#desi is uhhhhh forgotten about

[bloodfromthethorn]

Getting used to being lost and found

“You really think you’d be able to catch me in just one day?” “You wouldn’t even see me coming.” - Tiberius Kovac dies. Jack doesn’t come home. Mac has a few things to say about that. Set between Seasons 3 and 4 (and AU from there).

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When Mac learned that Tiberius Kovac was dead, his first reaction was a sigh of relief. He’d never wholly subscribed to the idea that some people were just better off dead, but in this one particular case, he thought he was justified in making an exception. Every piece of information he’d been able to gather in his partner’s absence had made it abundantly clear: Kovac was the worst of the worst, and there wasn’t a prison on Earth deep and dark enough to entirely snuff out the damage he was capable of wreaking on innocent people.

It definitely had nothing to do with the fact that it meant Jack could come home.

Of course, Kovac being dead didn’t mean that Jack would be home any time soon. Mac hadn’t ever been caught up in such an extended mission, nor one involving quite so many different agencies and governments, but he’d seen enough of the intelligence community to know that debriefs could be a bitch. Given how much time and manpower had gone into the hunt, Mac wouldn’t have been hugely surprised if it took Jack weeks to get through all the meetings and reports sure to be bearing down on him. Expecting him to show up in LA with a smile inside of a month was deeply naïve.

Even when that time passed and no Jack appeared, Mac stayed calm. Coming off any mission was always hard and it was almost standard practice to demand some time to yourself once all was said and done. After spending more than a year on a hunt to the death, Jack would be well within his rights to drop off the grid for a good long while. Mac couldn’t say he’d expected it, exactly – he’d figured Jack would at least make it back to the States before holing up – but it wasn’t a surprise. With everything that had come before it, he refused to choose now of all times to start worrying.

Except then another month passed.

And another.

It was only after Kovac had been dead for precisely one hundred days that Mac finally allowed himself a moment of doubt.

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[chaandknight]

rules: tag the person that tagged you, answer all the questions and tag twenty people. i was tagged by my good friend @malek-rami​, @headlongedmaggiemay​ and @hiken-no-stark​ thank you all!

1. how tall are you? i am 5′2 (a shortie okayy)

2. what color and style is your hair? Down to my mid back, it's long. I used to have layers but now its just eh...I’m into a ~natural~ look now

3. what color are your eyes? dark brown

4. do you wear braces?  sadly, i used to for two years. And before that i wore a metal contraption to realign my jaw for a year. I’ll never get over that trauma

5. do you wear glasses? yuuuup i’m probably blinder than Roger

6. what is your fashion style? Honestly? All over the place, I mix desi (indian/pakistani) clothes with like jeans, or like my profession work wear? I like dresses too? Honestly it just depends on my mood

7. full name? Not getting my full name outta me tumblr

8. when were you born? my birthday

9. where are you from and where do you live now? Originally from Pakistan, but I grew up in Australia.

10. what school do you go to? I go to uni

11. what kind of a student are you? study last minute, have a mental breakdown before an exam and then do well anyway

12. do you like school? I’m paying for uni so yeah i gotta

13. what are your favorite subjects? impossible question to answer

14. favorite tv shows? outlander, titans, b99, this pakistani drama, the good place, uhmmmmm I’ll get back to you

15. favorite movies? bohemian rhapsody, Captain America the winter solider, HTTYD, shit I have so many more but I’ve forgotten

16. favorite books? The knife of never letting go, an ember in the ashes, the illuminae series

17. favorite past-time? sleep

18. do you have any regrets? Oh yeah, heaps tbh.  but its more about growing from them as a person

19. dream job? uhhhhh

20. would you like to get married? Well i mean my dresses were so expensive it’d be dumb not to get married now lmao

21. would you like to have kids someday? someday

22. how many?  like one. I’ll adopt the others lol

23. do you like shopping? Depends what we’re getting

24. what countries have you visited? Pakistan, UAE, Thailand, Malaysia and I’m pretty sure that's it?

25. what’s the scariest nightmare you’ve ever had?In my culture you don’t talk about your bad dreams

26. do you have enemies? my dumbass brain

27. do you have a s/o? My bae also Roger

28. do you believe in miracles? I’m still breathing so yeah i guess so

I tag my SUPER cute marvel pal @frcddiesmercury​ and @mercuryandmeme​, @rogerscupboard​ @roger-taylor-stole-my-heart​ @deacytits​ and anyone else would like to do it!