picked it up, looking back at you. You smiled “I wanted to have photos of you. Lemar sent me that one so it’s mine”

He shook his head but the smile on his face he knew told you everything he couldn’t right then. When he walked further into the apartment he saw there were photos you’d taken during the trip at the cabin littered around along with photos Lemar or himself had sent over the last eight months and a couple Monica had to have given you. They were all mixed in with ones of your family.  That damned pink blanket from the cabin was folded on the back of your couch. 

“So, what you think?” you asked, after you locked the front door and headed into the kitchen. “You’re here so it’s home” he replied and didn’t think anything of it until you spun around with a bottle of water in your hand, eyes wide “Are you trying to make me fall for you again Walker? Because damn”

He shrugged, dropping the duffle he’d brought in with him next to the couch. “Maybe” he walked across the floor into the kitchen and you sat the water bottle down when he got to you, bracing a hand on either side of the counter next to you so he could effectively cage you between his body and the counter behind you. You looked up at him, a smile playing on your lips and fuck the look in your eyes alone was enough to make his cock twitch. “So, Mr Walker. You’re stateside. No more deployments. Got a position at the nearby base. What do you plan to do now?”

He grinned “I was wanting to lay you out on this counter and do that thing you like with my tongue if it’s ok with you” a little hiccup of surprise left you but the way your pupils were blow answered even before you surged forward to damn near wrap yourself around him as you kissed him. Your hands slipped under his shirt, tugging it upwards so he broke away from you long enough to snatch it off and toss it towards the couch. The moment his chest was bared to you, you stepped closer, lips and teeth finding his flesh. He groaned low in his throat at the feeling of you marking him, his grip on you tightening.

His hands slipped down to the backs of your thighs, scooping you up. You wrapped your legs around his waist and he turned to lay you across the wider part of the counter. His hands finding the buckle of your jeans. “Take your shirt off baby” he ordered and you immediately did as he asked, leaning up just far enough to pull the shirt off leaving you in a dark green bra. He chuckled, teasing your breast through the fabric “I love this color on you” 

You  laughed breathlessly “I know” he shook his head, tugging your jeans “Lift your hips just a little” you did as he asked again so he pulled the jeans off your hips, tossing them across towards the couch. The way you stared at him, pupils blown, chest heaving. Fuck, he was painfully hard but he was making sure you were well and satisfied long before he thought about himself.

“Look like a damn feast laid out for me” he murmured, teasing his hands down your sides, digging his fingers in just enough to pull a gasp out of you. “All for you” you whispered and he leaned up to press a kiss to your lips as he reached under you to unhook your bra. 

He started at your lips, kissing his way down your body. Your neck he took care to not mark anywhere you couldn’t cover with your clothes but when he got to your chest? There wasn’t an inch of flesh he didn’t plan to get his mouth on. He’d spent too many months simply dreaming of the taste of your flesh under his tongue. 

When he got down to your stomach you were already a mess underneath him. The only sounds you were making were light moans and gasps mixed with his name and “love you” “fuck missed you”

Finally he got down to where he was wanting to be. He knelt at the edge of the counter, tugging you forward to toss your legs over his shoulder. The first flick of his tongue against your core had your back arching off the counter. He used one hand, spread wide across your stomach to keep you in place. He leaned back, pushing one thick finger into you, watching the way your walls clenched around the digit “Feel good?” he asked and you nodded dumbly “Fuck John. Feels so good”

He chuckled and added a second finger, watching you roll your lip between your teeth. He pressed a kiss to your inner thigh before his tongue joined his fingers and the answer from you was your fingers tangling in his hair, tugging harshly as he let himself feast. The taste of your release on his tongue when your orgasm found you, your thighs clenching around his head and his name a broken sob on your lips was the absolute best thing he’d experienced since the weeks he’d spent at the cabin with you.

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You gasped, pushing at John’s shoulder when the sensations got too strong. “Too much love” he leaned back, beard wet with your release and a drunken smile on his face “Love huh? I think I like that even better than baby”

“Bed?” you offered and he nodded, standing up and tugged you forward again. You weakly wrapped your legs around his waist and your arms around his neck. He laughed “I got you sweetheart” you pointed to your bedroom and John walked in, carrying you. He closed the door and walked over to the bed, gently laying you down.

You pulled him down with you, when you kissed him you could taste yourself on his tongue and a low moan left you. He grinned against your mouth. Your hands slipped down to his jeans, trying to get the buckle undone. He never broke the kiss to let his hands cover yours, helping you to unsnap and unzip his jeans. 

He shifted to shove them off his hips, kicking them away. “I’ll return the..” he cut you off before you could finish the sentiment “How many times do I gotta say I ain't one of those little boys you were with before?” your laugh was cut off by his fingers finding your clit, teasing at the sensitive button “I love making you feel good” he murmured, lips against yours.

You wanted to tell him it was the same, you enjoyed making him feel good but when you felt the head of his cock replace his fingers at your entrance any other thought was pushed out of your head. “You ok?” he asked and you nodded, legs wrapping around his waist “I’m perfect” he buried his face in the bend of your neck but you could feel his smile against your flesh as he pushed into you, a low shaking groan leaving him and a breathy moan leaving your own body. 

“You’re everything” he whispered, pressing kisses along your neck to give your body time to adjust to him. You whined lightly “I love you” He lifted his head, the look in his eyes making your heart flip “I love you too” he pressed a soft kiss to your lips as he gave a tentative roll of his hips and when your response was for your nails to dig into his shoulders he took that as the go ahead. He ground his hips down into yours, a low groan being pushed from deep in his chest at the feeling of how the two of you fit together. “Feels like home” he grunted out, hips slowly finding a pace that had your breaths coming in sharp pants. 

Your walls fluttered around him at his words and he tilted his head, staring down at you, a smirk slipping onto his face “Oh you like that huh?” The pleasure coursing through your system mixed with pure raw emotion had tears brimming your eyes.  He dropped his forehead over to your chest, arms wrapping around you to pull you even closer as his hips snapped into yours “You’re home baby. Nowhere else. No matter what” he spoke into your flesh as he pushed you both closer and closer to that.

When he slipped one hand free to slide it between your bodies, calloused fingers working at your clit, your orgasm slammed into you. You gasped out his name, clinging to him as you shook slightly. He grunted low, hips snapping into yours before he buried himself into you, cum spurting into you as he came. 

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He didn’t move, just laid there with you wrapped in his arms for a few moments. You didn’t mind. You loved being that close to him.  “I love you Luna. I know nothing is ever a walk in the park. I know you have your worries, I have mine but I know one thing is certain. You’re home to me sweetheart” he lifted his head to look at you and you smiled, “I love you too John. You’re home to me too” he crashed his lips against yours. “We need to shower don’t we?” he laughed and you nodded “Probably. Christie is going to want to meet you tomorrow” he groaned “Why do I collect so many new people?” 

You playfully swatted his shoulder “Hey I’ll be meeting my new people come summer so there’s that” he nodded “Fair enough” and pressed another kiss to your lips before gently pulling out “Come on honey. I’ll carry you to the shower” you were glad he offered because you were fairly certain your legs had an out of order sign on them for the time being.

He stood off the bed, his dog tags hanging loosely and he touched your ring “Guess I should give this back?” you shook your head, touching the necklace around your own neck “I have this. Keep it” he winked at you “Maybe I’ll get you a different ring instead one day” your heart flipped at the implication. 

John got settled into housing. You got settled into him being half an hour away instead of thousands of miles.  Your first fight?  It came a few months later actually.  You got jealous over something stupid. You couldn’t even remember what it was that set it off but it was some old insecurity that had gotten hit hard. 

You ran, pulled away from him and half expected that to be that. You half expected him to break things off. Instead? He followed you. He wanted to talk it out,even after you’d let hurt make you say some horrible things. He hadn’t stopped loving you.You weren’t used to that. You ended up crying just from the fact that he hadn’t let you walk away.

“Hey Sweetheart, guess what?” he asked once you were in his arms, the tears finally slowing. “What?” you sniffled. He pressed a kiss to your lips “It didn’t break us” you laughed wetly “Guess not”  he wrapped both arms around you. “I love you” “I love you too” 

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Not long after that it was decided for John to ditch base housing. He was staying at your place more than it anyways. He was just holding it up from someone who needed it. The night it was decided what he was keeping, what was going to storage and what was just getting trashed, the  two of you were up until damn near midnight.

You stood in the middle of the kitchen, eating cold chinese takeout while he tried to decide where the best place to hang a photo was. Liz had video called earlier in the day. She was graduating soon so you had penciled in the time off at the clinic for that.  You hadn’t realized John had stopped what he was doing until you looked up and he was just standing in the middle of the living room staring at you. You laughed, wiping your mouth with the back of your hand “What?”

He shook his head “I wanna marry you if you’ll have me one of these days. You know that right?” you raised an eyebrow “That a proposal?” he shrugged “It will be soon. Think you’ll say yes?” you shrugged “Probably” and he shook his head with a laugh “I love you, you weird little gremlin” you grinned “I love you too, you big stubborn gremlin” 

He walked over to press a kiss to your lips and in the process stole your last egg roll. You let him do it but smacked his ass as he walked off. A light pink colored his face but he just shook his head. How the hell did a simple Adopt-a–Soldier pen pal program end up here? 

John cleared his throat and held up something. You stepped closer “What’s that?” he looked down at you, a smile on his face “Your first letter. My prized possession” you shook your head “You’re ridiculous” he didn’t need to know you had his in your wallet and carried it daily. He kissed your temple. “Hey it led us here. Gotta be a little lucky right?” you tucked yourself against his chest, looking up at him and nodded slowly “Guess so” 

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Penpals-Part 9

John Walker x Reader

When you get just a little hurt in the crosshairs of protecting someone else it cements what John already knew. Once this deployment is over home isn’t that one bedroom apartment he left behind anymore.

Some violence, men hitting teenagers, men hitting women, women hitting men, men hitting men, men threatening men, I think thats it?

A/N: 1 more part left to this story!!

When your phone started blaring you jolted awake, squinting at the time. It was a little after three. Maybe it was John? It was after five there so he’d be up and doing his job already. You reached out to grab the phone but it wasn’t his number. No, it was Christie. 

You swiped the screen, pushing yourself up to a seated position in the bed “Hello?” there was a pause that made you think maybe she’d hit your number by mistake then you heard her voice “Luna?” she normally called you by your name or your last name. If she was calling you Luna? Something was wrong. “Yeah honey. What is it?” “I need somewhere to stay” she sounded like she’d been crying. You looked outside to see it was raining and with how cool the weather had been it was probably closer to sleet. “Where are you?” she gave you an address so you told her to find somewhere halfway dry and stay there, you’d be there as soon as you could.

You hung up with her and hit Theo’s number as you headed for your closet to get dressed. “Hey Lune, what’s up?” he sounded half asleep and you could hear Emma in the background asking what was wrong. “You remember Christie? My client that just moved into a different program?” “Yeah” “She just called, she sounds like she’s been crying, she needs a place to stay but I don’t know what I’m walking into”  

Before you could even get the explanation out completely he’d said “Send me the address. I’ll meet you there” you half smiled, “Thanks Theo” “Always Lune” he hung up so you sent him the address then slipped your boots on. He sent you his location so you could make sure both of you made it to Christie about the same time.

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When you pulled up to the address Christie had sent you, you spotted Theo’s truck pulling up as well but beyond that what drew your attention were the pile of clothes directly under the apartment window. It was apparent someone had simply thrown them down onto the street. Christie was bundled under a small archway, trying to stay out of the rain. 

You pulled up the hood on the jacket you were wearing as you got out of your jeep. You ran across to Christie, hearing Theo call your name and heavy footfalls as he caught up with you.  Christie flinched the moment both of you got close enough. That was when you noticed her left eye was swollen.  

When you looked back at Theo he gave a small nod “I’ll grab her clothes” he stepped back and scooped her clothes up in his arms. They were already soaked so he could just deposit them in the bed of his truck and it would be no harm done. You squatted down “Honey, what happened?” “My mom got pissed because I got a new job. I was making decent money cleaning houses..she wouldn’t stop calling my boss until she got me fired!” 

You knew her mom, you’d dealt with her mom. You couldn’t stand her mom. “How did your eye get like that?” Christie was nineteen, a legal adult but if that woman had put her hands on her. “Her boyfriend” she muttered about the time Theo had walked back up and you heard him “Oh hell no” 

You jumped up and spun around to grab his arm “NO!” he glared at you but you glared right back “We go to the police station and file a report. Christie can go back to my apartment with me to get a good night’s sleep and I’ll help her find a new job and we’ll go from there” “And if that asshole comes looking for her?” he pushed. You shrugged “I’ll do like I just did. I’ll call you. You’ve taught me to handle myself when I’m backed in a corner. I can hold my own, I’m not some scared kid”

“Fine but if he lays a finger on you or her..” you cut him off “I know and Charlie will help you”  he sighed and nodded “I’ll follow you to your place after the station ok?” you nodded “Ok”

Theo helped you and Christie get her clothes into your apartment and he double checked that you had everything you needed. “I have a gun and the ability to use it if it comes down to it” you reminded him with a smile. He laughed and kissed the top of your head “Stay safe” then looked at Christie “We’ll help you get on your feet kid”

He had to leave after that so it left you and Christie. You were off for a few more days since the clinic was closed with the exception of crisis situations between Christmas and New Years. Christie was standing in the middle of your apartment, her bright pink hair dripping water and she looked on the verge of tears again. “How about I grab you some of my clothes until yours get out the laundry? They may be big but they’re dry?” you offered and she smiled “Thank you”

You walked into your room and grabbed her a pair of joggers and a black t-shirt then walked back out and motioned to the bathroom "Everything for a hot shower is in there. I’ll see what food I can round up for you in the meantime”  she did start crying then “I’m sorry for pulling you into this, I just I didn’t have anyone else” you pulled her into a hug, not caring that she was soaked because hell you were too at this point anyways. “It’s ok sweetie. It’s ok” she sniffled “Thank you” then shuffled off to the bathroom. 

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A little while later Christie was curled up on one end of your couch absolutely devouring the food you’d made for her while you sipped coffee. You’d showered and changed into warm clothes as well. You’d automatically grabbed one of John’s shirts out of your dresser given you were stressed. You had a few more of his shirts now since he happened to ask Monica to go to his apartment back in Georgia and bring a few with her when she’d come for the weekend. You were currently wearing one of his Westpoint shirts and a pair of joggers that were old enough they’d seen much better days.

Christie smiled at the shirt “That isn’t Theo’s or Charlie’s” you laughed “Nope. This belongs to John” she wiggled her eyebrows “So I love knowing I was right that day you were reading his letter” you rolled your eyes playfully but let her tease all she wanted, at least her mood was picking up.  “Oh yeah, he even sent Tiana and Emma money to go christmas shopping for me” you flicked out the necklace you were wearing. It had the same types of flowers engraved on the pendant that were in the field back in Tennessee. On the back, John had gotten his handwriting engraved too with “I love you” and that was just one of the presents.

She grinned “He’s a good man?” you nodded “Pretty good” she laid her head over “I’m glad” she leaned up to set her plate on the coffee table and sighed “What do I do now?” you shrugged “Rest? We’ll figure it out” “Thank you again” she whispered and you smiled, reaching a hand out to pat her shoulder softly “I told you, anytime”

“So, does Luna know you have a chance of getting the position at the same base as Charlie?” Lemar asked John as he flopped down next to him in the humvee. The two were headed back to base from patrol. John shook his head “I don’t want to tell her until I know I have the offer for certain, plus I don’t want her to feel like I’m pushing it on her. What if she doesn’t want me moving there?” 

“She loves you man” Lemar reminded him and he nodded “I know but..” “No but! The woman sent Christmas to us over here. Hell she sent my mom something and has never met her. She knows what you consider the absolute worst parts of yourself and doesn’t blink. I think she’d be fucking thrilled at the prospect but..” 

“But what?” John asked and Lemar grinned “You gotta get rid of your place in Georgia if you’re serious. No one foot in the door man” John nodded “I know, I know. We still have a few months though, right?” “Yeah but let me walk you through a hypothetical” Lemar offered and John damn near groaned. Any time Lemar started in on that shit it wasn’t good. “What man?”

“What if she got hurt?” John cut his eyes at Lemar and hadn’t even realized he was glaring until Lemar smirked “Don’t glare at me. Just think about it. Think about her being hurt and you being a dumbass and choosing another deployment or worst choosing a position in Georgia. I think it would be worse being stateside and not being able to go to her” 

“Point taken, can we drop the subject of the woman I love being hurt?” John asked and Lemar grinned “Yeah, of course…did you really get Monica to go to your place and grab a specific handful of shirts to take to her?” “Shut the hell up Lemar” 

You and Christie were out at the coffee shop just down from your place. She had a job interview for a new cleaning agency that had gone really well so you’d taken her out for coffee to celebrate. The two of you were standing in line when you heard a man’s voice say “Christina! Where have you been?”

You felt her stiffen at your side and clocked the movement of a tall, gangly man to your right. He was half stumbling like he was already drunk at a little before ten in the morning. You cut your eyes at her and when she met your gaze you knew. You not so subtly shifted to push her behind you, shoving your phone in her hand “Call Theo” 

By then the man had gotten to your side and tried to reach for Christie. You stepped between them “Nope, not happening” he sneered at you “And who the hell are you?” you raised an eyebrow “The woman who came to her when you hit her and you and your girlfriend kicked her out in the rain. Do not come near her”

“She’s my daughter!” he tried and Christie, who was on the phone with Theo from the sound of it laughed tearfully “I am not Jerry! My dad died when I was thirteen!” you waved a hand at her “Heard her! Go” 

By then the crowd in the coffee shop was becoming aware of the altercation, the barista was calling the police and a few men were crowding towards Jerry “You’ve got a smart mouth on ya” Jerry threw at you and you nodded “Yeah, been told that”

He leapt towards Christie but you bodily put yourself in the way which resulted in him effectively backhanding you. You felt your lip split, the taste of copper spilling into your mouth. “LUNA!” Christie screamed. You wiped your lip then caught Jerry with a punch square to his throat. He doubled up gagging and choking. 

You drew your foot back and kicked him in the stomach when he went down. The men who were around moved forward to pull him back and keep him contained until the police got there. Christie’s hands were shaking when she offered you a napkin. You took it but gave her a smile “I’m fine honey. Theo’s hit me harder by accident in sparring”

You looked back at Jerry “Oh yeah asshole next time you swing on a woman, make sure her brother isn’t a marine and her brother in law isn’t army” he was still gagging but the men who were holding him chuckled. 

The sound of Theo’s truck was unmistakable when it pulled up. You looked at the time on your phone and cursed under your breath. How the hell had he beat the cops here? The sound of sirens hit your ears just as Theo made it in the door and when his eyes landed on the crimson staining the napkin that was at your lip you could see the anger hit him. You moved to grab him before he could do anything that would get him in trouble when the police rolled in. 

“I’m ok. It was just a backhand” he moved your hand and tilted your head to examine your face then turned and kicked Jerry square in the face. You nodded slowly “Feel better?” “Yeah, I do” everyone in the coffee shop ended up agreeing any damage done to Jerry had been in self defense and considering he had seven active warrants and Christie’s mom had five? It wasn’t exactly a hard sell.

“John is going to lose his shit on the next video call” Theo muttered, looking over your face where you could feel your jaw already bruising. You already knew that but what could you do? Jerry was on the way to jail. You hadn’t gotten hurt really. It wasn’t that big of a deal.

John knew you had that kid Christie staying with you until she could get on her feet. When the two of you had talked a couple nights before you said she had a big interview that should go well and the two of you were scheduled to video call that night. 

