#macgyver 2016 fic

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Meet Me in the Middle (When the Hourglass Breaks)

Mac loses his memory, and Jack and Riley have to help him navigate his current life while his mind is reset back to the countdown days of the Sandbox.

Ari's Cairo Catch-Up: 2021 Prompt "Army Days"

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2023 FanFic WrapUp

Thanks for the tag @loves-2-read ! I'm so glad you're here to be a part of the Mac community!

1.How many stories did you post?

I posted 17 stories, some chapters of the Rewatch Missing Scenes series, and 1 meta post about Mac's Army uniform.  There was a total of 32,563 words!

2. Which ones were your favorites?

That's tough because I liked all of them for different reasons, and it's hard to choose favorites.  Observations was a really interesting and difficult one to write, and I'm so proud of how it turned out.  It's the one from James' POV where Mac is shot and turns to Jack for comfort.  Fubar is one that I really like how it turned out.  I had the idea of Jack watching Mac bleeding out but not being able to get to him, and it took a little while to figure out what that situation would look like.

No Better Company than Family is also a favorite.  I don't write Bozer that much, but I felt like I really got into his head for this one.  Plus it was about the team rallying around Bozer in one of his most vulnerable moments (the anniversary of his brother's death), and I cannot get enough of that. 

3. Which one was the most satisfying to write?

I wrote a lot of outsider POV fics in 2023, and I think the most satisfying was Charlie Foxtrot.  I introduced a new OC (Viv) to be the main character, which can go a number of bad ways, but I felt like she really worked and had a great POV of Mac and Jack's relationship, especially when Mac was badly injured.

4. The most difficult?

Aside from Observations, Hangin' Tough was hard because Mac was hanging upside down in a parachute tangle.  I wanted it to be realistic, so I spent a lot of time picturing how Mac was hanging and then figuring out how best to describe it.  It was a mess in my brain, but I finally got it written out. 

5. Rec something that you're proud of.

Caretaker + Ginger Ale + Sleep was another difficult one to write because it's from Diane's POV, and we just didn't get enough time with her on-screen to build a full character in my head.  However, I love the Foster Mac verse, and I thought this story worked well with Diane struggling to take care of a sick Mac.

6. Wow us with whatever big thing you might want to work on next!

Oooh! I have so many WIPs - Let's see.  I have the sequel to Out is Through that must be completed this year; it's been a long time coming.  There's also another story in that verse that will take place before Out is Through, but I don't want to give anything away about it except that it will be about grief.

In the Foster Mac verse, I have a fic where Mac moves in with Jack, Diane, and Riley.  And, of course, gets up to shenanigans with Bozer and Riley.

The next fic that will be posted will probably be the one where Jack is in the war room listening over comms when Mac takes a bad fall.  I really wanted to explore the idea of Jack hearing something happening but not being there to actually stop it or help. 

I've lost track of who has played, so if you want to play, please consider this your tag to do so!

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Seam Ripper, Part 2

The fallout of grief.

Jack missed Mac by a matter of hours. That will haunt him forever.

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Mac - Improvise

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 7

After a head injury compromises Mac’s ability to improvise, he struggles to find worth without the thing that makes him MacGyver.

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2020 Prompt "In Sickness and in Health"

Thank you so much to everyone who has encouraged me along this Cairo Day Reprise journey! I look forward to doing more like this in the future :)

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Seam Ripper

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 6

Jack comes back safe and sound from the Kovac mission, but the first face he searches for as he steps off the plane is oddly absent. Riley is the one to confirm his worst fear: Just days, hours before Jack came home from chasing past ghosts, Mac was killed.

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2023 Prompt "The Worst Things"

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We Don’t Talk About... Bratislava?

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 5

Mac and Riley earned their own Cairo Day while Jack was gone, and at first, they refuse to tell him about it. After some gentle pestering, they agree to share what happened, but he may regret asking...

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2024 Prompts "Swim With the Fishes" + "Locked In"

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Pick a Little, Talk a Little

Cairo Day Reprise: BONUS FIC #3

Ethel May Harper has seen a lot in her lifetime. She considers herself quite sharp, and not just for her age, thank you very much. Her keen ear for detail makes her the best source of news in town. Well, she calls it news. She knows others belittle it as gossip, but it’s nothing so vain as all that.

aka:

Mac and Jack's relationship as seen through the eyes of the gossipy bridge club ladies in Jack's hometown.

Bonus fic for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2020 Prompt "Outsider POV"

Inspired by one specific paragraph from the end of Mac + Desert + Jack by @impossiblepluto (seriously one of my favorite fics, I love it so much)

Day 4's 'official' fic here

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Riley + Switchboard

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 4

Stuck in her surveillance van, Riley does what she does best. It’s all about knowing which buttons to press.

Companion piece to Lost Cause + Voicemail

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2022 Prompt "Bedside Vigil"

Day 4 Bonus fic here

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Assonance

Cairo Day Reprise: BONUS FIC #2

She thought Jack liked to collect broken people. To try to fix them. Or just be a general nuisance. Maybe it made him feel like a hero. But when the patch job starts to look like too much work, that’s when he bails. All of that makes perfect sense to Riley, even if it makes her seem jaded.

What she can’t figure out is why he added Angus MacGyver to his collection. Mr. Wizard seems to be the furthest thing from broken.

Bonus fic for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2024 Prompts "In Flight | Shh, You’re Okay Now"

Inspired by @impossiblepluto 's fic, ascending

Day 3's 'official' fic here

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Dial Tone + Collect Call

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 3

A collection of voicemails Mac left for Jack after his "death." Companion piece to Lost Cause + Voicemail.

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2023 Prompt "Answer Me"

Day 3 Bonus fic here

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All Burn Together

Cairo Day Reprise: BONUS FIC!

When the Phoenix falls after Mason's infiltration, the members of team Phoenix are declared terrorists and faced with a choice: Permanently disappear into a black site, or go on the run as international fugitives.

Bonus fic for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2019 Prompt "Return to Cairo" + 2024 Prompt "Collapse"

I managed to write a few extra fics, so I'll be posting them as bonus throughout the week :)

Today's 'official' fic found here

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Mercury Switch + Whisper

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 2

When Mac winds up pinned underneath a bomb, he has to talk Jack through disarming it. He can't think straight, can’t see the IED, and he can barely even breathe, but it’s the only choice they have...

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2021 Prompt "If You Go Kaboom, I Go Kaboom" + 2024 Prompt "Crash Course"

Bonus Cairo fic here!

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Davis + Dorm Life + Metallica

Cairo Day Reprise: Day 1

A look at how Jack staying changes the course of Riley's life in my Jack's Choice AU. Riley + MIT makes for an interesting combination...

Written for the Summer '24 Cairo Day Reprise: 2020 Prompt "AU"

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Pizza Talk + Choices + Family

“I’m gonna be straight with ya, Riley. You want me to stay, I stay. You want me to walk, I’m gone. I ain’t gonna force myself in somewhere I ain’t wanted or needed. Just say the word.”

In which, instead of just up and leaving after beating up Elwood, Jack has a heart to heart with Riley first.

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Lost Cause + Voicemail, Part 2/2

If she stops, if she slows down at all, Mac dies. He might even be dead already.

No. No, she stops that thought right there.

Riley will not bury anyone else. Not today.

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Lost Cause + Voicemail

Jack is dead. Jack is dead, but Mac still calls his phone. Leaves an occasional message, as if it’s just any ordinary day and Jack just happened to leave his phone off.

When a field op turns fatal, Mac makes a phone call to Jack’s voicemail just to hear him one last time.

Little does he know, there's someone listening on the other end.