#roedoe-boe

[gemfyre]

My Tumblr Crushes:

buckcompton

whats-in-doc-roes-purse

ruinsrebuilt

joexjuliana

happyless

shiftyspirits

roedoe-boe

nichtwing

alexpenkala

*mwah*

[itstheheebiejeebies]

I was tagged by @shiftydpowers to put my playlist on shuffle ten times and list them !! Thank you <3 I know these are all pretty different but they are on the same playlist I promise.

1. Hammer to fall (Live Aid)- Queen

2. Tops ft. PUSH PUSH- Tommy Lee

3. F.W.Y.T.-Highly Suspect

4. Hunger- Florence + the Machine

5. The Chain- Fleetwood Mac

6. Bad Mother F*cker- Machine Gun Kelly

7. Is This What You Wanted- Grandson

8. I Love To Boogie- T. Rex

9. Maria- Grandson

10. You Should Be Sad- Halsey

Tag you’re it! @fromcrossroadstoking @amethyst-serenade @order-of-river-phoenix @iamateenageanarchist @roedoe-boe and anyone else who wants to!

[fruehlings-gefuehl]

Name 3 of your current favourite hobbies, 6 of your current favourite bands, 9 of your favourite desserts, and tag 12 people.

@roedoe-boe tagged me, thanks btw :) so here we go

Hobbies:

sleeping

going to the movies

going to concerts

Bands:

Don Broco

The 1975

5sos

Arctic Monkeys

HAIM

Imagine Dragons

Desserts:

chocolate

cookies

cake

chocolate fruits

waffles

my cousin’s chocolate mousse

pancakes

everything with caramel

kinder bueno ice cream

I don’t know 12 people but I tag @k-ornblumenblau @maedchendesmondes @sternzeit @meeresglitzer

[maiden-of-gondor]

What are some of your favourite blogs?

Sorry I have a lot of favorite blogs. Here are my ever lovely ladies-@honestlyimpossiblecollector @sgtjbuccky@poe-also-bucky @scamander-the-salamander@justareader @kittykat101ary @unscriptedtimetravelerAnd here are some more...@fantasticnewtimagines@fantastico-beasts@georgeluz@justthinkingofwaystoavoidbusses@lovingunderratedcharacters@lovingnixon@newts-case-of-imagines And more...@ohnewtynewt @she-who-nailed-it@ruinsrebuilt@roedoe-boe@ravenclawwriting @a-moment-in-timeIt's like picking your favorite food, and I love food in general.

[leckied-archive]

Band Of Brothers Valentine’s Cards

feat. Eugene Roe for @roedoe-boe

[incorrectbandofbrothersquotes]

I was tagged by @roedoe-boe so thank you! Sorry this took so long

Rules: copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in yours, and when you are done tag people and also tag the person who tagged you...and most importantly, have fun!

a - age: 22 b - biggest fear: never falling in love  c - current time: 9:27pm d - drink you last had: diet pepsi (although i prefer coke but school doesn’t carry coke products) e - every day starts with: brushing my teeth, putting on makeup f - favorite song: currently, it’s As Long as He Needs Me by Samantha Barks, but it changes when I find new music and stuff g - ghosts, are they real: FUCK YEAH THEY ARE AND I’VE SEEN ONE and I believe that there is one in my house and let me tell you why. We have a rocking chair in the attic, and it’s right above my room. At night, I hear it rocking. The ghosts likes to open my closet doors sometimes. I don’t mean a little bit, like it busts them wide open. It pauses my music. It also moves stuff around all the time. I watched my Diet Coke can once slide across a table. It turns on the bathroom sink too. I also saw a ghost in my dorm my freshman year of college. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a person in my roommate’s mirror. I knew a girl had died in the dorm building shortly before I got there. I googled it, and lo and behold that was who I saw in the mirror. I was also touched a ghost when I went to this haunted jail in Charleston, South Carolina. I was on the tour, but I was standing away from the group a bit. I had no one on either side of me, but I felt someone put their arm around me. So yes. Ghosts are very real.  h - hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina i - in love with: way too many fictional characters is all I’ll say here j - jealous of: literally everyone who went to Bastogne. I couldn’t even look at the pictures or anything because I was just so gutted. I cried I wanted to go so bad k - killed someone: no??????? l - last time you cried: the other day when I watched Les Miserables. I always cry when Javert puts his medal on Gavroche m - middle name: Nicole n - number of siblings: 2. I have an identical twin sister, Haley, and an older brother, Josh o - one wish: to find my future husband p - person you last called/texted: my sister. we’re talking about the Bachelor q - questions you’re always asked: what’s it like being a twin? Y’all, I cannot answer this because I have no frame of reference for what it’s like to NOT be a twin so this question fucks me up r - reasons to smile: I am loved s - song last sung: Do You Hear the People Sing? from Les Mis t - time you woke up: like 9:50 or so? u - underwear color: light blue v - vacation destination: I’m going to San Andres, Colombia in November for my brother’s wedding! I’m literally so excited! I’ve never been out of the country before. I’ve never even been on a plane before so this is so cool for me. Also, my brother is getting married to the greatest woman ever.  w - worst habit: biting my nails definitely x - x-rays you’ve had: i had a cat scan for sever stomach pain once although they never figured out what caused it so yeah y - your favorite food: this is difficult because i honestly love food so much. but I’m probably gonna go with pasta because it covers so much z - zodiac sign: leo

I’m tagging: @spicyspeirs @eugenevroe @ralphspina and anyone else who feels like sharing!