He was glad the ban on cell usage had been lifted because that meant he got to walk outside to call you. The night air was cooler and calmer than in the tents. The video alert went a few times then the image came through. You smiled “Hey baby” He started to smile then it immediately dropped when he looked at your face. 

The left corner of your lip was split and the skin around it was bruised a deep purple. That had just happened in the last day from the coloring. “Who the fuck put their hands on you?” he hadn’t meant for his voice to be so damn rough but he hadn’t felt anger like that in a long time. You sighed “It’s ok John. I’m ok”

He shifted the phone to his left hand so he could scrub his right down his face, trying to calm himself down a bit “No, you’re not. Sweetheart. You got a fucking split lip and you’re bruised all to hell. Now who the fuck hit you?” you sighed and told him what happened with Christie’s mother’s boyfriend. 

He had to admit, hearing about you defending yourself like that? Yeah it did something to him but knowing you had to? Yeah he didn’t fucking like that. “Theo broke his jaw?” he asked and you nodded “He did” 

He stared at you for a long moment then nodded again “Good. Bastard needed his fucking neck broke. Hitting a kid then putting his hands on you. I would’ve killed him” you laughed, a light flush competing with the coloring of the bruise “Then good thing you weren’t here. I like you not in prison sir” he nodded slowly, thinking about what Lemar said. “Baby would you be ok with me applying to an open position at the base Charlie works at?” 

Your eyes widened at his words “John if this is because of this” you gestured vaguely at your face and he shook his head “No, it’s because I love you and I’m not taking another deployment. I’m not being active duty again after this. I want to be home with you, if you’ll have me” 

When you started blinking faster, taking deeper breaths he knew you were fighting to not cry. He laughed lightly “Sweetheart?” you nodded “Of course John” he grinned “Good” he stared at that bruise, forcing it to be engraved in his memory. He wasn’t there when you needed him. That would never happen again.

“Theo was in town and barely got here before the police. Don’t do that to yourself” you whispered and he smiled “Quit reading my mind woman” you shrugged, a small smile tugging at your lips “Quit being so damn easy to read Captain” 

He shook his head “Only for you” you smiled at him “I love you John” “I love you too Luna. Few more months now” “Few more months”

Part 10

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[magicalqueennightmare]

Hey friend! How would you feel about a head cannon about how our guys react to their girl being territorial, like if another person is getting handsy or too familiar.

Okayloveyousomuch byeeeeeee! 😅

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[magicalqueennightmare]

Territorial Headcanon

How the fellas react to their girls getting territorial

Tony is subtle when he notices it the first time. It's when the two of you are out at a coffee shop. You're standing in line, mainly just because you wanted to have something to do to be out and about. However when the woman in line behind the two of you happened to be a reporter that had interviewed him a while back? That's when things took a turn. You're quiet when she first speaks. Ok, she's just saying hey. Then she touches his arm. You take a step closer and Tony is trying to not smirk, trying to instigate anything but it's a tiny bit amusing. When she asks if he wants to get a drink you barely get out "Listen here.." before he's grabbing your arm, "Honey, I know whose I am" He asks if she even noticed the in his words "bombshell on his arm" she acts like she just noticed you. That's when you have enough and pull Tony to you, making it a point to let EVERYONE know just who he goes home with by the kiss you plant on that man. When you pull away, he is grinning like crazy.

Clint finds it funny. He knows you don't get jealous over Nat. (hell if anything he gets jealous over Nat) however when there's a new shield agent that keeps saying how she wants to learn archery and she needs to learn from the best and she just WILL NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE?? You nearly stick an arrow where the sun doesn't shine. After you completey knock her off her ass in training you damn near knock him off his feet to make a point afterwards. When the only thing she sees is you kissing him when she gets up? It gets the point across. Clint ends up bragging "She's crazy but she's mine" about you to everyone.

Sam was getting used to the new attention that came with the title of Captain America. You were slowly getting used to the attention he got as well. What you couldn't get used to? The women flirting with your guy. It was a little much. The constant "Save me Cap" even when you were with him. You wouldn't take it out on Sam because god knows that man was loyal. One day the two of you were out and a woman wanted a picture. Sam obliged her of course. She thought she was going to try to grab on him. You nearly broke her hand. The internet in turn started calling you "Captain America's Bodyguard" Sam got you a shirt that said it too.

Joaquin is a good looking man. He knows he is. He is also a loyal man. This is the type of man that will call you if he's out and a woman won't take no for an answer after he says he's got a girl. So when you show up to save him, he's grinning ear to ear. "Told ya I got a girl and she's crazy as hell" he brags about it. You're not jealous in so many words because you know that man aint straying but if he's said "no" politely and they won't take the hike? You're coming in then and god does he love it.

Bucky knows you're territorial. It's not a jealousy thing. You know how he feels about you. You know how you feel about him. That being said, you and Bucky were out at a park. The two of you were just wanting to get out of the apartment after a weekend worth of rain. He had his arm around you and the sun was shining but it was cool enough to be comfortable. It was a nice day. That was until the perky little chic jogging stopped and smiled at Bucky "Excuse me, Mr Barnes?"

You raised an eyebrow because she didn't even attempt to acknowledge your presence but you chose to let it go. "Yes ma'am?" he asked and she grinned "I just wanted to tell you personally how brave I think you are for everything you've been through" "Thank you" he told her with a strained smile. She touched his arm and you laughed humorlessly "If you don't remove your hand, you'll need a new arm as well and it won't be because of Hydra"

She snatched her hand back and you smiled "Don't touch anyone without asking, especially him" "Sorry" she mumbled and turned the other way. Once she was out of earshot Bucky starte laughing "Have I mentioned I love you lately?" you grinned "Not in the last few minutes"

John isn't really used to it at first. Hell after everything happened with Olivia the way it did he never really saw anyone wanting him like that again so you surprise him in more than one way. It's not that bad at first because well his reputation isn't the greatest but once time goes off, the world starts to see he realizes he messed up and is trying to do better and apparently people start to realize your boyfriend is indeed fine as hell. You handle it well enough for a while. the "Captain Crash out can break my back" memes are funny. The thirst posts are ok.

The woman that tried to grab his ass at the grocery store? Yeah you had her arm twisted behind her back and her face against the twelve packs of coca-cola before she could blink "Now, do we assault people?" you asked, applying pressure. She gasped from the pain "No..no ma'am" you nodded "Good. Now apologize and I will be giving your name to the NYPD"

After she scurried off you noticed the way John was staring at you. You lifted an eyebrow "What?" he just shrugged "How quick you were with that" you grinned "I protect what's mine" at that answer he pulls you into his arms in the middle of the store. He doesn't give a damn who is watching. He's kissing you because that is the hottest thing he has ever heard.

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Penpals-Part 8

John Walker x Reader

You’re celebrating Halloween and John’s unit even somehow finds means to have a little of one of your favorite holidays

Cursing, mention of sex and a little violence

John shook his head as he walked through the chow hall. Where the hell had anyone gotten actual candy from? That managed to make it without getting melted in transit was beyond him but he’d seen snickers, reese and some butterfingers. Leave it up to his unit to decide out of all holidays they were going to enjoy the most it would be Halloween. 

“Captain!” he heard one of them call out and turned to see Dawson walking up to him. “What do you want?” he asked and the Corporal grinned before holding out a candy bar “Happy Halloween? Heard from Hoskins it’s one of your girl’s favorite holidays. Figured you’d be up to celebrating it a little” 

John took the candy bar, rolling his eyes but still couldn’t help the slight smile that worked its way onto his face at the mention of you. It wasn’t like he’d tried to hide you even before the leave. Hell once the two of you had started the video calls that was virtually impossible but now? Pretty much all the men he served with had caught on to the fact that he was with someone. 

He talked to you as regularly as he could, on the phone or video calls. The two of you still emailed and even wrote letters. He had your ring on his dog tag chain which meant it never left from around his neck, not to mention he’d had to be careful the first few days back because he’d forgotten he had a couple unhealed bitemarks that had earned him catching hell even from those he outranked for a day or two. 

“Thanks” he offered, knowing you’d tell him not to be an ass for no reason. Dawson raised an eyebrow “Enjoy Captain” then turned and walked off. John just shook his head, looking down to see that somehow the Corporal had managed to hand him the one candy bar he knew you liked the best because you’d argued with Theo for twenty minutes the night you and Emma made smores about the best type of chocolate.  

He checked his watch to see what time it was. There was about an hour until you two were scheduled to video call. Maybe he could get on a little early? No, he didn’t want to risk you being in the jeep and doing something like trying to answer through the app on your phone again. He fucked loved that you wanted to talk to him but seeing the fact that there were trees moving outside your window while you were talking to him the first time he’d video called after he got back kind of threw him off. You’d laughed and teased him that he was on the stand in the jeep. He’d begged you to never do that again because even if you weren’t distracted, just the thought of something happening to you because you were paying a bit of attention to him over the road? Yeah he couldn’t handle that.

“Allie!” you laughed as you braided her hair. You’d picked her up early from school just so you and her could hit the spirit halloween. Luckily that place was still fairly good stock wise. The decision was made that Theo and Emma would be Jack and Sally. That you were cool with but lord help when your precious little niece looked up at you with that big smile and said “Please aunt Lune” 

That had somehow resulted in you agreeing to dress as Anna to her Elsa. You could only imagine what John was gonna say considering he was due to call in like twenty minutes or so. You could hear his teasing now, he’d probably be asking for photos too.

You tied Allie’s hair off and she ran off to her room laughing. You shook your head and heard the alert for a video call go off on your phone. You groaned as you scrambled to get up, the dress was a little more than you were used to.

You scrambled for the phone, swiping it to answer and was damn near out of breath when you answered. The moment John’s face came onto the screen, a grin slipped onto your face “Hey baby” he raised an eyebrow “Darlin, what are you wearing?” 

John had to admit you looked absolutely beautiful. Your hair was braided and you were wearing a dark colored dress from the top half he could see. What were you up to? You rolled your bottom lip between your teeth and he had to stifle a groan as memories of the taste of that lip flashed through his head. Damn he missed you like crazy to have only spent a couple weeks at your side.

You laughed, looking down at yourself “I am wearing an Anna costume” he nodded slowly “Got big plans?” you grinned “As a matter of fact I do. I have a party I have to go to, then I have to go to the base to a trunk or treat and I even have a sleep over tonight” he tried to ignore that little flicker of jealousy when you said you were going to a party. He knew you, knew you were his but that little voice in the back of his head was still there.

You must have somehow clocked his thoughts because you grinned “Want to meet my partner in crime for the party and my sleep over buddy? You’ve heard all about her” god he was a fucking idiot. Your niece. “Allie?” He asked and you nodded with a laugh “Yup. We’re going to a party one of her classmates are having then the trunk or treat on the base then she’s coming back to my apartment because Theo and Emma have an adults halloween party so I volunteered to educate my niece on some age appropriate of course horror movies” 

 “Of course I want to meet her” he told you and god the smile you gave him made his heart attempt to leap straight out of his chest. You had him wrapped around your little finger whether you quite realized the extent of it or not. “Ok, hold on I gotta go catch her”

You sat the phone down, leaning it against something and stood up. That gave him a full view of your costume and god for it to be from a kid’s movie? You were absolutely gorgeous. The top was a black corseted fit with dark green colored straps that fell off your shoulder and bled down into a matching dark green skirt that was littered with flowers. 

“Hold on, you’re going to the base?” he asked and you froze, looking down at the phone with a grin “Yeah. Why?” he let his eyes skim over you and saw the way you ducked your head in response “Theo is going with you right?” you laughed “Of course and I do have the ability to tell someone to take a hike that I’m not interested and if that doesn’t work I’ll always go with the standby”

“What’s the standby?” he asked curiously and you smirked “I’ll tell them who my boyfriend is” you waved a hand at him and he teased “In that case I better at least get a picture of you in that thing” you shook your head  “I already knew Mr Walker” you disappeared for a minute and he heard you calling “Allie cat” 

The next moment you were back in front of the phone with a little girl in tow. She was about seven and  looked just like Emma with touches of you and Theo. She looked at the phone, well at him with wide eyes then looked over her shoulder at you.  She attempted to whisper when she asked “Aunt Lune is that your boyfriend?”

John saw your face flush just slightly and chuckled to himself. You cut your eyes at him then nodded “Yeah sweetie. This is John, Aunt Lune’s boyfriend” Allie looked up at the screen, staring him down “Where are you at?” he grimaced slightly “Pretty far honey” 

She nodded “You like my aunt?” He nodded “Very much. She’s very important to me” she smiled “Good. She’s pretty and can cook. She needs someone who’s nice” he was trying to bite back a smile but it broke loose when you leaned over Allie’s shoulder to whisper in her ear “John can actually cook pretty good too” her eyes got big “He can?” you nodded and Allie looked back at the screen “Ok. You’re accepted. Just be nice to her!” he nodded “Yes ma’am” when she stood up to run off he noticed she was dressed as Elsa in a full floor length long sleeve blue dress. At least that explained why you were Anna.

“She’s adorable” he told you and you beamed “I know” looking in the direction she’d ran off in then you turned back to the phone “I saw that little flicker when I mentioned going to a party by the way there sir”  he could feel his face flush then “Have you looked in a mirror?” he asked and you responded by crossing your arms and raising one eyebrow “Have you?”

He couldn’t help but chuckle. Fuck you were everything, especially when you did shit like constantly pulling him out of any headspace you thought he shouldn’t be in. He had no idea how you did it. Hell half the time he’d be walking through camp and Lemar would walk by and pop him behind the head if no one was looking. If he asked why? Lemar would laugh and say that you made him promise that if John looked broody for no reason to snap him out of it.

“I’m sorry sweetheart” he offered after a moment and you laughed “You’re forgiven but just because you’re so damn good looking and I like that thing you do with your tongue” “WHAT THING?” John hadn’t realized Lemar had walked up behind him and it was clear neither had you from the look of pure mortification on your face. “Hi Lemar!” you greeted and he grinned “Hey Luna? Or should I say Anna?”

“Very funny. I’ve got a second grade halloween party and trunk or treat” you told him and he nodded “Well you look cute…now what thing?” John looked up at him, a smirk slipping onto his face “Do you really wanna know?” and Lemar quickly shook his head “Nope. Not really” he looked back at the screen “Bye Luna” then walked away.

When John looked back at the screen you had both hands covering your face. “Baby, he’s gone” you lowered your hands and laughed “I can’t believe he heard me say that” he shrugged “I mean they did bust us out about having sex at the head of a hiking trail also” you nodded “There’s that”

He grinned “So, I know why you wanna keep me now at least” and you rolled your eyes “Oh yeah. That’s the only reason” he couldn’t wrap his head around how he felt about you. He couldn’t put the words to it, not yet. Not enough time had passed since the two of you were official. Had it? He’d only been gone again a little over two months but the truth was there, in every time you smiled at him, every letter he got from you, every time he found himself trailing his fingers over your ring when he was stressed.

“So, when will you know if you two are still going to be at the same place to get mail by Christmas?” you asked and that broke him out of his thoughts “I’ll know in two weeks” you smiled “Good. Gotta send you something and Lemar something too” he shook his head “Don’t you dare” you grinned “What are you gonna do, spank me?”

He raised an eyebrow and you stammered a bit “Well.. I mean.. Damn now I’m definitely gonna do it if that’s a promise and not just a threat” he burst out laughing and found those words on the tip of his tongue. He had to swallow them whole. He couldn’t risk it, couldn’t risk scaring you by saying it too soon. 

He heard someone calling his name from the head of the tent and cursed under his breath “Those sons of bitches” your smile fell just slightly, before you recovered it. You always did that if he had to cut a call short. You tried to not let him see you get upset. “You gotta go?” he nodded “I’m sorry baby” “It’s ok. Stay safe ok?” “I’ll do my best. Have fun with Allie” you blew a kiss at the screen before the connection went out on John’s end and he wanted to throw the damned computer. Fuck everything at that moment.

“What?” he damn near growled, walking over to the idiots that couldn’t handle a problem for ten more minutes. “General Henley wants to speak with you. It’s about moving units around” “Fuck” he cursed under his breath and nodded “Go grab Hoskins for me one of you” then headed out of communications to go towards the offices.

Allie came running back in the room about the time you were tucking your phone away in the pocket of the dress. “John had to go?” you nodded “Yeah babe. He had to go” she held out her hand and you took it. “Are you sad, Aunt Lune?” you shook your head “No sweetie. I just like talking to John so when it’s time to stop talking I don’t like it”

“I get that. Like when summer’s over and school starts back?” you laughed “Exactly” 

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It was hilarious to see Jack chasing Elsa around throughout the trunk or treat that was set up. The party was a success so this was the last stop before you and Allie were headed back to your place.

“So, did John get to see your costume?” Emma asked, bumping into your shoulder. You laughed “Yes he did and I sent him one of the twenty photos you took earlier” she grinned “Good” the two of you kept walking and you hadn’t realized you were being quiet until she cleared her throat “Is something wrong? “What? No” 

She nodded slowly “Ok” you kept walking and noticed a younger looking private kept looking your way and groaned under your breath. The kid was probably supposed to be working the event. “Em” you whispered and she laughed “Maybe he had a thing for Anna?” you rolled your eyes. The two of you walked over to the booth that was selling hot chocolate and coffee. 

“Can I buy you one?” you heard the private’s voice and turned to face him, a small smile on your face “No thanks. I’m here with my sister in law, brother and niece” he nodded “No problem. Some other time then?” you shook your head “No, I’m taken honey” he raised an eyebrow and looked around “Where are they then?”

Emma barked out a laugh and you scoffed “He is currently deployed soldier” he rolled his eyes “If you wanted to turn me down you could just say so” you were about to light into this little prick when you heard Charlie’s voice ring out “Private O’Mally. Is there a reason you’re harassing my sisters?”

O’Mally’s eyes got huge “Your- your sisters?” you and Emma both grinned as Charlie walked up, throwing an arm over both of your shoulders “My sisters” you smirked as Charlie added “And for the record, her boyfriend is John Walker. Yeah, the one that springs to mind. Three medals of honor. That John Walker. Want me to give him your name for harassing his girlfriend?” 

“No-no sir” O’Mally stammered and Charlie nodded “Didn’t think so. Now go back to the barracks. You’re off any duty the rest of the night. We’ll talk more tomorrow” 

You watched O’Mally scamper off and burst out laughing “Thank you Charlie” he kissed your temple “Of course moon beam. I’m gonna get the other privates to kick the shit out of his ass later” 

You shook your head as Charlie ordered all three of your drinks plus one for Tiana, Theo and Allie. “Didn’t realize John’s name was like that” you muttered and he scoffed slightly  “Three medals of honor carry a big burden” 

He handed you your coffee and the three of you walked back over to Theo and Allie. Tiana had found the two of them. You laughed when you saw she was dressed as Lydia from Beetlejuice and that was when you realized what Charlie was wearing too. He had on a black and white striped suit. “There’s photos right?” you asked and Tiana nodded “Of course”

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Allie was at the arts and crafts booth. It was the wrap up of the night. You stood with Theo and Emma. Charlie and Tiana had already headed for the party. “You two can go ahead. I have my jeep” you offered and Theo shook his head “Once my baby sister and my baby girl are safely in that jeep pulling away then we’ll go”

Emma shook her head “Let’s hope John chooses well after this because you may loosen up if he’s at Luna’s side more often so you know she’s taken care of” you gave her what you hoped was a smile but it apparently missed the mark. “Shit, sorry Luna. I didn’t mean to hit anything sore” she offered and you waved your hand “It’s fine. As long as he gets home that’s all that matters right?”

