#lowkey embarrassed about posting this but it’s 2024!!! its okay to be cringe and indulge in a bloated hyper specific au!!!

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thinking of a 1920s p.i.e au. prohibition has just been set in motion and after the war, things have never looked better. still there’s hushed talks of the mafia and within the lavishness of the decade there’s an underbelly of crime and corruption that just isn’t being talked about enough (not to mention the intense spiritualism, it feels like every week a newsie throws down a paper that reads about a widow who is continually haunted by the presence of her long-dead husband, who’s still in his newly ironed army uniform). then comes johnathan “johnny” ghost and john “johnny” toast, the most unlikely pair on this side of america - a short country boy who refuses to be anything but deadpan to clients and a seemingly friendly british who … might have connections to the bootlegging market? they are found endlessly traveling across the country and rebuking the spirits and demons that homeowners claim to have seen, but despite their help and good reputation, there’s secrets the two of them keep hidden, dangerous secrets that could arise to the surface at any moment and do irreparable damage to their business - and lives.