Theo looked at Emma then at you then smacked his lips “I’m gonna go grab a lemonade before they close. You two want one? I’ll get you one” 

Once he walked off Emma looked at you “Talk” you shrugged “We haven’t really addressed the after yet. I don’t want to sound like I’m pushing him one way or another hell there’s still a little under six months to go..” “But?” you wanted to curse because she knew you so damn well “I love him” you whispered it, dropping your gaze down to the bare finger on your right hand, tracing over the spot where the ring that was now hanging from John’s dog tags once laid.

“Have you told him?” she asked and you shook your head “We haven’t actually been together long enough. Just because we spent two weeks wrapped around each other” “And six months getting to know each other before that and a little over two months since then?” she added and you groaned “I’ll get around to telling him ok?” she nodded “You know he asked Charlie if he sent money if me and Tiana would get you christmas from him so you had stuff under the tree from him right?” 

“No” you whispered and she grimaced “Don’t tell anyone I blabbed but I think he feels the same. That man is head over heels for you too. He just doesn’t want to say it first for the same reason he was afraid of getting with you to begin with. I’ve been there, anything can happen in the blink of an eye” “I know” you assured her and she slipped an arm around your shoulders “It’ll work out honey. We’ll figure it out”

About that time Theo came back with lemonades in large novelty halloween cups. He grinned “I got these because I knew you’d like them Lune” you laughed “I love them!” you took yours then Allie came running up “Aunt Lune!” and held something out. You took it from her and looked down at it. It was a beaded bracelet. The beads were halloween colors and different phases of the moon but the letters? They spelled out John. 

You laughed “This for me?” she nodded “Cause of Mr John” you showed Emma who grinned “I love it” you slipped it on and showed Allie who looked so proud of herself before taking her lemonade from Theo who winked at you “Well now you’ve got that since he has your ring. The rest will work out” “When did you become an optimist?” you questioned and he shrugged “When you became the pessimist?” Emma burst out laughing. 

Three days. It took three freaking days before John finally got a break to be able to call you again and he was damn near losing his mind. If you’d known he was going offline that was one thing but the last you knew they would have all communications up. He wasn’t sure if you’d tried to call any but if you had he wasn’t sure if you’d even been able to get his damn voicemail.

“She’s not mad” Lemar assured him and he scoffed “Of course she’s not. She’ll be understanding, like always” “And there’s something bad with that?” Lemar questioned but John honestly couldn’t explain beyond the fact that he was just tired and irritable. He was thinking about you trying to contact him and getting no response. At least he’d mailed you a couple letters that should’ve found their way to you by now.

“John, what is wrong?” Lemar asked and he sighed “She didn’t know we’d be offline any. What if she thinks something happened?” “Then she probably got Charlie to call in every favor he has to make sure you’re still breathing” Lemar replied and John shook his head “That doesn’t help”

The cell usage still wasn’t approved but they were approved to use the video calling from the computers so they were headed to communications. Lemar was calling Monica and John was calling you.

Once they walked into the tent they both chose a computer, signing in. John’s leg bounced nervously while the screen told him you were connecting. After a moment your face appeared on the screen, “John” the way you said his name sounded like you’d taken a breath of air and let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

“Hey beautiful” he greeted. You were sitting on the couch in your living room, wearing his green t-shirt you’d stolen from him at the cabin. He felt his heart flip when he realized that. Your hair was down and you looked so damn happy to see him. 

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You were getting worried. As far as you knew all forms of communication were supposed to be online but John’s cell hadn’t even connected for you to leave a voicemail.  You were off at least. You were currently curled up on your couch, wearing John’s shirt that had just happened to find its way into your duffle bag. It was soft and reminded you of him. You played with the bracelet on your wrist. Maybe you should call Em and see what her and Theo were up to?

Just when you were about to do that your phone chimed with a video call alert. You damn near dropped it trying to answer it. The moment his face came on screen it took you a moment to remember to draw a breath. He looked tired, like he hadn’t really slept since the last time the two of you spoke but god he was there and ok. “John” you breathed his name, not quite realizing how worried you’d been until that moment. “Hey beautiful” he greeted, a small smile on his face.

“Baby what happened?” you questioned and he scrubbed a hand down his face “Hell darlin. This is the first downtime I’ve had basically since we hung up. Lemar is across the tent on with Monica. I just had to see you. How was Halloween?” you didn’t want him to see how worried you’d been so you smiled “It was good” and held up your wrist “Allie made me this” his nose scrunched up as he squinted “What is it?”

You laughed “Jesus, you’re only four years older than me!  You took it off and held it at an angle he could see and he grinned “Is that my name along with the moon phases and halloween colors?” you nodded “Yup. She said I needed something for Mr John. I guess you made an impression sir” 

You slipped it back on his wrist and he was practically beaming “I’m glad. I hope to be around unless her aunt gets tired of me” you rolled your eyes “Don’t plan on it any time soon” he smiled, staring at you and your heart flipped, the urge to fall into those tiny oceans damn near overwhelming. 

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He rubbed a hand along the back of his neck “Oh good news. We’ll still be at the same place mail wise come Christmas” you raised an eyebrow “So you’re over thinking there’s a snowball’s chance in hell of me not sending you something? Because I’m sending you a Christmas present of some sort our first Christmas together. Rather you like it or not” you grinned playfully at him and he stared at you for a moment, just taking you in. After a breath you realized he was staring and you laughed “What is it John?”

“I love you” he didn’t have to think about it, didn’t have to second guess himself. It needed to be said. He couldn’t go another day, another break in communication without telling you. “What?” your eyes were the size of freaking dinner plates. “I said I love you Luna. It’s ok if you’re not there yet I just need you to know how I feel” 

The smile that broke across your face made his heart flip, despite the nerves he was feeling. “I love you too John” you replied and he wasn’t sure he heard you right. “You love me too?” he asked and you nodded “Yes you idiot! Of course I love you”

He laughed “Damn I can’t wait to be able to kiss you again” you grinned “I can’t wait to be able to be kissed by you again” 

Lemar popped up over his shoulder “Hey, we gotta go man” he rolled his eyes and looked back at you. You nodded “It’s ok. Hey Lemar, glad to see you’re ok too” “Hey Lune” Lemar greeted with a nod.

John sighed “I’ll email you later baby, I promise” “I’ll be waiting, I love you” you told him and Lemar silently raised an eyebrow then when John grinned “I love you too” Lemar slapped his shoulder and shook him “Attaboy! You finally told her!” 

John shook his head and you burst out laughing. “Bye sweetheart” “Bye Baby, bye Lemar” the line had to be cut out then. 

“You told her!” Lemar laughed and John nodded “It kind of just fell out and it was right” Lemar laughed again “Hell yeah. Let’s get to work but hell yeah”

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You sat there staring at the phone still with a broad smile on your face. He was ok, he was as safe as he could be. He would still be at the same mailing address come Christmas and he loved you too.

Part 9

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Nothing like getting halfway into a request then seeing where the exact same one was sent to someone else 🤷🏻‍♀️ yeah nope. Never deleted something so fast. We can do similar fics yeah, similar prompts yeah but sending word for word? Nope I ain’t doing that.

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Penpals-Part 7

John Walker x Reader

John thought Lemar was dragging him as a third wheel while on leave. You were used to being a fifth wheel. Charlie and Lemar had other plans. A lot can happen in 14 days.

Talk of violence, talk of past violent acts being committed, self deprecating talk, semi public/ outdoor sex, sexual innuendos,cursing, I think thats it?

Little over 9k

“Ok, spill. What’s wrong?” you were curled up on the couch at Emma and Theo’s. All of you were doing the last few run down of checklists for the camping trip. Emma and Charlie’s mom Erika had asked if she could take Allie the two weeks and Allie had jumped at the chance to see her grandmother. You loved that she got to spend time with the other side of her family but you missed her and the fact that when your niece was there you didn’t have to focus on any of your own stuff, you could simply focus on her.

“I talked to John a few nights ago” you told her and she flopped down next to you, one eyebrow arched high enough it was nearly touching her hairline “Ok then why the long face? Since the two of you started video chatting you’re normally downright bubbly after talking to him” 

“He’s going on leave” you felt so dumb for it bothering you. He wasn’t yours, he didn’t answer to you for anything but you knew what single soldiers got up to on leave and the thought of John with someone kind of turned your stomach at this point. A slow smirk slipped onto her face “Oh honey, you’re worried he’s going to meet someone or hook up with someone?”

“It’s stupid! He’s not mine! He’s just my penpal. It’s been so damn long since I dated anyone. I mean one night stands yeah, but actually dated? That was a shit show last I tried. Have I just attached myself to him because of that?” you laughed, moving to stand up from the couch but her hand shot out, wrapping around your wrist and she tugged you back down on the couch next to her “First of all nothing that is bothering you is ever stupid sis. I told you that years ago. If it’s bouncing around that pretty little head of yours, get it out. Second of all I don’t think you two have just been penpals in weeks now. You literally put his video calls in the family calendar so we don’t schedule anything that overlaps and I don’t think so. You push people away too much. You don’t let people in easily and yet this asshole has managed to get over those walls you’ve built and get you to ease your grip up”

You felt your face warm “And if it’s just one sided? If I’ve just started to develop feelings for him and he still just sees me as a friend? What if he comes back from leave and doesn’t want to talk to me anymore?” she reached a hand out, tucking your hair behind your ear “Then that’s his loss and when he gets stateside after his contract is up I’ll get Charlie and Theo to sneak his ass to make you feel better” you burst out laughing and she grinned “See? You’re already feeling better. Now stop worrying about it and get your ass up. We’ve got stuff to do”

Normally when John and Lemar went on leave John would just mainly crash in his one bedroom apartment for whatever amount of time. Yeah he’d go out, whatever bar he found interesting. A one night stand here or there if the mood hit right. He’d go to the gym or over to Lemar’s considering Liz was on the other side of the country but having plans on leave was something he never did. This time however Lemar and Monica were apparently planning to drag him somewhere with them. Lucky him, a couple weeks worth of leave and he got to play third wheel.

“What’s up with you?” Lemar asked, bumping his shoulder against John’s. The two were on a plane that was about an hour out from landing in Georgia. “Nothing” John muttered and Lemar stared him down until he finally sighed “Luna is going on a camping trip with her family. I have no way of talking to her while I’m stateside and I know that’s pathetic if I can’t go two weeks without talking to her”  “I could call Charlie? Get her cell number?” Lemar offered and John shook his head before Lemar ever got through talking “No, if she wanted me to have it she would have offered it. I’m not crossing any lines. It’s just..you know what? Fuck that. Just forget I said anything”

Lemar shifted in the seat to face him, a grin working its way onto his face “Oh hell no. Talk” John groaned, head falling back against the seat “I really like her Lemar. Talking to her regularly? The way she smiles, the way she laughs. After the divorce, everything that’s happened since then..I never really thought I’d feel much for anyone” “But?” Lemar pushed and John turned his head to look at him “Fuck off” 

Lemar burst out laughing and slapped his shoulder “It’ll be fine man. She’ll be there waiting on you to video call after leave. Just catch your breath and enjoy not being shot at for a couple weeks” John shrugged “Yeah, you’re right”  but still couldn’t stop thinking about you. He just hoped Monica had planned whatever they were doing and not Lemar.

The cabin was gorgeous. A two story set in front of mountains. There was a firepit in the backyard with a dozen chairs around it in a circle. When Charlie saw it he’d teased you by pointing at it then at you “No! We aren’t doing therapy this week!” 

You in turn teased him by patting his shoulder and reminding him all of you were there for two weeks. The wrap-around porch ran the length of the lower story with hammocks spaced out and the porch was deep enough even if a storm rolled up whoever was on the porch would stay dry. 

When you followed Emma and Tiana inside you let out a low whistle “Damn this place is big!” Emma laughed “Right! Your bedroom is down here. The master suites are upstairs” you nodded then pointed towards the door at the end of the hall and Emma pointed. She headed upstairs behind Theo so you tugged your duffle onto your shoulder and walked towards the room she said was yours.

You pushed the door open and smiled. The room was a good size to be considered a single. Since it was just you downstairs you basically had your own shower. You sat your duffle down on the dark blue comforter, the scent of the laundry detergent and fabric softener that had been used on it wafting up to your nose. The fresh scent made you smile again. There was a window that would let you see the sunset every day if you were in here. All in all you’d lucked out.

After getting settled you headed back out. Everyone was in the kitchen, Charlie was in the fridge since he’d paid extra to have a shopper stock it. He looked over his shoulder at you and grinned “Want a water?” “Please” he tossed you one then cut his eyes at Theo. Theo smirked and you looked from one to the other. You knew both of them a little too well by this point. “What’s going on?”

“There’s an extra suit upstairs and an extra single downstairs if you haven’t noticed” Theo told you and you shrugged “Yeah well didn’t figure we could get a cabin to our exact preference” he laughed “Or we moved to this one specifically” you raised an eyebrow and looked and Emma and Tiana who both raised their hands “We were unaware” Emma promised and Tiana grimaced “I was a little aware”

“CHARLES” you warned and he grinned “I invited Lemar and Monica Hoskins and they’re bringing John Walker since Lemar and John are on leave but John doesn’t know where they’re coming” he admitted and you had to grab the counter for balance, sinking down onto one of the stools “WHY?” he shrugged, cutting his eyes at Theo and they both laughed before Charlie asked “What’s the matter?” “You like him, don’t ya?” Theo added and you dropped your head over into your hands feeling your face on fire “I’m going to kill both of you. Strangle you. T, Em. You’re gonna be widows”

You heard the sound of a car pulling up and your head shot up. Charlie leaned across the counter, flicking your hair “Well how about holding off on killing me moon beam. Want to meet your soldier first?” 

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“Lemar, why the fuck are we somewhere with other people?” John asked, leaning over to look up from the backseat. Monica slapped Lemar’s shoulder “You didn’t tell him!” “No, not yet!” Lemar laughed and John looked from one to the other “Tell me what?”

Monica glared at Lemar until he finally grimaced slightly “It’s not just us here. We were invited” John nodded slowly “By who?” “Charlie?” Lemar offered and John felt his heart leap into his damn throat “You’re telling me Luna is here?” Monica nodded, a grin slipping onto her face “Just inside” 

John looked from them to the cabin and back. “What the fuck? Does she know?” Lemar shrugged “Charlie said he was telling her once they got here so she should know by now” John shook his head “You’re an asshole” Lemar laughed “Yeah yeah yeah. You ready to meet her” “No, what if..” Monica cut him off “John Walker! Shut up and get out the car!”

He clamped his mouth shut and nodded once “Yes ma’am”  

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You followed everyone outside, purposely staying to the back since you were the shortest out of everyone. The moment you heard John speak however? Your fucking knees decided they wanted to get weak. “Get your ass up here moonbeam” Charlie teased and you were all but tossed to his side. You stumbled slightly and when you looked up? You were staring into eyes the color of the damn ocean, that same crooked grin on John’s face as his hand shot out instinctively to steady you and the moment they landed on your hips you could feel your heart speed up and saw the tips of his ears turn a light pink.

You tried to think of anything semi intelligent to say but when you opened your mouth all that spilled out was “Fuck you’re tall and got the prettiest damn eyes I have ever seen” he turned a light pink and everyone burst out laughing. “Well that’s Luna” Charlie introduced. John’s eyes never left yours, even when he realized his hands were still on your waist. “Sorry” he muttered, dropping his hands.

He took a step back “Hi” you laughed “Hi” Lemar cleared his throat “Nice to meet you” you spun around and your eyes widened “Lemar!” you stepped to hug him but stopped and looked at the woman with him “Monica right?” she nodded “You can hug him but you’re hugging me next” you hugged both Lemar and Monica, feeling John at your back even while he was being introduced to everyone else. 

“Why don’t we give these two a minute?” Emma offered and Charlie clamped a hand on your shoulder “Captain, you may outrank me and I may owe you a life but you hurt this one and we’ll have issues” John’s eyes were holding yours as he said “Then we shouldn’t have any issues Jameson” 

You felt your face warm and Charlie laughed and kissed the top of your head. Everyone headed inside which just left you and John on the porch. “I didn’t know. I would’ve warned you” you laughed, rubbing your hand across the back of your neck. Your heart was still beating loud enough you were fairly certain he could hear it. He nodded “I know. Lemar told me” 

You smiled, looking up at him “So, um. You’re spending your leave with me?” he grinned “Yeah I guess so sweetheart. Is that ok with you?” “More than ok” you admitted and he laughed lightly “Good” 

When you took a step closer to him, he watched you closely until you were standing right in front of him. He was having to look down while you were having to crane your head just slightly “So, two weeks. A lot can happen in two weeks” he nodded, eyes flickering from yours to your lips and back. Please the thought hit you before you realized it. Holy hell this was the first time you’d seen him in person and you were mentally begging him to kiss you?

You patted his chest, “Well. Let’s grab yours and the Hoskins’ luggage so the three of you can get settled and we’ll go from there. What do you say?” he swallowed hard, a ghost of a smile flickering on his face “Yes ma’am. Whatever you say goes” you felt your stomach flip at his words because you had a feeling they had a lot deeper meaning than just the luggage.

John laid across the bed in the room Emma had pointed him to. Your room was just down the hall. The bathroom separated your rooms. He couldn’t even attempt to sleep. He damn sure hadn’t been planning this. He hadn’t been planning to meet you in person. He hadn’t planned how damn beautiful you were. He hadn’t planned the way it felt when you smiled at him or how it warmed something in him when you chose to sit next to him when everyone went out to the firepit after dinner. He hadn’t planned to offer you his jacket without a second thought when you gave the lightest of shivers when the sun started to set and he damn sure hadn’t planned to love the way you looked in it.

“Fuck” he muttered to himself and pushed off the bed. Maybe the night air would help? He eased the door open, just in case it creaked because he really didn’t want to risk waking you up. When he walked past your room he took care to be quiet too. He made it to the door and saw it was already unlocked? He knew for a fact Charlie locked that thing.

He stepped out in the cool night air and heard music playing gently from down the porch. He followed it and when he got to the hammock he saw you were laying in one of the big ones, your phone on your stomach as you swayed back and forth. Your hair was falling off the side, the sleep pants you were had roses and skulls on them and the top was a black v cut shirt. You had a bright pink blanket over you that was a stark contrast to your clothes but still somehow suited you.

He didn’t want to risk spooking you so he turned to head in but about the time he did you spoke “Night time is just so much more calmer than day time to me” 

He turned around and you were looking at him, a small smile on your face “May not be trained but I’m not that unaware either. Clocked you the moment you came out the door Captain” he felt a smile slip onto his face. “Of course you did” you grinned “Couldn’t sleep? Bed too soft?”

He shrugged “Mind too busy” you nodded slowly, smile dropping “It’s because of me isn’t it? It’s because Charlie and Lemar kind of sprung this on us” he didn’t like your smile dropping. Yeah his mind was a little busy because of you but not in a bad way. More so in a “he didn’t know how to handle this situation” type of way.

“Hey, I’m not mad about it” he spoke low, taking a step closer. You looked up at him and god just the soft smile you gave him made him want to offer you anything in the world to keep you looking at him like that. “I really like you John” you said it like it was a secret. He chuckled slightly then nodded, catching the hammock with one hand so you would stop moving for a second so he could look you in the eyes as he said “I really like you too Luna. That’s why my mind is busy. Honey, I got two weeks then I go back for another eight months. That’s a lot for any person. I don’t… fuck I just… I don’t want to get you just to lose you”

You nodded slowly, reaching for his hand that wasn’t holding the hammock “John, want to know why I was upset about you going on leave?” he raised an eyebrow “Why?” “The idea of you hooking up with another woman made my stomach turn. I don’t know how, I don’t know why but if you want to try this thing we can see what happens the next thirteen days and decide what we are on the fourteenth?” 

He licked his lips nervously, slowly nodding “I’d like that” you smiled and moved to climb off the hammock and his eyes widened “What are you doing?” you laughed “This is a two person hammock but you’re bigger than me so you’re gonna climb in first then I’m gonna climb in. We’re gonna lay here and talk. That’s all” “Oh yeah?” he laughed, once you were standing in front of him, barefoot on the wooden porch. You were even shorter compared to him without your boots on. You nodded so he smiled “Yes ma’am”

He moved to climb into the hammock, laying back. Once he was settled you climbed into it as well, tucking yourself against his chest. “Is this ok?” you asked and when he looked down at you he felt his heart skip a couple beats. Christ, was it. “Yeah sweetheart. That’s fine” you smiled and laid your head down on his chest “Ok then”

He slipped an arm around your shoulders tentatively and you simply wiggled closer to him. He smiled to himself then asked “What do you want to talk about?” “The darkest parts of ourselves” you whispered and he chuckled “Oh so light conversation then?” you nodded against his chest “Yeah, light stuff” 

He wasn’t sure why but over the next few hours he found himself opening up to you more than he ever had to anyone outside of maybe Lemar. You listened, you shared about your own struggles and never once did he see judgement or pity on your face. He saw concern, a little anger when he mentioned some things but never judgement or pity. You laughed along with him on good memories and got quiet, laying against him and listening with wide eyes, shining with unshed tears on not so good memories.

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When you shared with him, he knew his grip on you tightened on some things. When you mentioned your parents, the way your ex had treated you. The way he wished he could’ve gotten his hands on that bastard. When he saw a tremble in your hands when you talked about certain things he covered them with one of his own. 

The way you laughed when you spoke about some of your brother’s squad made a tiny flicker of jealousy spark up in him until you went on to say how protective of you they all were then that flicker was snuffed out for gratefulness. When you mentioned the tattoo on your thigh and that being your celebration for getting your bachelors and how Theo and Emma got one with you he grinned and asked if they were all matching. You playfully smacked his chest and said they weren’t, just the same theme.

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He wasn’t sure when the two of you drifted off but the sun was up by the time Lemar shook his shoulder gently “You two had us looking everywhere for you” he scrubbed a hand down his face, looking at Lemar in confusion then memories of the night before flashed through his mind and he looked down to see you curled up to his chest, the bright pink blanket over you both. “You took photos didn’t you?”

Lemar grinned “Oh yeah. Charlie did too” he groaned “Go away. I’ll wake her up and we’ll come in for breakfast” Lemar nodded “Ok Mr I don’t know about talking to her. Looks like you know something” “Go away Lemar” he warned and Lemar walked away laughing.

“Not sure about talking to me?” he heard you ask lightly, sleep still heavy in your voice. He looked down and you were staring up at him. He smiled “When we first started writing Luna. Not now” you nodded “Oh ok. Did I hear breakfast?” he laughed “Yeah” “Good, I’m hungry” you moved to climb off the hammock and he watched you, feeling his heart flip. He was in trouble.

Once you were out the hammock you reached for your blanket and phone then smiled at him “You coming?” he nodded “Right behind you” 

You were sitting at the island, talking to Tiana, Emma and Monica when John and Charlie walked in. You felt John walk up behind you even before he leaned next to you. You tried to hide the smile on your face but Tiana caught your eye and winked. You ducked your head in hopes no one else would notice.

“So, what’s on the plan for today?” you asked, trying to get everyone’s attention on something else. Since you and John had fallen asleep together three nights before your entire bunch were teasing you every time his back was turned. You were enjoying spending time with him though. He was a sweetheart, a smartass and fit into your bunch perfectly. Hell, Lemar and Monica did too. It was like everyone had known each other your entire lives.

“Let me guess. Little miss moon beam wants to go on a hike” Charlie asked and you cut your eyes at him, sticking your tongue out “Bite me. I get to get out here like this once a year. Hell yeah I wanna get on the trail” 

He looked at Tiana who grinned “Well, me Emma and Monica were just talking about going down to one of the lakes. Maybe go fishing?” Charlie nodded “Sounds good” you deflated because that meant there was no one to go on the hike with you because Theo would go with Emma and you weren’t asking Lemar. 

Charlie turned with his hip against the counter to face you about the time you felt John bump his shoulder gently against yours. You turned to look up at him and he shrugged “I didn’t really feel like fishing today anyways. Want some company on that hike?” “I mean, I don’t want to make you do anything you don’t want” you offered and he smiled “I want to make sure you’re safe on the trail and I get to spend time with you. Win-win” 

“Yeah Luna, win-win” Emma repeated. You cut your eyes at her then nodded slowly, feeling your face heat up “Ok. Let me go put my boots on and grab a water bottle” he nodded “I’ll do the same” 

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By the time you made it back into the living room, everyone was gone except for John. He was standing at the counter filling a reusable water bottle. He looked up when you walked in. You motioned around  “Did they run out the door?” he laughed, nodding as he said “Basically. I think Charlie may have tripped on the bottom step and Tiana just pulled him back up giggling as they went”

You shook your head and walked over to fill up your bottle as well. He stepped back to let you move in front of him and just feeling the heat of his body at your back made you lose your train of thought for a moment before you finally managed “I’m sorry that my family is a bunch of chaos gremlins” he laughed “Lemar is just as bad” 

You looked over your shoulder at him and he gave you that smile “Ready to go?” you nodded “Let’s hit it” 

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John stayed in step with you despite you knowing with the height difference and his training he was probably purposely walking slower to do so. You tried to think of something to say as the two of you walked. You were halfway up the trail when he finally said “Y/N… you’re thinking really loud. You don’t have to be careful when it comes to talking sweetheart. You aren’t gonna scare me by rambling, have you met Lemar? I mean we spent how many hours talking to each other just the night before last?”

You laughed, stepping over a rock, then kicking it off the main trail “Can I ask you something and it not come off as weird or anything?” he cut his eyes at you, a smirk slipping onto his face “If you’re asking about the size of anything I am not answering that” you burst out laughing, feeling your face warm “Um no. That’s not a question I’d ask. I’d rather find out for myself”

You realized what you said and you both froze for a second, staring at each other. He raised an eyebrow and you both burst out laughing. “Oh really?” he teased so you shamelessly let your eyes trail up and down him “Well, I mean…” and saw a blush creep up his neck. He shook his head “Ask what you want to” and the two of you started back walking.

“Are you…do you.. fuck.. Nevermind” you shook your head and he nodded “I see why you’re a good counselor. Listening you can do but apparently you have a limit on talking” you rolled your eyes, “Bite me Walker” he grinned “That an insult or offer?” you shook your head.

The two of you had made it to the top of the trail where a large field was. There were flowers everywhere, it overlooked a valley and was absolutely gorgeous. You snapped a few photos on your phone, snapping one of John when he wasn’t looking as well or when you thought he wasn’t looking anyways. He grinned “Did you get my good side at least?” 

You shrugged “I have yet to find a bad side” he shook his head “Even knowing all you know about me now?” you shrugged again “You’ve not done any worse than my own brother. I would kill for him so why would I judge you?” 

He stared at you for a moment and you thought you’d said something wrong until a smile slipped onto his face “How the hell did I get lucky enough for you to land in my life in any way?” you ducked your head, face on fire “Easy on that Walker. A girl may start thinking things”

You tucked your phone away and walked over to the flowers, letting your fingers trail along the top of some. You could feel John watching you. You kept walking until you got to the base of a large tree so you sat down and only then did John walk over. He sat down next to you and was quiet for a moment before he said “What were you gonna ask me on the trail?”

You took a deep breath, looking out over the valley “Is this a friend thing or a trying to work towards something else thing John?” you turned your eyes towards him and felt your heart leap into your throat when he was already staring at you “Well you’ve been a constant in my life for about six months now. You’ve got to be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. You heard my darkest shit and didn’t blink, hell you fell asleep on me afterwards and the thought of you with another man? I don’t like it”

A hiccup of a laugh left you before you admitted “So I shouldn’t tell you I was technically on a date when I got that photo of you from Lemar?” “What?” his voice dropped lower and your stomach flipped. 

Damn. “I didn’t even like him then after that? I could barely concentrate on talking to him.” you admitted and he grinned “Good. The point is, Luna I can’t promise a lot. My marriage imploded way back when because I was gone more than home. I have eight more months after this then more opportunities will be on the table. Something could happen the day we got back. I don’t want to do anything that would cause you any amount of pain but if you’re asking me if I’ve wanted to kiss you from the moment I finally got to be face to face with you? The answer is yes”

“So if I asked you to kiss me, would you?” your heart was in your throat. He nodded “Come here” and tugged you closer. You shifted, swinging your leg over to straddle his lap. He shifted back so he was leaning against the base of the tree. His hands were a steady weight at your hips, holding you in place while your hands found his shoulders to keep your balance. 

He was looking at you like you were the most important thing in the world at that moment. “Can I kiss you?” he asked and you nodded “Please” one of his hands slipped up your back to gently grip the back of your neck, bringing you down to him. He hesitated right before your lips touched and you realized he was waiting for you to close that final distance. You surged forward and the moment your lips touched a light sound escaped you. One of your hands moved up to tangle in his blonde locks, nails scratching at his scalp as you deepened the kiss. He groaned from low in his chest, tongue slipping past your lips to tangle with your own. Your other hand slipped just under the collar of the t-shirt he wore, fingers finding the chain of his dog tags. Your hips rolled down against his and his bucked up to meet them. When you whimpered lightly he broke the kiss, both of your chests heaving. 

You laughed breathlessly “Um..damn” he nodded “Yeah..” then pulled you back in for another kiss.  His hand moved from your hip to tease across your chest and you whined into his mouth, hands going to the hem of his shirt. He hesitated for a moment “This is a bad idea” you shrugged “I’ve had worse” he shook his head and leaned up to let you tug his shirt over his head, dog tags falling free against his chest. 

You let your hands smooth across the skin now exposed to you. It was a roadmap of scars, freckles, a few moles. His broad shoulders, a soft stomach and god you wanted to mark his chest so damn bad. You pressed kisses along his neck, biting tentatively on his pulse point and he groaned low “Fuck” you smiled against his skin, moving lower. 

When you got to his chest and sucked a dark mark just below his clothing line he grinned at you “Marking territory already?” you laughed “Guess so” he shook his head and tugged you back up so he could kiss you. He looked at your jeans then back up at you and you nodded, unbuckling and unsnapping them. You started to get off his lap to slip them off but he shook his head “Stay like this a minute” 

You nodded and he smiled, pressing a kiss to your lips moving to kiss down your neck as his hand slipped below the waistband of your jeans. The first brush of his fingertips against your clothed core sent a shock up your spine. You gasped and he smiled against your neck “How long has it been since you been with someone baby?” you swallowed hard “Two years or so”

He groaned lightly and you worried you’d said something to turn him off. His fingers slipped below your panties and when one thick finger pushed into you, you moaned out his name and his head fell over onto your shoulder “Maybe we should stop. I don’t want to hurt you honey” “Please don’t” you begged and he groaned like it caused him physical pain. He added a second finger with the first and your back arched, pressing your chest further into his. He curled his fingers, finding that spot deep inside of you “That’s it baby” he cooed.

Your moans were muffled by his shoulder as he fucked his fingers into you. You were so close to that damn edge and when he used his thumb to rub tight circles across your clit you fell apart, biting down on his shoulder and he grunted low. Your legs shook around him as he worked you through the aftershocks. He pulled his hand free, holding your eyes as he slipped his fingers into his mouth to lick them clean. You whimpered again and he pulled you into a kiss “Why don’t we wait to do anything more until we have a bed?” 

“Please John?” you begged with your mouth against his and he pressed his forehead against yours “How the hell do you already have the power you do over me?” 

You laughed breathlessly “Please” he pressed another kiss to you “Stand up” you stood and he motioned to your jeans “I’m making sure you stay off the dirt as much as possible” you smiled as he put his shirt down for you. You laid down on it and he shifted to be kneeling between your legs. He tugged your jeans down and off. 

He made quick work of his own, pushing them down his hips. He settled between your thighs and looked at your face “You’re sure about this?” you nodded “Please John, I want you. I have an IUD and I’m clean” he leaned forward to catch your lips in a soft kiss “Tell me if anything hurts or if you want to stop at any time” you nodded and felt the head of his cock pressing at your entrance. He slipped one hand between your bodies to line himself up then slowly sank in. You gasped at the feeling of his hips meeting yours once he was fully sheathed inside of you. He let out a low groan and muttered “Fuck you’re perfect”

“Fuck you’re big” you moaned and he smiled against your neck “Sorry?” after a moment of the pressure of being stretched around him shifted to the pleasurable feeling of fullness you tugged his head up by his hair to kiss him “Move” he grinned “Yes ma’am” he moved one arm to box your head in and stop it from shifting off his shirt any and the hand went to your thigh, hooking it around his hip. He pulled almost all the way out then slammed back in and you had to bite down on your lip to keep from crying out. It felt so good. 

“You can bite me Luna. It’s ok baby” he assured you, leaning down further where you could get to his chest. You pulled him into a messy kiss that was all tongue and teeth as he found a pace that had you both all but panting into each other’s mouths. With every snap of his hips, his dogtags were bouncing off his chest and that somehow pushed you even closer to that edge like the action was hypnotizing along with how much pleasure he was bringing you. “Fuck I’m close John” you whined and he nodded “I know sweetheart, feel you squeezing me” 

He shifted your leg just right on his hip, the head of his cock dragging over that spot inside of you as his thumb found your clit and when your orgasm slammed into you he caught your lips in a kiss to swallow the loud moan that was ripped out of you. Once your aftershocks faded, you could feel his thrusts getting a little erratic “In or out?” he asked through gritted teeth. “In” you whined and he cursed under his breath. “Fuck Luna” he thrust into you a couple more times then buried himself deep into you, spurts of cum coating your walls and dripping back out onto the dirt underneath. 

His head fell over onto your chest, a laugh shaking you both. “What?” you asked, almost offended. He lifted his head and pressed a kiss to the corner of your mouth “Well I did a hell of a lot more than kiss you there sweetheart” you burst out laughing “Yeah well I did ask for that too”

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Halfway down the trail John realized you were walking a little funny. He insisted on carrying you. You told him he was doing no such thing. An agreement was made for a piggy back ride. When he walked up to the porch with you on his back like a feral koala however and Charlie, Lemar and Theo were at the grill that was in the side yard? You heard all three of them burst out laughing. 

“Go to hell!” you both called out to your respective brothers/ brother figures.  He smiled over his shoulder at you before you slid down to the wooden porch. He eyed you carefully “How you feeling?” you laughed lightly and stepped closer to kiss his cheek “A little sore but happy about it. I’m gonna shower before dinner. You probably need to shower too” and picked a daisy out of his hair. He laughed and nodded “Yeah probably”

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You sat down around the fire pit since everyone had decided to eat outside. John sat down next to you, passing you a glass of wine. He had a beer himself. Charlie raised an eyebrow at the fact that John had just done the same thing all the men around the fire had done for their wives. 

Charlie made eye contact with Theo who nodded. The two then looked at Lemar who smirked. “So, John and Luna. How was the hike?”  

Your face flushed and John had a blush creep up his neck. “You son of a bitch!” Charlie and Theo both laughed and John rubbed the back of his neck “Um this is a good steak Emma. What seasoning did you use?”

Emma shook her head “Oh I am not getting into this amusement” Tiana laughed “This is the best entertainment I’ve seen in years” “Did you two hook up on the damn trail?” Monica cackled.

You poked at the vegetables on your plate “These veggies are really good too!” Charlie leaned up, staring you and John both down “Fuck the food for a minute” Theo leaned up “So, are you two official?” John took a swig of his beer and cut his eyes at you “Are we?”

“Do you want to be?” he nodded “Yeah, I know you said we’d talk on the fourteenth day but I guess we kind of got ahead of ourselves” you ducked your head, shooting daggers at him with your eyes then looked back at Theo and Charlie “Guess we are” 

“Captain or not, don’t hurt her” Theo and Charlie warned. John nodded “Wouldn’t ever hurt her on purpose” you smiled slightly. “Can we eat and not talk about that now?” 

Tiana shook her head “Glad no one went up the damn trail after you” you burst out laughing “Yeah cause you would’ve seen John’s ass” 

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After dinner and you and John getting stuck with clean up, everyone was back out around the firepit. Monica turned music on and you grinned when you recognized the song. She grabbed your hand when she saw your smile and motioned for Emma and Tiana to join the two of you as well.

You heard Theo say “And now is when the wine gets exchanged for smores if I know my sister and wife” “Go get supplies!” Emma laughed, pointing towards the cabin. Theo slapped John on the shoulder “Come on man” 

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John looked back at you and you smiled at him before he followed Theo into the house. “You actually care about her?” Theo asked, the two of them digging in the pantry for all the ingredients. “More than I ever thought I’d care about someone again” John replied and Theo stared him down for a moment and nodded “She doesn’t let people in easily but when she does? She’s loyal and a little batshit but you won’t find anyone better”

John raised an eyebrow “Is this a shovel talk or a you giving your blessing talk?” Theo shrugged “Little bit of both?”  “Fair enough” John replied, taking the marshmallows from Theo. 

“You know I have eight more months right?” John asked and Theo nodded “What’s your plans for after?” “I haven’t quite decided yet” the two of them stepped out and you were dancing with Charlie, laughing. Theo stopped John with a hand on his chest “Make sure she knows your decision before the eight months is up. Don’t surprise her with a new contract of active duty. Even if you worry you’ll lose her. I know this is new. You two may even go your separate ways before the eight months are up but just in case John do not spring a deployment on my baby sister” 

“I won’t” John promised so Theo dropped his hand “Good meeting you by the way. Can’t remember if I said that before. Nice to know you’re not all hype and medals” John laughed “Nice to know I’m not”

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Everyone was headed to bed and you started in your room. John was headed to his. You called his name lightly and he froze. “Yeah sweetheart?” “Goodnight kiss?” he smiled and walked back to your room, pulling you into a kiss. When the two of you broke away from each other you laughed lightly “I mean I guess if you wanted, we could share a room a night or two. No pressure” 

He laughed “Is that you wanting or asking if I want?” you rolled your eyes “Bite me” he raised an eyebrow “I think you’ve bitten me enough for today” you felt your face warm “Maybe we can share a room tomorrow night?” he smiled “Sounds good” and pressed another kiss to your lips.

Everyone was at the lake. It was currently a game of women versus men just to see who could catch more fish. So far you were winning. “They gotta be cheating” Lemar muttered and you looked over at him “You’re all military! You had the advantage!’

He narrowed his eyes “You’re doing something to the fish. Aren’t you?” Monica shook her head “You’re ridiculous” the men were desperate because the losing team had to clean and cook the fish. “Told ya those two can fish” Theo told John motioning to you and Emma. “And they’ve taught her well” Charlie added, motioning to Tiana.

You stepped back from your pole slightly and bowed dramatically “Thank you” John shook his head, a grin on his face. It was day eleven and you were dreading the ticking clock.  Another tug at your pole got your attention. You laughed “Oh excuse me fellas. That would be our winning fish!” 

They all groaned as you reeled in a fairly good sized bass. “And the winners!” Tiana laughed. Theo shook his head “Fine. Men enough to admit we lost to our women and sisters” you grinned, Tiana, Emma and Monica leaning on your shoulders “It’s gonna be fun to sit around the fire pit while you four cook” you winked at John and he just smirked “I’ll wear the pink frilly apron in the kitchen too if ya want”

Lemar pointed at him then at you “See? Witch!” you grabbed your chest dramatically “Been called similar but it didn’t have a w in front of it” and everyone cracked up laughing.

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“Gotta say fellas. Those were tasty” you laughed. You were sitting with John in a lounge chair, back against him. Emma nodded “They were”  Theo shook his head “You two are bullies” 

“Cute bullies” John whispered in your ear and you laughed. Tiana walked back and handed you a bottle of water. “So, we only have a few days left here” Monica’s face fell “I know” she looked back at Lemar who she was sitting with. “You’ve got our numbers now! So if you ever want to talk or fly out” you offered and she smiled “I’m taking you up on that. Just wait”

“I finally have your number too” John teased, his lips right against your ear. He was in a playful mood after the fishing competition and you were enjoying the hell out of it. “Lemar, what’s your plan after these eight months?” Theo asked and Lemar grinned “Retirement and a nice cushy job where deployment will never come near applying to me again”

“Here here to that one” you toasted him with your bottle of water, especially seeing how happy that made Monica. You felt John tense at your back “Something wrong?” you asked and he shook his head “No honey. I’m good” 

You turned your attention back to the conversation at hand, your fingers absentmindedly tracing patterns on John’s arms that were around your waist. 

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After everyone was headed to bed, you stepped out of the bathroom from showering and John was leaning against the wall. “Where are you sleeping?” you grinned “Haven’t decided” he grinned and stepped to the side. You walked in his room and he followed you.

Once both of you were settled in the bed, you curled up to his chest, he pressed a kiss to your temple. “You sure you want me Luna? I’m a mess. We can call this a lapse of judgement” you sat up, staring at him “Are you regretting the last two weeks already?”

He shook his head “No, of course not. I just… I don’t even have a set plan for after yet and I saw you cheering for Lemar and..” “They’re married, John! Monica deserves her husband home. I know you’re just my boyfriend and barely that. I have no say so in your career anymore than you have in mine. I’m not a freaking idiot”

You pulled away from him, shaking your head “If you don’t want me just tell me. At least I got good sex with a decent guy and wasn’t just a fifth wheel” you slipped out of bed but before you could make it to the door he was behind you. One of his hands kept the door closed, his body caging you between it and the door but you refused to turn to face him.

“Look at me please” he whispered and you shook your head “I never should’ve let anything happen as fast as it did between us. I never should’ve started feeling things for you before we ever met face to face. I should’ve known better” His hand that wasn’t holding the door closed, came up to brush your hair off your shoulder “Please honey just hear out for two minutes”

He pressed a soft kiss to your shoulder so you turned to face him “Talk” he took a breath and motioned to the bed “Sit down, please” you walked over and sat on the foot of it. He paced across the room a time or two before he finally started talking “Look Luna, I didn’t sign up for that program Lemar signed me up and I wanted to kill him for it” 

“Ok” you weren’t sure where this was going. He stopped pacing, standing in front of you “I didn’t want anyone writing to me regularly because then I had someone halfway concerned about me that I could let down. Someone that would be depending on me for something other than their survival”

“So, why did you write me back?” you asked quietly and he shrugged “I don’t know but once I did..once I got to know you? I was fucking gone” you dropped your gaze down to your hands, wishing you hand your rings on but they were on top of the dresser in your room. “Ok”

He squatted in front of you “I loved Olivia. I did, that’s why I married her but deployment came and when it was over I couldn’t handle being home so I took another. We tried, fuck did she try but I can’t blame her for wanting a husband that was there. After my divorce I pushed the idea of having someone like that out of my head. I’d fuck women yeah but it was a take em out for a night, please em and leave em type of deal” you scoffed “I don’t want to hear this shit John”

“Just listen you stubborn ass, I am getting to the point” he promised. You sighed, slowly raising your eyes to his. Those little blue oceans took your breath away “What’s your point?” “I never meant to feel something again but you made me. Now I am fucking terrified something may happen to me. Not because of me but because it will hurt you. You scare the hell out of me Y/N and I don’t know what to do about that because now? I couldn’t imagine not having you in my life” 

“Then just kiss me John. We’ll figure out the after when it comes” you whispered and he smiled, leaning up to crash his lips against yours. You tugged him up on the bed with you and he nipped at your bottom lip “You shouldn’t want me. You deserve better” you tugged his hair just hard enough to make sure you had his attention before saying “I want you” then pulled him back to your lips.

His hands moved to your hips, moving you up the bed so he could shift to settle between them. He leaned back enough to look at you and his eyes softened “I need to thank Lemar again for putting my name in that damn thing” then pressed a kiss to your lips, hands exploring your body as you deepened the kiss, rolling your tongue against his. 

Your hands slipped under his shirt, pushing it up “Yeah, you really should” he leaned back long enough to pull his shirt off and toss it “I’ll have plenty of time for that later. The next couple days are yours” his lips found your neck and your back arched off the bed, a low gasp of his name leaving your lips and he smiled against your skin “God I love hearing my name coming from you” 

It was everyone’s final full day in Tennessee. The following day everyone would be up bright and early. Lemar, Monica and John had to get back to Georgia. The rest of you had to get back to Arkansas. Luck would have it a freaking storm had rolled up so everyone was stuck inside. 

There was a fire lit in the main fireplace, a movie on the big tv in the living room and all of you were spread out around the room. You were on the floor on a pallet of extra blankets you’d found. John was behind you, your body curled into his chest. Monica and Lemar were in one of the recliners, Theo and Emma were in the other while Charlie and Tiana had taken the couch. 

You could feel John’s fingers playing with your hair and smiled to yourself. He was watching the movie as well but it was like he couldn’t help himself. The movie was almost through. You shifted further back into him and his arms slipped around you, tugging you tighter into his embrace. He still had worries about the two of you. You knew he did and today was the day the two of you were supposed to talk about it but you were putting it off until after the movie. 

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Once the movie was over the married couples kind of trickled out to their rooms. There was a roast in the oven that would be done by supper time. You stood and started collecting the extra blankets to put them away so John moved to help you. The rain was still coming down in buckets outside. 

You stood at the window, watching it. John stepped up behind you, “Want to talk about whatever is bouncing around in your head?” you looked over your shoulder at him “I’m going out to one of the hammocks for a while” “Want some company?” he asked, picking up the bright pink blanket you’d favored for the hammocks the whole time all of you had been at the cabin. You smiled slightly “Ok”

You walked outside to the porch, the rain had given the air a slight chill but you’d learned John ran fairly warm. He was right at your back as the two of you walked over to one of the two person hammocks. He crawled in first so you could crawl in with him. Once you were curled up to his chest he spread the blanket over you.

The sound of the rain hitting the tin roof was soothing, along with John’s steady heartbeat under your ear. “So, are you still having doubts?” you asked quietly, slowly looking up at him. His eyes were already glued to you “I know what I want” “Which is?” you asked and he rolled his eyes, pressing a kiss to the corner of your lips, then the tip of your nose then your forehead. “No clue what that thing could be”

You felt your face warm. “You’re sure?” you asked and he nodded “If you are. I can’t promise you anything though Luna. I’ll keep in contact as I can and you’re all I want sweetheart but if something happens..” he trailed off so you leaned up to pull him into a kiss. He smiled against your mouth “That’s one way to shut me up”

“Tell you what” you started and he raised an eyebrow “What?” you reached for your right hand, pulling the ring off the middle finger of that hand. It had a heart shaped gem of your birthstone on it. You held it out. He looked from it to you “Luna?” you laughed “Take it. That way you gotta bring it back to me. That’s telling you I want you and that I have hope you’ll make it back in one piece” 

He slowly took the ring, leaning up to unhook his dog tags and slipped it onto the chain. Once the ring was on he hooked the chain back into place. You smiled “There” he shook his head “The last two weeks actually happened didn’t it? I didn’t get caught in an explosion and now I’m in a hospital in a coma or something?”

You laughed lightly, nose scrunching up  “I don’t think so” he grinned, tugging you over on top of him. You gasped at the sudden swing the hammock gave at the movement. He winked at you “Don’t worry. Worse case scenario I’ll make sure you land on me” you grinned and leaned down to brush a kiss against his lips “I trust you to protect me” he smiled “Good to know”

Everyone was loading into their respective vehicles. All that was left was to leave. John was watching you closely. Lemar, Theo and Charlie all three laughed “You two say your goodbyes” 

You laughed and ran across the yard to jump into his embrace. He wrapped both arms tightly around you. When he kissed you, it was like he was trying to memorize the feeling of your lips on his, the taste of you. You laughed lightly when the two of you broke away from each other. “I want my ring back Walker” he nodded, a broad smile on his face “Yes ma’am” and pressed another kiss to your lips. “I’ll call you before I get on the plane, ok?” “Ok” you replied and pulled him into one final kiss before Lemar and Theo started clearing their throats.

“Talk soon?” you asked and he nodded “Talk soon” and kissed your temple before walking over to Lemar’s suv so you walked over to Theo’s. Theo shook his head and laughed “You better quit before your damn face starts to crack from that smile” you flipped him off and that only made him laugh harder. “Get in the car you little shit. You’re glowing. That man gonna be high stepping for the next few weeks” he laughed and you shook your head. You climbed into the suv, your lips still tingling from the feeling of John’s. “Been one hell of a two weeks” you laughed and Emma winked at you “I bet”

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“You’re welcome by the way” Lemar teased once the three of them got onto the interstate. Monica slapped his shoulder playfully. “Ease up on him!” John didn’t even mind the teasing, he was too damn happy after spending the last two weeks with you. Monica saw the ring dangling from his dog tags and raised an eyebrow “What’s that?” 

He gingerly touched it “Luna gave it to me. Told me that I better make it back to bring it to her. That way I know I’m what she wants” Lemar burst out laughing “Oh you two are adorable” John rolled his eyes but smirked nonetheless “Tease all you want Lemar, you earned it” 

Part 8

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Hey, love your Penpals series! I'm looking forward to these updates like reader and John looking forward to their correspondences. I don't know much about US military culture but the way you write it seems very realistic so I assume either you do have your own personal experiences or have done some really good research!

Anyways I don't want to get too personal as a random stranger on the internet but I'm dealing with stuff and not in the best of spaces at the moment but your updates really cheer me up! Also I appreciate the regular updates, though I don't want to put any pressure on you if you need to take time in between chapters at any point! Just wanted to send some appreciation your way! Hope your doing well and thanks for sharing your work!

Thank you!!! I actually had a close friend (kind of the inspiration for Charlie) who was in the service when I was 16-18 and i come from a family with a lot of army/marine service members. Just knowing something I wrote may have helped anyone through any hard time?!?! You don’t even know what that means to me!!! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series and I hope things get better and I’ll do my best to have some stuff here for you in the meantime love!!

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Penpals-Part 6

John Walker x Reader

Charlie reaches out to Lemar about you and John (Those two are pure chaos)

No warnings i think?

Since his mother died and his divorce early on John had never really found himself minding when the internet was offline. No one was waiting to hear from him. Liz would write to him every now and then. She’d email once in a while but that was in. He tried to call her once a month at least just to make sure she knew he was still alive. As far as finding himself actually wishing that the internet was up? That was new to him.

“You miss talking to her regularly. Those emails got you spoiled” Lemar laughed. The two of them were in a humvee, the loud rattle of the vehicle meant talking was closer to shouting and John glared at him because he really didn’t need the rest of his unit questioning just who they were discussing. “That is not the case” he argued and Lemar nodded slowly before a grin split his face “You’re so full of shit Walker, it’s pathetic”

John did miss talking to you more regularly than mail allowed. Knowing what you looked like only added to that. If he was being honest he’d gotten used to talking to you, gotten in the habit of enjoying knowing you would be sending some sort of correspondence even before he knew you were absolutely beautiful. You were smart, full of sass and actually cared about the world around you. “Hell, by the time the internet comes back up she’ll probably have gotten bored of me” John muttered and Lemar cocked an eyebrow “Are you trying to convince yourself of that?”

John shrugged “Woman like her? I don’t know why she’s writing to me anyways” Lemar groaned “You’re hopeless. I say appreciate your luck my guy. She thinks your ugly mug is pretty! Don’t push her away” “We have another eight months after our leave Lemar” John reminded him and he nodded “I know. A lot can happen though. All I’m saying man”

They drove for a little longer then Lemar asked “Did you send her a letter like you said you would?” John groaned, which was enough to make Lemar start laughing. “You like her man” “Go to hell” 

You were sitting at the head of the circle of chairs in your group. Bianca was sitting next to you because you wanted to make sure everyone would be comfortable with her for the two weeks you would be gone. The next step was for one on one meetings with any clients that may need her assistance while you were away.

John should be coming back online any day and it wasn’t like you were waiting on an email or anything. Not at all.  Once group was wrapped you started to help put the chairs away, a few of the guys offered to lend a hand so within a few minutes the room was tidied up. “See all of you next week!” you told them with a smile.

“So, soldier boy back up and running yet?” Bianca asked, sliding up next to you. You rolled your eyes “Jesus can everyone quit acting like this is a bigger deal than it is. He is a freaking penpal” “One that saved Charlie’s life, holds three medals of honor and that Emma said you described as freaking gorgeous when you saw a photo of him”

“Ok first of all, I didn’t know about the life saving medal of honor thing. I signed up to the program just for the hell of it. Second of all, he is fucking gorgeous!” you blurted out and she burst out laughing “Are you gonna try to video call him?” you shrugged “I don’t know. It’s kind of weird, isn’t it?” she stared you down and you could feel your face warm “Bite me Evans”

Did you want to video call John? Yes, of course. Did you want to ask? No. You wished there was another option. Any other option. You sighed, checking your watch “Let’s finish up and we can lock up the clinic so we can all head home” she smirked “You wanna go check your mail don’t ya?” you turned and walked out of the meeting room without another word being spoken.

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When you walked into the door of your apartment you had your mail tucked away in your purse, takeout you’d decided on in your hand and a throbbing headache. You wanted to read the letter from John before you crashed though. 

You knew eating wasn’t an option at the moment so you stashed the food in the fridge, grabbed something to drink to be able to wash down something for the headache then walked into the living room.  Once you’d taken meds you sat down on the couch and leaned up to fish the envelope out of your purse.

Luna,

I swear I didn’t know Lemar was sending that photo and I damn sure wouldn’t have expected anything in return but that being said? Why hasn’t your boyfriend/girlfriend stopped you from writing to me? There’s no way you’re single. Gorgeous, smart, mouthy. The whole damn package and that’s not even me flirting, that’s just me being honest. I don’t know what I was expecting from an addiction counselor with a family full of service men and women but damn. Why exactly are you wasting time writing to me? Maybe I can eventually convince you I’m not worth the effort, even if Lemar may threaten me with a boot if I get his jerky supply cut off because his wife can’t find that brand in Georgia.  Tell your sister in law and her sister in law they picked one hell of a picture. I’m glad none of these other assholes saw it. It would've been hard to explain you’re just writing to me because of some program.  Lemar told me it looked like you’re doing charity work. Anyways, I’m about to have to head. The next two weeks are gonna be quiet from my end but I’ll try to email once the lines get up unless you decide you’re sick of me before then. Stay safe, John

You found yourself smiling at some things in the letter but frowning at others. How the hell was a man that looked like him with the accomplishments he had under his belt still so unsure of himself though? The self worth was alarming. From what Charlie said alone he was a pretty fucking amazing guy, he was gorgeous and sweet. Maybe it was ptsd? Survivors' guilt? Or maybe it's just his way of pushing people away?

Hopefully your letter would get through to him that you genuinely did want to be his friend, even if nothing else you could be someone he let over those damn walls. You stuck the letter back in your purse and laid down across the couch. You needed a nap in hopes the headache would fade then you’d go from there.

There were still a few hours until the internet would be back online when a mail call came in. Lemar got a handful of letters from his mom, Monica and his sister. He was laid back across his cot and cut his eyes up at John with a grin when the private passing out mail called out “Captain Walker?” 

John stood and walked over to grab the envelope. “Luna?” Lemar guessed and John laughed “Actually there’s one from Liz and one from Luna” Lemar nodded approvingly “One from your sister and one from the woman you want to be your woman” 

John shook his head and opened the one from Liz first. Her letters were always along the same line. She caught him up on her grades, even sent her transcripts. Asked how he was, how Lemar was. Told him she missed him and hoped they were safe and told him to write to her soon. He sat it to the side with plans to write her back soon then picked up the letter from you. He tore open the envelope and pulled out the letter.

John,

So apparently I pulled a large name when it came to a penpal? My well, not quite my brother but damn near? It’s my sister in law’s brother but he’s been around since my early teen years, yeah he knows you? He served with you. You saved his life

“Lemar” when John called his name Lemar looked up “Huh?” John waved the letter “She knows someone we served with” Lemar sat up, swinging his boots around to the floor “Who?” John turned his attention back to the letter.

The name Charles Jameson ring a bell? 

“Charlie” John laughed, of all people. He’d pulled the name of Charlie’s proxy younger sister. Lemar laughed “For real?” And John showed him the letter. “Damn, small world” “Guess so” John muttered then kept reading to himself then, ignoring Lemar’s watchful gaze 

Anyways, I was actually out with Charlie, his wife, my brother and his wife (Charlie’s sister) when that email from Lemar came in. I may have called you fucking gorgeous in front of them but moving on. Charlie sang your praises very highly. Called you and I quote a “fucking beast” when there’s a mission in front of you. I told him you’d been nothing but sweet to me in letters and emails and had worried a time or two I’d block you or find you to be a nut case. He said you weren’t an easy man, that you put walls up. Said that was why you had no one writing to you. Guess we found something else we have in common? The need to push people away when they get too close? I have friends, family but anyone else? They’re only allowed so close before I find my heels digging in. Maybe we can both work on that? Anyways, I hope you and Lemar are good. I hope you’re safe. I hope that good looking face is still very intact and I hope to hear from you soon, Luna

“You’re gone John” Lemar laughed and John cut his eyes up to see he was grinning at him. “Fuck you Hoskins” Lemar waved a hand at the letter “Email her when everything comes up and see if she wants to video call or something” John shook his head “No, that’s just.. No” he folded the letter up and shoved it with the one from Liz. He’d write you back, email you when the internet was back up but it felt weird asking you to video call.

The internet was back up and Lemar was kind of enjoying watching John try to decide what to do if he was being honest. Everyone was crowding the hell out of communications trying to email or video call so the two of them were steering clear for the time being.

“I need to call Monica when I get a chance” he commented and that seemed to break John out of his own thoughts enough to bring him back down to earth “Huh? Oh yeah, she’ll be waiting to hear from you”

“You gonna email anyone?” Lemar asked and John cut his eyes up at him “Yeah, ok? I’m gonna email her” Lemar just smirked at him.

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Later when the two of them made it into communications Lemar had just gotten off a call with Monica when an email came through, from Charlie? He recognized it because while Charlie wasn’t active duty he still held a position in the army and had the .mil email.

He clicked on it, looking over to make sure John’s attention was not on him. “Lemar, long time no talk brother. I hear my little moonbeam and your big pain in the ass are writing to each other.  Now, I don’t know about Walker but Luna is being a stubborn ass when it comes to taking the step to video calling or phone calls. What do you say we help em out? She comes over to my house a couple times a week normally. If you were to say happen to ring me and she happened to be there and you happened to drag John into it? Well then neither of them have to make that step? We need to talk about the plans you have for when you’re on leave too or more specifically the plans he has but we’ll get to that later. Let me know when she needs to be here and we’ll make it happen, Charlie”

Lemar laughed, oh hell yeah he was down for it. He clicked reply “Charlie, how the hell are you? How about two days? Make it around 8 pm your time? Call Monica and catch her up and she’ll catch me up when she calls and we’ll go from there. Whatever plan you have up your sleeve I think we may just be able to sling it. Your little moon beam as you call her is something else man. I haven’t seen John like this in ages. I look forward to meeting her too. Talk soon, Lemar”

“Who you emailing over here?” John asked about the time Lemar hit send and clicked to sign out. “No one,” Lemar assured him with a shrug. John raised an eyebrow “Ok then well I emailed Luna to let her know the internet was back up. Come on time to go to work man”

“So why did we all of a sudden decide to do the weekly dinner at your place instead of your place?” you asked Tiana and Emma. Tiana shrugged “Charlie said something about wanting to try out the new grill he got” you nodded “At least it’s a saturday so that’s a plus right? I’m just glad we all had a day off considering all of us are basically busting our asses before the camping trip to make sure work is covered”

“Amen to that” Emma laughed, passing you a glass of lemonade. You took it with a smile, “Thank you dear” 

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“Why do I have to go with you to communications all of a sudden?” John groaned as Lemar dragged him into the tent “Because you’re my best friend. My mother has helped raise you. You wouldn’t know Luna without me. I’ve saved your life a time or two, should I go?” John glared at him “Fine”

Lemar grinned “Just give me five” John shook his head as Lemar went to find a computer. John walked slowly behind him, mainly because he felt out of place when everyone was on calls. He really didn’t have anyone to call besides Ma Hoskins. 

Lemar looked behind him and John was talking to a private which was perfect. He signed in and a few minutes later Charlie’s face was on the screen along with another man. “Charlie. Long time Brother!” he greeted and Charlie laughed “It is good to see you Lemar. This here is Theodore, Luna’s brother” 

“The marine” Lemar commented and Theo laughed “That’d be me” Lemar grinned “She there?” Charlie nodded “Just gotta call her in. You got him?” Lemar nodded “Just waiting to drag him over. Ready to do this?” “Hell yeah”

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“Moon beam!” “Lune!” you groaned when you heard Charlie then Theo calling you. “Shouldn’t the steaks be going on the grill about now?” you asked Tiana who laughed “I have no idea with those two”  you rolled your eyes “Well come on, you two married them. I’m not dealing with them alone” 

They followed you into Charlie’s office. “What do you want Charles?” you asked and Theo looked up from where he was leaning over Charlie’s shoulder “We just got something we want you to see, that’s all”

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Lemar waved John over to the computer screen about the same time you made it in front of the camera and both of you froze. “John?” “Luna?” 

John looked from the computer where you stood in a home office to Lemar then back to the computer. Lemar grinned “Tada! You’ve got twenty five minutes. Make em count” then stood and patted John on the shoulder.

You looked even more beautiful live than in a photo. Your hair was braided, you were wearing a gray t-shirt and a pair of jeans and the soft smile on your face made his stomach flip in a way that scared him worse than any fire fight ever could. 

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“What is..what is this?” you were staring at the screen where John was staring at you. God he looked handsome in his damn ACUs. He had a solid beard now and it suited him beautifully. 

Charlie stood up “Told ya I served with them. I got in contact with Lemar. You’ve got about twenty, twenty five minutes. Food will be done by then. Enjoy”

After everyone walked out of the office, Tiana closing the door you slowly sank down into the chair, facing the computer and John did the same on the other end of the line, thousands of miles away.  You just stared at each other for a few seconds before you laughed lightly “Well hi?” he chuckled low, deep from in his chest “Hey there sweetheart”

You couldn’t stop the smile that split your face if you would have tried “So apparently Lemar and Charlie really thought we needed to step up our talking game and get in some face time” he gave you that crooked grin like he’d had in the photo and if you thought a photo had done it justice? God were you wrong. 

“Well those two did go through an awful lot of trouble for this. Least we can do is humor them” you grinned “Oh yeah, gotta at least humor them” 

He ran his hand down his face and shifted in his seat, blue eyes catching the light just so. “I gotta know. Why is a woman as pretty as you not taken?” you burst out laughing “What happened to you not flirting there Captain?” he shrugged like it was no big deal but you clocked the tips of his ears turning a light pink “I’m not. I’m just stating the facts here honey” 

Now was your turn to flush when honey slipped off his lips, that drawl making it sound even warmer. “My last break up was severe enough it took a few marines to scare him off permanently. That’ll spook anyone” 

His face lost all humor “Did he hurt you?” you felt your heart flip from the concern in his voice and eyes “Not physically. Don’t worry he wouldn’t still be standing. Theo wouldn’t have let that happen” he nodded slowly “Bastard deserved whatever he got. Sorry if I hit a sore spot” you shook your head “No sore spot, hell I got a gorgeous Captain talking to me. Why would I be stuck on that loser?” his face turned a light pink and he shook his head “You’re trouble” you grinned “Why do I get the feeling you may just like trouble Mr Walker?”

He held your eyes for a minute and slowly shook his head again “How the hell did the universe drop you in my lap?” you couldn’t help but to tease him one more time by saying “Well technically I haven’t been in your lap yet but if that’s an offer how much longer does this contract have on it?” and when he straight out blushed you started laughing “Oh you’re fun” he raised an eyebrow “That’s not fair sweetheart” you grinned “Might not be fair but do you have any idea the confidence boost I’m gonna have from making a man like you blush?”

He smiled and god was it a gorgeous sight “You are something else Y/N” you laughed “So I’ve been told. That a good thing or a bad thing?” he smirked "Definitely a good thing”  

You leaned up a little, resting your head on your hands as you stared at the screen “Now, can I ask one thing that’s a little more serious?” he nodded “Of course?” you smiled “Why do you see yourself as so horrible? I see a pretty decent man in front of me. The way Charlie talks about you?  How Lemar talks about you? John, you've got to be a good man. You’ve been nothing but kind to me. Hell you were just a blushing mess because I was flirting with you. So why do you think so lowly of yourself?”

He smiled softly “Honey, I don’t think we have enough time to cover it today” you slowly shook your head “I’ll let it go if you promise to let go of the notion that I am going to get tired of talking to you. Writing you, emailing you and hell now I could probably see video calling you too has become a part of my routine. Like it or not John Walker” his smile got broader “Good to know sweetheart” 

The two of you started talking about anything and everything. You talked about the times you got low grades in college and cried for two weeks, about his dog dying and his dad being a dick about it. He told you about Liz too. You told him more about Theo and your connection to Charlie. He told you about saving Charlie that day but steered clear of any other save or detail so you didn’t go into it or push. You knew better. 

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By the time Lemar popped back into screen to say the allotted time was up it was hard to believe twenty five minutes had passed. Lemar slapped John’s shoulder and winked at you “Well twenty five minutes actually hasn’t passed. Forty has” you looked up at the clock that was in the corner of Charlie’s office and your eyes got wide before you looked back at the computer and John was already looking at you, a smirk on his face “Guess time flies huh?”

You gave him a small smile back “Guess so? Can I look for another one of these?” he nodded “I’ll email you to schedule one so I know you’re not busy ok sweetheart?” you grinned “Alright honey” and he laughed, shaking his head “Be good Luna” you grinned “Stay safe John” then looked at Lemar “You too” he nodded “Yes ma’am”

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After the two of them signed off you sat there for a moment, staring at the now blank computer screen. Your heart was pounding in your ears. Christ have mercy. That man’s voice was even sexy as hell. How the hell were you not supposed to think about him that way?

Your head fell back with a groan because on top of his looks he was actually a pretty decent guy. The door to the office cracked open and Tiana and Emma cracked their heads in “How did it go?” Emma asked and you lifted your head “I can’t be thinking about him. Can I?” She burst out laughing “Are you?” you shrugged “Maybe?”

You were already a bit unsure where John was concerned and now? Now, you were tilted on your axis because that man? That man felt like someone stuck him in your path. You didn’t believe in fate but damn. 

John was half asleep, laid back across his cot when Lemar called his name lightly. He leaned up and looked, “So, you never said?” John shrugged “She’s even more amazing than I thought”

He had no idea what the hell to do because you were. You were easy to talk to, kept him on his toes and made him promise to keep trying to do better. You made him want to do better. You were so damn beautiful and sweet and just a good person. “You like her, a lot don’t you?”  Lemar asked and John groaned “If I didn’t this would be easier now wouldn’t it?”

John scrubbed a hand down his face “Fuck it. Go to sleep. We got work to do that doesn’t involve me being pathetic” Lemar shook his head “Walker, shut the hell up. You aren’t pathetic. You just need to let her in a little more. Let nature take its course”

“And if it ends with one or both of us broken?” John asked and Lemar shrugged “I think nature has other plans for the two of you but even if you were to end broken, isn’t it better to say you tried?” 

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Penpals-Part 5

John Walker x Reader

Now you know just who you’re writing and John officially knows what you look like. What’s gonna happen now?

Some cursing, talks of injuries?

“Have you checked your email?” Lemar was getting on John’s nerves. He had no idea why the hell he was being so damn persistent about him needing to check his email. Hell they only had a few hours left until the internet would be basically non-existent for anything that wasn’t a necessity for the next two weeks.  “What did you do?” he finally asked and Lemar shrugged, looking across the perimeter before admitting “I may have sent her that photo of me and you Monica took after dinner the night before we left?” 

John froze dead in his tracks, glaring at his friend “What?” Lemar shrugged, turning his eyes back to John “You wanted to know what she looks like. Don’t lie. You also felt like it was a violation of some sort to ask so I took that away. I gave her the photo all on my own. No one else to blame so maybe if you resist the urge to yell or swing on me and go check your damn email before the lines go down you may very well get to see what your little penpal looks like” 

“I should knock your damn head off your shoulders!”  John fumed but Lemar didn’t blink an eye. He’d known John far too long to let a little bit of fussing get under his skin because he knew this reaction wasn’t from anger as much as from embarrassment and from John being flat out flustered. “Gonna check it?” he asked with a smirk and John groaned, scrubbing a hand down his face “Yeah, I’m gonna check it you fucking asshole” 

Lemar fell in step behind him, the two moving through the maze of tents to the one that housed the communications. John stepped up to ask if the computers were still accessible and the private told him they were for another forty minutes or so. “Just in time” Lemar teased and for half a second worried he may very well end up having to duck a swing if he kept pushing John. 

John tried his best to ignore Lemar’s presence as he chose a computer and signed into his email. He was damn near nervous of the possibility that it was just an email asking him to not email you any longer, telling him that you didn’t want to talk to him any more but instead there was an email sitting with your name. He clicked on it. 

There was a photo attached but before he clicked on it he read the email, John, so Lemar sent me something. A photo of you and him. I must say Captain Walker, you’re pretty damn good looking. From what Lemar says you enjoy talking to me and you’re a pretty good guy, also I have my sister in law and her sister in law here helping to pick out a photo to send you so I figured it was time you know what I look like too. If I figured it out right, by the time you get this good the internet will be going down there so maybe you’ll send me a letter back? Stay safe. Keep your head down. Luna” 

John felt his face warm slightly at you calling him “damn good looking” he cut his eyes back at Lemar “What photo did you send her?” Lemar shrugged “That one where we were leaning against your truck outside my place” John smirked slightly, hell if you thought he was good looking that’s all that mattered right?

“You talking me up?” John teased and Lemar laughed “No, just being honest. Now click the damn photo! I’m curious too!” “Yeah yeah yeah” John grumbled, acting like he wasn’t as curious as he was. He clicked the photo and when it loaded he muttered “Holy hell” under his breath. 

He wasn’t sure what he was expecting. You were..fucking beautiful. Soft curves in all the right places. Your hair was down loose in the photo, around your shoulders. A smile was on your face that looked like whoever had taken it caught you mid laughter. The way the light was hitting your eyes made the color that much deeper than they already were. You were wearing a pair of cut off jeans that showed a big tattoo on your thigh along with a marine corp shirt which made sense considering your older brother was in the corp. Layered necklaces dangled from your neck and several silver rings adored your fingers. “She’s pretty” Lemar commented and John scoffed “She’s a fucking goddess” 

Lemar burst out laughing, slapping him on the shoulder “And you didn’t want me to put your name in the program! You’re welcome!” John glared over his shoulder at Lemar “You’re acting like she’s mine or something. Just because she sent me a photo doesn’t mean anything” Lemar shook his head “You’re telling me, you don’t want to maybe try to video call her when we get set up again?”

John shook his head “I’m not trying to do anything she wouldn’t be comfortable with. She’s sent care packages. She emails, she writes. She’s a gorgeous, semi stable woman. What use would she have for me?” Lemar groaned and smacked him behind the head “One day I’ll talk or smack enough sense into you. For now? Admire that Luna is a goddess as you said. Shoot her a quick reply because the private just sent up the ten minute warning” 

Owen, for his credit, tried to be interesting the rest of the night. He tried to make you smile, he asked for your number. You politely declined. You couldn’t stop thinking about that photo of John or how Tiana had reacted. That “Oh my god” and her telling you to come over the following day? Your mind was running a thousand miles an hour.

When you woke up the next morning you absentmindedly reached for your phone. A small voice in the back of your head hoped there would be a reply from John. When you saw the new email up your heart leapt into your throat. You sat up, back against the headboard and ran a hand over your hair like he could see the mess it was as you clicked on the message. “Luna, you call me good looking then send a photo that makes the marine corp look appealing. You’re absolutely beautiful sweetheart. (yeah you’re right I do tend to use sweetheart) I hate that this has to be so short but they’re literally about to knock everything off line. I’ll drop you a letter today. Maybe I should be a little nicer to Lemar? What do you think? Anyways, stay safe. Talk soon? John”

Well damn. That was a way to start your day. You had to be over at Charlie and Tiana’s by ten. Tiana was being a little weird about why she wanted you to come over and talk to Charlie about John but beyond that it wasn’t anything unusual for you to end up at their place on a saturday anyways.

You tossed the blanket off your body then swung your legs off the bed. You needed a shower and to get your head on straight. Not thinking about an army captain. 

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When you parked your jeep behind Charlie’s truck the front door of their house opened and he walked out, leaning against the doorframe. “What’s up moonbeam?” you rolled your eyes as you slammed your jeep door and walked over to him “Your wife didn’t tell you I was coming over?” he shook his head “Nope. She’s baking. Wanna follow me into the kitchen so she can clarify at one time for both of us?” “Actually, I do”

He stepped back to let you in the door first then closed it behind you. “How did your lawyer take the let down?” he teased and you rolled your eyes “He was never my lawyer first of all. Second of all he was being stared down by you and Theo all night. I don’t think he was going to go with anything but niceties” 

He smirked, “Good. You know I’ll kick someone’s ass over you just as fast as I will over Em” you nodded “I know Charlie. I know” the two of you made it around the corner into the kitchen and Tiana was just pulling a tray of fresh pastries out of the oven. “Baby, why was moonbeam surprised I didn’t know she was coming?” Charlie asked and you added “Why didn’t Charlie know I was coming?” 

She grinned, leaning her hands on the counter. She looked from you to him, her hazel eyes the color of whiskey when sunlight hit it “Charlie. I found out the name of the soldier our Luna has been writing” he crossed his arms across his chest and leaned his hip against the counter, turning so he could have both you and her in his eyesight “Let’s hear it Y/N” 

You cut your eyes at Tiana who gave you a nod. You rolled your bottom lip between your teeth before saying “Um..Captain John Walker?” Charlie’s face went through about fifteen different emotions before landing on just a blank face. His mouth fell open and he started laughing “Bullshit” you looked from him to Tiana who was laughing now as well “No, Lemar sent her a damn photo of John. It’s him baby” 

Charlie raised an eyebrow “Let me see” you dug your phone out and clicked on the photo of Lemar and John before holding it out. Charlie’s face softened slightly “Look at those two assholes” you felt like you were on the outside of a joke here “You served with them?” Charlie looked up when he handed your phone back and took a deep breath “Let’s grab some coffee and a couple of those pastries. Then we’ll talk about your penpal” “Ok?” 

You could feel a knot in your stomach while you made a mug of coffee, grabbed a pastry and followed Charlie and Tiana outside to the patio. Charlie shook his head, hand tracing over where you knew a shrapnel scar was on his left leg. “Charlie?” you asked quietly and he laughed low “John is a good guy. I wouldn’t tell you anything other” 

“Ok. How do you know him?” you asked and he smiled “He’s the only living person to receive three medals of honor. He saved my life the day he earned those damn medals. I still remember the way his left arm was pouring blood. He refused to slow..” his voice trailed off, eyes looking into the distance before he continued “It was rough. A hostage situation. Eleven days. I never thought I’d see sunlight again. Walker is a fucking beast when he has a mission in front of him. He won’t leave a man behind. Him and Hoskins saved a lot of lives that day. Walker had to be ordered away or he would’ve ran himself in the ground trying to save more even when it was hopeless”

“Why did a man like that not have anyone writing to him?” you asked without thinking and Charlie laughed “He’s not an easy man Lune. He puts up that wall and if you don’t know him, it’s hard to get past it. His ol man was a hard ass. His ma died a while back. His younger sister is his only family. Last I heard he was just trying to make sure she got into law school” 

“She’s in” you offered and he smiled “Good. The point is, John is a good man. He’s a friend. He’s safe for you to talk to” you laughed “So that’s you vetting the soldier I’m writing” he burst out laughing “Yeah, that’s me vetting him. He’s approved. Signed, sealed and delivered. Wait till Theo finds out just who you’re writing” 

You laughed “Does everyone know who John is?” Charlie shrugged “Three medals of honor is kind of a big deal darlin” you shrugged “He’s been sweet in letters and emails. Worries I’m gonna block him or think he’s a nutcase but beyond that he’s sweet” “Why don’t you video call him?” Tiana suggested and you shrugged “They’re gonna be offline for the next couple weeks” 

Charlie shrugged, “Could do it when they get online” you shook your head “Everyone goes from skeptical to saying to video call all of a sudden. Damn” Charlie grinned “Yeah. Cause now we know who it is on the other end of the damn letters moonbeam”

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Charlie looked at Tiana after you left and she was already looking at him “You’re planning something” he shrugged “Maybe” she raised an eyebrow and he shrugged “Maybe I know they get leave at the halfway point of this deployment. Maybe it syncs with our camping trip. Maybe our camping trip is in Tennessee which isn’t that long of a drive from Georgia. Maybe it wouldn’t be that weird to invite an old buddy camping” 

“CHARLES JAMESON” She squealed and he shrugged “Oh come on! You didn’t see the look in her eyes? Her meeting him wouldn’t hurt anything. Besides, I'd like to have a reason to catch up with him. We could invite Lemar and Monica too” She shook her head “At least run the idea by Theo too?” he laughed “Of course” and she rolled her eyes “You’re acting like an old church woman now baby” 

He shrugged “Maybe I’m just ensuring one of my little sisters don’t have any more lawyers thrown at her if there’s even the slightest possibility of a better option and even if her and John can just be friends it could help him a lot too. She does have a psych degree” “Ok Love” Tiana agreed and pressed a kiss to his lips before heading to start the dishwasher.

You barely got home from running errands after you left Tiana and Charlie’s before Theo was blowing your phone up. The moment you answered he burst out laughing “Out of the entire fucking army my little sister pulls the name of the man that hold three medals of honor?”

You scrubbed a hand down your face, sitting the bags from the grocery store on the counter. “I didn’t know! All I knew him as was John then all I knew was he was a Captain! I didn’t know he was that big of a deal!” you laughed and Theo chuckled “So, your penpal is actually a decent guy. I approve” you shook your head “Good to know big brother” 

Him and Charlie were a little crazy but they were yours. Right? He finally stopped laughing about John being who he was after a moment (and apparently encouraging you to move up to video calling him as well jesus what was it with your family?) to move onto talking about the camping trip.

This year the destination was Tennessee. A huge cabin in the mountains for two weeks. You couldn’t wait. It was still a couple months away but you were counting down the damn days at this point. From what Theo said there was a wrap-around porch with multiple hammocks, hiking trails, ponds nearby with decent fishing. A damn dream away from daily life for a little bit.

“You get some decent boots yet?” he asked and you laughed “Yes, I did!” “Good” he teased. The two of you talked a little bit longer before he reminded you to come over for dinner because you’d promised to bake with Allie then you said your goodbyes and hung up.

A part of you wanted to write John but when that thought occurred to you it kind of stopped you in your tracks. No, that wasn’t your thought. That was everyone talking about him. Right? Then again, it wouldn’t hurt just to drop him a letter. Right? Something to get to him about the time the internet came back on? Maybe he followed through on writing to you too and you’d get something soon. 

Part 6

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Penpals-Part 4

John Walker x Reader

As the two of you get closer Lemar decides it’s time you and John find out what each other looks like as well so he makes the move to make that happen

“Why do I always wait to do this until I am drowning in paperwork?” you muttered to yourself, poking at one of the rather large stacks of files that was currently taking up the corner of your desk. You should’ve been off an hour ago but you were having to catch up on transcribing your notes to ensure they were legible for the next person.

You had a habit of just scribbling as you thought or in the cases of clients, as they spoke and as you and them planned so your notes were well all over the place at best. They made perfect sense to you but to most everyone else? They couldn’t make heads nor tails of it.

“Knock knock” you cut your eyes up to see Bianca standing at the doorway of your office. “Hey Bianca. What’s up?” she stepped in “I wanted to come put your mind at ease about at least one thing and let you know that I will be covering your groups while you go on your yearly camping trip with your family” you let out a sigh of relief. You respected basically every person you worked with at the clinic but not everyone handled their clients the way you did. Bianca however? She did.

“Thank god” you laughed as she flopped down in the chair across from you “What are you doing anyways?” “Transcribing my notes” she made a face “I can always read your notes just fine. What’s the issue” you waved a hand in her direction “That is why I am happy you’re the one covering my groups but they must be clinical not chaotic” she laughed at the direct quote from the office manager. You didn’t mean for your mind to fly all over the place sometimes it just worked out like that. Yet another reason why you had more than one notebook and journal littered around your apartment with scribblings in them that could resemble notes. Your college days had been hell.

Emma did similar with keeping notes on her students that had ieps. At least you knew you weren’t the only one with the issue. Hell Theo had a bad habit of it as well. He just had more ways to channel it in his work than you and her did. 

After a few moments of silence passed with her just sitting there you leaned around the stack of files to stare her down “Do you need something or did you just come to stare at my face?” she grinned and you immediately started shaking your head. You knew her too well. You knew that look, you knew it meant she was up to something that you were not going to like. “No, whatever it is. No”

“You didn’t even let me tell you yet!” she argued. You pointed your pen at her, eyes narrowing “You don’t have to tell me. You have that look. That look that if we were in high school would result in Theo having to help us get across the back fence before the principal caught us” she burst out laughing at the memory “Ok ok geez. You remember meeting Jeremy’s cousin Owen at our last cook out?” 

“Get out” you waved a hand, turning your attention back to your files without another word. You loved Bianca, you did. You’d known her since high school. She was a sweetheart but she was also one of those women that couldn’t stand to see one of her friends single and surrounded by couples and took it upon herself to try to fix that where you were concerned.  She tried to set you up with men you told her no, she tried to set you up with women, you told her no. Guess she was circling back around.

“Come on. He’s a lawyer” she scrunched up your nose at that and she burst out laughing “He’s tall?” “He’s five eleven. Emma is the same height as him” she rolled her eyes “I can’t help it that you’re the short one out of your family and inlaws honey. Work with me… he’s got pretty green eyes, remember?” you leaned back in your chair and smirked at her “I prefer blue eyes”

She groaned “Ok, how about this. Group setting. I’ll pay Vivian her usual babysitting fee, doubled to watch Allie" you leaned up in your chair “Is he so pathetic that you have to bribe someone to go out with him?” she laughed “No but it’s mine and Jeremy’s anniversary this coming Friday and he’s in town and this is the only way I get a halfway decent night” 

You groaned, “Fine. But Tiana and Charlie are invited too and this is my anniversary present to you” She laughed and held her hand out across the desk “Deal! I love you, you’re awesome. I’ll text Tiana and Emma to let them know and I’ll venmo Emma the money for Vivian” she stood and scurried out of the office leaving you shaking your head and wondering how the hell you just agreed to any of that. 

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The thunderstorm that you’d gotten caught in had rolled up rather unannounced so you were resembling something closer to a drowned rat than to a human being by the time you made it into your apartment that evening. You shivered as you locked the door and did a once over to ensure you’d blocked your laptop and cell from the downpour.

You laid them both on the counter then decided to strip there on the tile floor instead of tracking water down the carpeted hallway. Times like this you were so glad you in fact did not have a roommate. 

You bundled up your soaked clothes and headed in search of a hot shower.

After you were dressed in warm and soft clothes, you laid across the couch watching a movie. The storm was still raging overhead but you kept candles littered throughout the apartment so the only thing you had to do was light them should you lose power.

You heard your phone chime with an email alert so you leaned up to grab it off the coffee table and found yourself smiling slightly when you saw John’s name. When you clicked it you couldn’t help but laugh when the first line was “If you get an email from Lemar Hoskins I apologize but remember you did ask for it technically” 

Oh yeah, those two were brothers. Blood did not matter. You continued reading “I don’t really know what you mean when you say you wanted to know more about me. I’m from Georgia. I have a younger sister named Elizabeth, we all call her Liz. She's about 3 years younger than you. She's in law school. Lemar has been my best friend basically my entire life. His mother helped raise me and Liz. The two of us joined under the buddy system. We’re in the Rangers, 75th regiment. He's a major sergeant. I'm a Captain. We’ve been through hell at each other’s sides. I hope you do keep writing, even if the replies may start slowing. Some things are picking up over here. I may have a new address soon but I’ll let you know if you want. Internet usage may be choppy for the next couple weeks starting Friday so I’ll just reply when I can. Beyond that, I hope you’re doing good. John” 

You stared at the email, open mouthed. A fucking captain? A fucking captain. How the fuck did you end up pulling a fucking captain as a penpal? Not to mention, why didn’t he have anyone writing him? His sister you could get, law school was hell. You knew he was divorced but damn. No one?

 “Things picking up” “New address” “choppy internet” all meant that if he'd been in the midst of any calm, it was now over.

Your stomach knotted for men you didn’t even know. You had another care package ready to go. You needed to send it the following day in hopes it would get to him before he got moved. Even if he'd told you not to worry about sending any more.

You clicked reply and pulled your bottom lip between your teeth before typing “Georgia boy huh? That mean you call everyone sweetheart or darling? I bet you’re a sweetheart type of guy aren’t ya? I'm kidding (mostly) You dropped personal lore! Look at that! You have a sister!!! I feel like I should tell you now that Theo is my brother’s name and he is your age. He's a first sergeant in the marines but up for promotion. I told you Lemar is welcome to email too, just as long as he knows I am strictly your penpal. He gets socks and jerky but that's it (more is getting sent out tomorrow by the way if Lemar is reading over your shoulder) anyways, Captain? How the hell did the wheel land on me getting a Captain as a pen pal?? I'm honored sir!! Keep me updated on address changes. Email and reply as you can. Stay safe and keep your head down. Luna”

You hit send and muttered “A fucking Captain?” To your empty living room. You were still a little in shock. 

Lemar didn’t want to go behind John’s back, he really didn’t. BUT, he knew John. He knew when he was intrigued by something or in this case someone. John didn’t feel comfortable asking for a photo of you. He felt like that was a violation BUT, if Lemar was to by chance email you and by chance add in the photo that Monica had taken of him and John right before they deployed this last time then no harm, no foul right?

He did kind of start this whole ball rolling didn’t he? Hell the socks were comfortable and the jerky was damn good. John was in a meeting with a couple higher ups and the drills he’d been running had wrapped earlier than he’d expected them to so he snagged time on the internet block. 

He typed in your email, attached the photo and typed a message. He heard John’s voice calling his name so he quickly added “He doesn’t exactly know I’m sending this photo. I kind of took it upon myself? So, there’s that. Talk soon, hopefully. Lemar”

Lemar was just signing out of the computer when John walked over. “What are you doing?” “Nothing. Drills just finished a little sooner than I thought they would” John nodded slowly, looking from Lemar to the computer. “Please tell me you weren’t emailing Luna” Lemar grinned “She told me I could” and bolted up out of the chair before John could grab him. “What did you do Hoskins?”

Lemar shrugged “I just told her hey and thanked her for the socks and jerky! Damn Johnathan!” he teased which made John shake his head “Well come on, we got work to do” Lemar nodded and fell in step with him. What he didn’t know didn’t hurt him. Right?

“Why exactly did you even agree to go out with a lawyer?” Charlie asked as he and Tiana walked across the parking lot to meet you at the restaurant. You locked your jeep and shoved the keys into your jacket pocket. “Technically this is a group thing and I agreed for Bianca” 

He raised an eyebrow and you groaned “Come on Charlie! Don’t give me a hard time” he laughed “We both know you would chew up a lawyer and spit him out” you grinned “I remember Owen. He’s cute enough but I wouldn’t even wanna chew him up” Tiana burst out laughing and Charlie shook his head, a lock of mock disgust on his face “No. You’re in the same category as Em. I know you two do those things. You’re both grown as hell but that don’t mean I got to hear about it” 

“Aww Charlie” you teased, patting his shoulder. He swatted your hand away about the time Emma and Theo pulled into the parking lot. “I’m about to get teased again for the lawyer. Aren’t I?” you asked Tiana and she nodded “Oh yeah. Sorry but you already knew”

Emma and Theo parked and the moment Theo stepped out of his truck his eyes landed on you. “A lawyer?” you groaned “Em?” she popped his chest “Leave her be! She agreed so Bianca could do a get together for her anniversary without leaving Owen out” 

“”And if he decides he likes you?” Theo asked as the five of you headed for the entrance of the restaurant. You shrugged “That sounds very much like a him problem” Charlie stepped forward to hold the door open, shaking his head as you walked through. You needed to talk to him. You hadn’t had time to run John’s name and rank past him to see if he knew him. It was a long shot you knew but still.

“Over here!!” you heard Bianca’s voice and turned to see her, Jeremey and Owen. You had to admit Owen was a good looking man. He was taller, light brown hair and bright green eyes. He hadn’t shaved so a layer of scruff covered his jaw. He was attractive enough. He smiled when he saw you “Hey Y/N” you laughed lightly, mainly because no one you knew well enough really called you by your actual name. “Hey Owen, nice to see you again”

You took the seat between Owen and Tiana as everyone else seated themselves around the table. The waitress came to take drink orders, everyone started looking over the menu and talking about their weeks. 

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Owen was a bit more charming than you remembered. He was actually listening when you talked, asking questions and seemed interested. Even if you caught Charlie and Theo smirking at you a time or two. It didn’t mean anything because no matter if he was attentive and charming or not there was no spark there. 

You made a joke, something off handed and he just kind of blank faced. Charlie and Theo cracked up, Emma and Tiana giggled and the thought hit you that John probably would’ve found it funny. Where did that thought come from? Holy hell. You pushed past it when Owen apologized for not getting the joke “It’s fine, my whole bunch has a weird sense of humor” 

“I take offense to that” Charlie argued and you cut your eyes at him “It’s a trauma response my guy” he shrugged “Spicy memories. Yummy” which in turn made you and Theo crack up a bit. Emma shook her head “You three are horrible when you get together” you shrugged, biting your bottom lip to stifle another laugh “Sorry Em”

Entrees were just being brought out when your phone chimed with an email. Emma and Tiana’s heads both swung around towards you so fast it was comical. Emma raised an eyebrow because she’d known you’d given him your email but you hadn’t caught her up on a lot. Tiana either. You grinned and she bumped her shoulder against Tiana “I need to use the restroom. Come on T. You too Lune” 

“Where are you three going?” Bianca asked with a laugh. Theo shook his head “Don’t ask. Helps to have plausible deniability” you waved a hand in his direction “That point” and smiled at Owen “We’ll be right back”

You stood and clicked on the email to see it was in fact not from John but from Lemar? Your heart dropped. Was something wrong? You blindly followed behind Tiana and Emma to the bathroom as you clicked on the email and read it.  “Luna, nice to “meet” you? This is Lemar. The man who put John’s name in everything. He told me more socks and jerky are on the way. You are an angel my dear. Anyways, I thought you may like to put a face to the man you are writing to. John is the big blonde one. I am the handsome one. Sorry honey, I’m happily married (My beautiful wife married way down) I hope you’re good. This sad sap would be pitiful if he stopped hearing from you at this point (please don’t tell him I said that. He’s taller, faster and stronger than me. I can’t outrun his ass) John’s a complicated asshole but he’s a good guy at his heart. He’s been my best friend for most of my life. Growing up and into our teen years the only serious trouble he ever got into was due to some racist hick saying something that John knocked his teeth down his throat for without any hesitation. He smiled when the sheriff put him in the back of the cop car. That’s the type of man he is. He doesn’t fail to run into fire head first to save someone and that’s not me hyping my boy up or anything. He’s just a good man and your letters manage to put a smile on his face so thanks for that.”

You hadn’t realized you were smiling until you stepped into the bathroom and Emma laughed “Jesus that smile” you looked up and she was staring at you, a hand on her hip. “So?” you shrugged “It’s his friend actually but he sent me a picture?” “You never told us his rank” Emma reminded “Or last name” Tiana added as you clicked the photo to download it and when it did you nearly dropped your phone. 

“He’s fucking gorgeous” you breathed. John was tall, had to be over six foot. Dark blonde hair and blue eyes that were bright enough you could tell them in the photo. He was wearing dark jeans with a black button down shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, hair a little tousled with just enough scruff on his face you knew he was planning to forgo shaving for deployment like a lot of men did. That damn crooked smirk he had on his face made your stomach flip along with those broad shoulders and that build that would make damn near any person attracted to men swoon just a bit. Him and Lemar were leaning against a dark blue pickup in front of a small house that had a gorgeous garden in the front.

They crowded around you, “Let us see” “Oh my god!” Tiana spoke first and you cut your eyes at her because that wasn’t a “He’s beautiful” oh my god. That was a surprised oh my god. “T?” 

“He’s a Captain in the Rangers” she announced and you raised an eyebrow “How did you know that?” she tapped the photo “Because Charlie served with him. You need to tell Charlie who you’re writing”

“Like bad need to tell him or good need to tell him?” She looked at Emma, the two passing a look before she laughed “Send him a photo back, need to tell him. Let’s get back out there. Come over to our house tomorrow. Ok?” “Wait!” you urged and they both paused “What?” Emma asked. You were still staring at the photo of John then looked up at them “Which photo?”

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Penpals- Part 3

John Walker x Reader

Lemar encourages John to keep writing you while your sister in law and friend encourage you to go ahead and send him an email address too.

(Did I mention this is a slower burn if yall havent figured that out?)

A couple weeks passed and another letter came. This one was longer. 

“Luna, well damn now I need to know if I should address these things to Luna or Y/N. You said you prefer Luna so I’ll stick with that. Thanks to you I am now down three pairs of socks because Lemar saw that you agreed with him and promptly stole them. Why does it make sense for an addiction counselor to come from a family of service members? Nice to know you’re close in age to me too. I was worried that maybe I’d gotten in with some fresh out of high school kid. The circumstances with being divorced was we married straight out of high school. We loved each other but I was gone more than there. Couldn’t exactly blame her for wanting a husband she saw more than once every ten months or so. I’d like to think I’m not a bad guy at least, even if Lemar is now hanging over my shoulder telling me to tell you I am indeed an asshole half the time so there’s that. Please don’t worry about sending more care packages. That one was plenty. You don’t even know me. Don’t spend your money on a stranger just because you feel sorry for some poor sap that didn’t have anyone else writing to him. Now Lemar is threatening to throw a boot at me because he liked the brand of jerky you sent. Shit, now I’m rambling. Can you tell I’m out of practice writing to people? If you actually read this thing this far and aren’t laughing your ass off or heading for the hills, I wouldn’t mind hearing from you again. I’ll be waiting for that email address too. Signed, John”

By the time you got through reading the letter you were laughing but not at John, more so at the fact that just from his letter you could tell him and Lemar were close. If they teased each other like that they probably went in together. Reminded you of Theo and some of his buddies from bootcamp. “What ya got there?” Christie, one of your younger clients asked as she walked into your office for her one on one meeting.

You looked up and she was leaning against the doorframe with a smirk. Her hot pink hair was braided, the dark purple dress she was wearing was a dark contrast but she loved her style and as long as she was comfortable in it and doing good? You weren’t about to comment on it. “A letter from a penpal” you offered and waved a hand for her to take a seat. She closed the door as you tucked the letter from John away in your purse. Once she was seated across from you she grinned “Is it a man?” you rolled your eyes playfully “Ma’am. That is not proper topics to be discussing” she burst out laughing “Oh it is” and you shook your head “That’s enough of that”

She grinned “Yes ma’am” and cut the teasing so the two of you could get down to her actual appointment.

You were at Emma and Theo’s for dinner. Theo and Charlie were outside on the grill so you were inside with Emma, Charlie’s wife Tiana and your niece who was playing upstairs in her room. You were taking up residence on one of the stools at the island while Emma cut up vegetables for a salad. You’d made dessert as your contribution. Tiana passed you a glass of wine before asking  “So, what do we know about this John?” and you rolled your eyes “Christ have mercy T! I’ve written him a couple of letters. That’s it” she nodded “Yeah but we need to know a rank! Like did they give you a private? Did you get a corporal? What?”

Emma nodded “Yeah! You rank at least a corporal” you laughed around the sip of wine you’d just taken  “You two are ridiculous. I am not about to ask the man his rank!” Emma shrugged “Why not?” you opened your mouth then clamped it shut, trying to think of a decent enough excuse. “I don’t know. I’m not writing to him for any particular reason. The adopt a soldier thing just seemed like a fun idea. I honestly never expected him to write back” 

“Are you gonna give him your email?” Tiana asked and you shrugged “Maybe?” she grinned “Do it! What’s the harm? I mean Theo is a first sergeant in the marines, Emma  was a lieutenant in the air force. Charlie is a sergeant major in the army. I think you’re safe enough to give him your email” 

You cut your eyes at Emma who shrugged “Why not?” “And we think Theo and Charlie will be in agreement with this?” Even if Emma was the one that was your sister in law, Charlie had basically adopted you as a sister as well. That was the perks of all you living in the same city and being a close knit group. “In agreement with what?” Charlie asked, walking in the sliding door behind you and you nearly spilled your wine when you jumped. He raised an eyebrow, green eyes narrowing “What did you do?”

Tiana spoke up “If she gives the soldier she is writing her email address” Charlie stared you down for a moment then shrugged “Don’t give him your main one” you laughed “Aye aye Sergeant” 

Theo walked in behind Charlie “What did I miss?” Charlie looked over his shoulder “I need to find out more about whatever soldier little miss moonbeam over here is writing so I can vet his ass” you rolled your eyes “First, don’t call me moonbeam Charles. Second, I’m writing to the guy. He’s not proposing. Third, you almost made me spill my wine asshole” 

He grinned “You’re a little pain in the ass, you know that?” you laughed “And yet you claim me as a little sister” he sighed “Might as well with how long Emma and Theo have been together. I’ve seen your little ass grow up” Tiana shook her head “Ok children. Time to eat, someone go grab Allie”

You slid off the stool, grabbing your wine “I shall go summon my niece. Leave me out of the conversation in the meantime” Tiana winked at you “I’ll make sure they don’t talk too much about you honey” 

“Walker!” Their squadron hadn't long made it back to camp when mail call came in and Lemar looked a little too pleased with himself when he grabbed his own mail along with the one addressed to John. He walked over and held it out to the other man “Lookie lookie” 

John was laid back across his cot but held his hand out so Lemar could drop the envelope in it. “I think you may have actually made a friend besides me Johnny!” Lemar teased and John glared at him “Does that mean I can get rid of you?” Lemar laughed “Never” 

John sat up, opening the letter as he did. “John, yeah Luna is fine to keep calling me. Tell Lemar I will send more socks and jerky. Don’t worry. Also, if your best friend is calling you an asshole, that’s a good thing. Sorry that your marriage ended the way it did. It’s good of you to speak of her so fondly. Takes a decent man to own up to the blame. Maybe it was just the fact that you were both so young and just figuring out your lives as well? Sorry, psychology degree coming into play there for a second. Anyways I didn’t feel sorry for you. You’re not some poor sap. Though I would kind of like to know more about you? I mean all I know is you’re in the army. That’s a wide area there. You don’t have to share anything you’re not comfortable with however. Christ, now I’m the one rambling. Anyways. I added my email at the bottom of this letter if you want to drop anything that won’t take weeks for me to respond to or if you get on Lemar’s nerves and he wants to vent about you. (mainly kidding on that but still) Signed, Luna”

John read it and cut his eyes up at Lemar “Is this woman for real?” Lemar raised an eyebrow “What do you mean?” John waved the letter “She’s a counselor man. She’s got a psych degree. She helps people. If she knew half the shit I’ve done would she ever even want to put pen to paper again?” Lemar sat down next to him on the cot “John, you’re not a bad guy” 

“I’ve done some questionable things” Lemar knew what haunted John’s nightmares because a lot of the same things haunted him as well. “You got the job done. You have three medals of honor” John scoffed “Three medals of excellence so I never forget the worst day of my life. You and I both know the things we had to do that day didn't feel very honorable” “Tell that to the hostages you saved” Lemar reminded him and he nodded slowly “Should I keep writing to her?” 

He hoped Lemar would say no. He needed Lemar to say no. He needed someone to tell him it was a bad idea because he was slowly starting to like the idea of letters coming in, slowly starting to warm up to the idea of being someone’s friend outside of the men he served with and Lemar. It never had to be more than that. He just liked the idea that if he died tomorrow, someone would notice. He hadn’t felt that in a long time. 

“John, if anyone was to understand the things you’ve had to do it would be someone with a psych degree and multiple people she loves that's served. She’s not asking for anything but to be your friend. Let her in, just a bit. She may surprise you”

John rolled his eyes at Lemar “She’s the counselor, not you” and Lemar just grinned “Yeah but I’m the one here so you get what you get. Write to her. Email her. Don’t act like she’s not there when she’s offering a hand out to you, for whatever the reason”

When your alarm clock went off you groaned lightly and slapped the button on top. You blindly reached for your phone to make sure you didn’t have any alerts and saw there was a new email. It was from John because you’d recognize any branch’s email addresses. They were all just slightly different. It was just the person’s name @ whatever branch they were in then . mil. That’s how you knew it was a legit email.

You swiped your hand across your eyes and pushed yourself up to a seated position in the bed as you clicked on the email. “Luna, with the time difference you’re probably asleep but this was the only time I could get online. We’re headed out on patrol. I don’t know what you want to know about me but I’m willing to answer any questions you may have. Hell, who knows I may think of one or two for you. Lemar says hey and he is hanging off my shoulder currently just so you know that. Does emails mean there will no longer be regular letters though?  PLEASE KEEP WRITING HIM”

That email looked like it got cut off then there was another email from John “I apologize, the caps were Lemar. He hit send before I could delete it. Now I’m considering deleting him. Please don’t think I’m a nut case or well any more of a nut case than I may already be. Shit, you’re probably ready to block me already. Well if you’re not regretting this, here’s the email.”

You burst out laughing. Maybe you should go ahead and respond so he doesn’t go through with killing Lemar? You typed out an email to him, and read it over  “John, you're not a nut case. Believe me.  I'm not regretting giving you my email either. What area of the army are you in? I mean service wise I know you can’t really tell me location wise. I don’t plan to stop writing physical letters. I kind of like having someone to write to, it’s kind of cool getting snail mail. Anyways, tell Lemar I said hey (do NOT delete him!) and he can always email me too. Hope your patrol was uneventful. Talk soon? Luna”

Once you were satisfied you hit send before laying your phone back down on the nightstand so you could toss the blanket off your legs and climb out of bed to get ready for the day. 

“She emailed me” John muttered when Lemar walked back over after getting off a video call with Monica. “Ok, what did she say?” Lemar asked with a grin. John let out a huff that was somewhere between a scoff and a laugh “Told me not to kill you” “Good woman” Lemar noted with a smirk, sitting on his cot across from John. “What else?” John shrugged, “Wants to know more about me. What area of the army and all I’m in. I don’t know about any of this anymore. What if this is all just bull or something?”

“Because someone is actually wanting to talk to you?” Lemar teased and when John glared at him he grinned “Come on man it’s not that serious. You know she had to be semi vetted. Hell she’s got a last name on her return address now. Run it if you don’t believe she’s a real live person. I think it’s just hard for you to wrap that thick head around that someone besides yours truly might decide to be your friend”

John didn’t want to admit that he was having reservations because he didn’t want to get used to talking to you just for you to wake up and disappear. If he never let anyone in, no one ever got hurt on either side. “It’s gonna sound like I’m bragging if I tell her I’m a Captain in the 75th regiment” he offered as some form of argument as to why he shouldn’t tell you more about himself. Lemar, ever persistent however, shrugged “Brag then man. She’s smart. If she wants to tell you to take a hike, she will. Don’t hurt to let somebody in a little besides me and I know at times you don’t wanna talk to me about everything” 

“Oh so now it’s use her psych degree for free therapy?” John laughed and Lemar waved a hand “There’s that too” John shook his head “She said to tell you that you can email her too but Lemar I swear do not scare her!” Lemar grinned “Me? Scare a lady? Who’s the one that’s kept a woman?” John glared at him and he laughed “Sorry, sore subject? I wont scare your penpal. I promise”

John shook his head and scrubbed a hand down his face. He had a long list of shit that needed to be done, meetings, making sure patrols were scheduled, none of those involved thinking about an addiction counselor that he didn’t even know what the hell she looked like. 

“She doesn’t know shit about me, what I look like, anything. No one cares like that” he muttered and Lemar lifted one shoulder and let it drop before lifting an eyebrow “Is that you wondering what she looks like?”

John glared at him and he burst out laughing "Email her back or I will”

Part 4

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Penpals- Part 1

John Walker x Reader

The care package was the only thing you could think of any soldier would actually need. John didn’t want to be pitied but damn that letter read anything but.

It was stupid, probably. Your sister in law served in the airforce. Her brother was in the army. Your brother was a marine.  When the clinic you worked at had a thing for writing a soldier that was deployed you took one of the forms.

At the very least you could put together a decent care package to make sure he or she had some good essentials right? That would put a smile on someone’s face. Besides, Emma, Charlie and Theo all three had told you more than once mail calls were sometimes the highlight after hell.

“Fuck you Lemar” John growled under his breath, flopping down onto his cot. He knew out of everyone his best friend had to be the only person with the balls to throw his name into the adopt a soldier list. He didn’t need mail. Who cared if he was one of the few people that rarely got letters if it wasn’t from Lemar’s mother? So what. 

He’d gotten married fresh out of high school. That had ended in divorce. He loved Olivia but couldn’t blame her for not wanting a husband that was never around. She was happier now, married with a couple kids and a good life. His mother had passed away a few years back and his dad was an ornery old bastard. That left his younger sister and Lemar’s family. Liz was in law school. She rarely had time to write. He didn’t need anyone else. 

He heard boots before Lemar called his name again “The fuck you want Hoskins?” he cut his eyes up and Lemar had a box in his hands “Hey man, at least you pulled a good one. They sent a care pack” John rolled his eyes “Probably some bullshit”  Lemar shrugged and held it out “Well lets open it up and check it out. Can’t tell by looking” 

John groaned as he sat up on the cot and snatched the box out of Lemar’s hand, mainly to shut his friend up. Lemar sat down across from him, watching him as he slid his blade across the table closing the box. He expected something stupid. Candy that was melted, a school classes’ worth of drawings he couldn’t do anything with but throw away because it would just take up room he couldn’t spare but inside were socks, good quality socks. He pulled them out then next was hygiene items. Toothpaste, a couple new toothbrushes, wet wipes, sanitizer, soap, shampoo, conditioner, foot powder, even sunscreen. 

“Holy shit, you hit the jack pot Walker” Lemar teased and he laughed “There’s more” he kept pulling. There were bags of jerky, trail mix, protein bars, decent water flavor packs and a new deck of playing cards. “You get a new wife and forget to tell me?” Lemar asked and John shrugged “I don’t know. We sure this came for me?”

Lemar flipped the top open and John saw his name then via adopt a soldier and groaned under his breath but at least he hadn’t taken another person’s shit. “There a letter or something?” Lemar asked and John picked up a blue envelope out of the bottom of the box “Found something” “Open it man” Lemar encouraged.

“Well, 

I know some soldiers have mixed feelings about these type of things. “Adopt a soldier” you coming with new tags and are you house broken? Sorry that wasn’t even my joke. My brother is a marine and you know how that goes”

John laughed despite himself as he kept reading “anyways. Like I said, my brother is a marine, my sister in law was in the air force and her brother was in the army. It was easy to know what to send. Hope you’re semi safe? Well if you got this you’re at least at camp so that’s good. I put my return address in this so if you ever want to write to me directly. We can ditch the adopt a soldier thing just in case I forget to feed or walk you. I don't want PETA on my ass or something. I’m gonna stick with a nickname for now. Let’s see if you make it to real name status. P.S. the return address is a p.o. Box so no axe murdering me either. Signed, Luna”

Lemar snatched the letter “If you don’t want her, I’ll take her” John rolled his eyes and snatched the letter back “You’re married, happily” Lemar laughed “Don’t mean I can’t get damn good care packages too. Hell Monica would be happy about that” John shook his head, looking over everything laid out on his cot then back at the letter. So Luna was a nickname? Wonder what he had to do to make it to real name status? 

He still thought the adopt a soldier program was idiotic at best. Maybe it was a good idea for kids fresh out of boots camp but for men his age?  Oh god what if this was some fresh out of high school kid? He groaned and ran a hand across his face. “What is that look?” Lemar asked and John waved a hand at the stuff “What if this is some fresh out of high school kid who’s watched too many hallmark movies?”

Lemar burst out laughing “Let her down gently? Write her back and drop how long you’ve been in. If she’s some kid she’ll figure out you’re old as hell” John glared at him which only made him start laughing harder “Just helping here man!” 

John shook his head. The least he could do was thank her for the package right? They had a few minutes of downtime.. Lemar clocked him looking at the letter and grinned “Stamps and envelopes are in my footlocker man. Help yourself” 

Part 2

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Penpals- Part 2

John Walker x Reader

You get a reply back from “your soldier” and a name,John Walker.

You honestly hadn’t put much thought in the care package after you sent it. Either the soldier that received it would choose to write you back or would choose not to.  You needed to stop by the post office and check your mail but you were late to meet Emma for lunch. You both were on your lunch breaks. Her from the school where she taught and you from the clinic. 

When you parked your jeep, you spotted her already seated on the patio of the restaurant she’d chosen. You waved with a smile as you climbed out and walked over. She waved a hand at the lemonade sitting across from her “I ordered you a drink since you said you were on the way” “Thank you!” you sipped the drink, checking your phone. She grinned, leaning up on her hands “So, did you get any mail back yet?”

You shrugged “I honestly don’t know? I haven’t checked in a few days” she nodded “I get that. You’ve been busting your ass at the clinic” you were a substance abuse counselor and had a few clients that had been going through a crisis. Luckily they were all stabilizing out and back on the paths they needed to be on.

She handed you a menu, cutting her eyes up at you “Are you hoping they write back?”  you shrugged “May be fun” she laughed “Well whoever got that care package was grateful. I can tell you that much” you grinned “Good to know” she nodded to the menu “What ya getting?” your eyes skimmed the menu “I don’t know. Something light” she laughed loudly, head thrown back in that way she had a habit of doing “So, no rack of ribs?” you grinned “No rack of ribs”

After Emma headed back to work, you checked the time and since you had a few extra minutes you decided to stop by the post office. You parked and headed inside. When you got to your box, you opened it and groaned at the amount of mail. You really needed to start checking it more often.  

You pulled the stack out and walked over to the table that was nearby for that purpose. “Ok, let’s see what we got here" you muttered to yourself. Bill, bill, graduation invite for an old client, wedding invite for someone you went to school with and an envelope with a lot of mileage on it. 

While you recognized how any type of military mail had to be addressed on the return address,  your eyes skimmed it before landing on the name. “John Walker?” Was that the soldier you got in the program? You slipped it into the stack with intentions to read it later.

You walked out of the post office and back to your jeep. You stuck the mail in your purse so between groups you could make sure the bills were paid, check the dates for the wedding and graduation then you could read the letter from John Walker too and see what it said as well. 

One bit of chaos led to another and you never managed to get around to looking at any of the mail. Later that evening, you were trudging into the front door of your apartment when your phone rang. You balanced it between your shoulder and ear “Hello?” your brother’s voice hit your ear “Hey Lune. You get that wedding invite?” you raised an eyebrow then remembered you did indeed get a wedding invitation. “Yeah, I did”

“It’s the weekend of the camping trip” he reminded you and you groaned “Fuck. they have a registry?” he laughed “I put your name on what me and Em got them” you laughed lightly “Thank you”

You closed the door behind yourself and locked it. Theo caught you up on his goingons and asked about yours. By the time he hung up you’d already grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge, kicked out of your boots and curled up on the couch. You pulled the letter out of your purse and stared at it for a moment before muttering “Fuck it. One way to find out” and tore it open.

“Luna,

I’m guessing there’s a story behind that nickname. Not gonna ask. Bit curious though. I figured I’d write you back directly to thank you for the care package, my buddy Lemar who is actually the one who decided to throw my name into that program says he’s owed at least half the contents of it for a finders fee. Been in the army since right after high school, coming up on twenty years. First time I got a care package from someone outside my ex wife or Lemar’s mother. You wouldn’t have even had to say you come from anyone in the service, you kind of told on yourself with what you sent.Even if your brother is a damned jarhead. So, you’ve got my return information. If you want to write more, you’re welcome to. If not, thanks for the stuff. 

Signed, John”

You read the letter and felt a smile slip onto your face. He was trying to hint at the fact that he was older by telling you when he got in and how long he’d been in. That was cute. Lemar sounded like a character too. You shook your head at the jarhead line, imagining what Theo would say about that, even Charlie would laugh his ass off at it. 

John…John Walker. At least you had a name to it now instead of just the soldier? Should you write him back? That name sounded vaguely familiar. Had Charlie ever served with a John? Maybe that’s what it was? You fidgeted with your rings, staring at the letter. You’d started it anyways and besides he was currently thousands of miles away. A few words on a sheet of paper didn’t hurt anything.

You stood up and walked over to your desk, in search of some paper and a pen. The damned thing was a mess. There were notes scattered across it from old files. You collected them up and fed them through the shredder under the desk. A few framed photos lined it, one of Emma and Theo’s wedding, one of your graduation from college or well when you’d gotten your bachelors and Theo and Emma had gotten a tattoo with you to commemorate it. There was one of Charlie, Emma and Theo, all in their dress uniforms from a ceremony and one from Charlie and Tiana’s wedding. 

You finally found a notebook in the bottom drawer and a ballpoint pen. 

You needed to write something a little longer than what you’d put in that care package. You had to tow the line between not diving too deep into his life but not telling him too much about yours. Maybe you should give him your email address or well one of your email addresses? 

You blew out a puff of air as you walked over and sat down on the couch. You curled up with the notepad, clicking the pen as the movie you’d turned on played in the background. You started writing and before long was done with a letter. Before you could second guess yourself you folded it and stuck it in an stationary envelope, addressing it and stamping it as needed.  You’d drop it in the mail on the way to work the following day.

“Walker!” when John’s name was called for mail Lemar grinned “Oh really?” John rolled his eyes “Shut up” but walked over to get the envelope that was being held out to him and nearly laughed when he realized it had damn moons on it. “Luna” he showed Lemar who laughed “Gotta love a woman who’s consistent” 

John walked back over to his cot and sat down, opening the letter. He wasn’t sure what to expect so he chose to turn in hopes Lemar wouldn’t lean over his shoulder as he read it. 

“John,

There is indeed a story. Kind of boring. Shitty parents, love of nighttime.Decided I’d rather rock the nickname my brother crowned me with over the name they gave me.  That’s all. As for the finder’s fee! I have to agree with Lemar on this one. If he is the one that threw your name into the program then he is kind of entitled to half of what I sent. You wouldn’t have gotten anything if it wasn’t for him. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. So, you’re divorced? Bad guy or just bad circumstances? If Lemar’s mother is still sending you stuff I’d like to think bad circumstances. I mean my mother wasn’t really good but good mothers wouldn’t send stuff to bad guys. If you got in right after high school and are coming up on twenty years then that means there’s only about a four year age difference in us. That’s nice to know I’m not writing to some kid that wouldn’t get any reference I made then in turn make me feel ancient like some of my younger clients do. I’m a substance abuse counselor and some of these teenagers make me feel like I should be sitting in a rocking chair talking about the good ol days. Yeah, I guess knowing exactly what to send was a dead giveaway huh? Hope you and Lemar enjoyed it. I’ll send another care package soon, if you want, you better share however. Brother may be a jarhead but I am well represented by every branch there sir or well every branch but the navy, though I do have a cousin that was a corpsman. I know much can’t be said about whatever you’re doing but I hope your squad is semi safe. Would kind of suck to get anything returned because you went and got your ass blown up or something. I went back and forth about sending you one of my email addresses. I decided I’d let a couple more letters come back and forth then if you wanted one I’d send it to you. Keep your head intact and feel free to drop another letter any time you get bored and if you or Lemar need anything in particular from stateside let me know. Signed, Luna P.S. My actual name is Y/N”

John hadn’t realized Lemar was hanging over his shoulder until Lemar tapped the letter “We’re keeping her right?” John swatted at him “She’s not a damn toy Lemar!” he ducked, grinning “No, she’s better. She’s only a couple years younger than you. She’s a counselor which means she has some form of college because that requires at minimum a bachelor's and are you reading the same letter I just read? Man she’s perfect for you” 

John shook his head, pointing a finger at his best friend “You’re trying to get shit you need without having to ask Monica for it” Lemar smirked “Or, hear me out. I’m trying to get my best friend to stop being such a damn grump and if an addiction counselor with a preference for moons can manage it, so be it”

John shook his head, tucking the letter into his jacket. He’d decide later if he was going to write Luna back. Lemar watched him for a second then stood and walked over to his foot locker and grabbed a few stamped envelopes before holding them out. John raised an eyebrow “What are those for?” “So you don’t have to keep coming after them. You smiled reading that damn letter John. Writing her isn’t hurting nothing” John sighed but took the envelopes because Lemar was writing, writing Luna wasn’t hurting anything, right?

Part 3

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