[justthinkingofwaystoavoidbusses]

Okay, so I’ve been tagged in a bunch of things that I haven’t got round to doing so they are all compiled here under the cut :)

Tagged by @shiftyspirits <3

Tag 9 people you wanna know better

Relationship status: Single

Lipstick or chapstick: Both, but I use chapstick more frequently

Last song I listened to: The Schuyler Sisters - Hamilton

Top 3 shows: Band Of Brothers, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Friends

Top 3 characters: George Luz, Don Malarkey, Mark Watney

Top ships: luztoye, speirton, winnix, johnlock, hamburr

Tagged by @3brosangel <3

RULES: Using only songs from one artist answer these questions and tag ten people.

Artist: Panic! At the Disco

What’s your gender? Miss Jackson

Describe yourself: Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time

How do you feel? Victorious

If you could go anywhere? House of Memories

Favorite mode of transportation?

Your best friend: The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty

Favorite time of day: Nine In The Afternoon

If your life was like a tv show? Golden Days

Relationship status: Girls/Girls/Boys

Your fear: This Is Gospel

Tagged by @shiftyspirits <3

Rules: Copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in yours, and when you are done tag up to 10 people and also tag the person who tagged you… and most importantly, HAVE FUN!

A - Age: 16

B - Biggest fear: falling to me death


C - Current time: 19:27 PM


D - Drink you last had: tea <3


E - Every day starts with: Refusing to get out of bed


F - Favorite song: Satisfied - Hamilton

G - Ghosts, are they real: I mean probably, but also idk


H - Hometown: Manchester


I - In love with: The entirety of the BoB cast, most Marvel characters, Sam Riley, Lily James, Melanie Laurent….


J - Jealous of: People with big houses and lots of money so they can have loads if dogs and go see musicals


K - Killed someone: I indirectly killed the school hamster once, if that counts? (I was five and left my bedroom door open when I went downstairs, the ball thing it was in then fell down those stairs)


L - Last time you cried: Within the last week, I don’t quite remember


M - Middle name: Louise


N - Number of siblings: 0


O - One wish: To pass all my exams and not stress about what I’m doing with my life


P - Person you last called/texted: My mum

Q - Questions you’re always asked: What are you doing with your life? Have you done your homework? What’s for dinner?


R - Reasons to smile: Dogs, amiright?


S - Song last sang: They Live In You - The Lion King, Broadway/West End


T - Time you woke up: 11/12ish?? Idk, it was early for me anyway


U - Underwear color: Blue and White


V - Vacation destination: Belgium and the USA


W - Worst habit: I chew my lips a lot bc they get chapped but it makes them more chapped, a never ending cycle


X - X-rays you’ve had: I fractured my finger in mid 2016 so that had to get checked out


Y - Your favorite food: Chicken Satay with Egg Fried rice (complete with prawn crackers and some seaweed on the side)


Z - Zodiac sign: Aquarius

Tagged by @katejeevas <3

1. Ed Sheeran - The A Team

2. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

3. Pitch Perfect - Since You Been Gone

4. You Me At Six - Liquid Confidence

5. The Radio Dept. - Strange Things Will Happen

6. Louden Swain - Help You

7. Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son

8. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream

9. Bastille - Laura Palmer

10. Dodie Clark - Would You Be So Kind

Tagged by @roedoe-boe <3

Rules: Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better.

Relationship status: Single

Favorite colors: Like an aqua blue-green colour and lilac-y purple colours (or any space aesthetic)

Pets: Two dogs, a cat and a frog

Last song I listened to: The Schuyler Sisters - Hamilton

Favorite tv show: Band of Brothers, even when I stray to different fandoms this is the one true tv show I love and always will. That being said I also love b99, the man in the high castle, sherlock (discounting s4) and friends

First fandom: Doctor Who, since it first came back when I was like 5

Hobbies: I’ve taught myself how to play guitar and ukulele, I’m learning violin and hopefully soon the piano so lots of musical stuff. Also writing and reading (both fanfic and published novels)

Tagged by @3brosangel <3

Rules: Tag 20 amazing followers you want to get to know better. (I know, I know I’m a little behind on this one, but I finally got a free moment to answer these properly.)

Name: Gemma

Nicknames: I don't really have any, Gem? I guess?? But not so much. My mum calls me Jemima and Minnie a lot

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Aquarius

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Favorite color: Aqua and lilac

Favorite Animal: Dogs

Average hours of sleep: School night? - Less than 6 Every other night? - at least 10 if I’m left to sleep

Cat or dog person: Both, but mainly dogs

Favorite Fictional Characters: George Luz, Bucky Barnes, Jake Peralta

Number of blankets I sleep with: Always a duvet and sometimes an extra blanket if it’s cold

Favorite Singer/Band: Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa So are basically my idols, talking about things off broadway would be Imagine Dragons, Bastille, Taylor Swift, P!ATD, All Time Low

Dream Trip: Me and my best friend are planning a roadtrip across america for when we’re both older, so far though I greatly enjoyed my three day trip to Ypres, Belgium where we went to loads of world war memorial sites and graveyards

Dream job: Becoming a successful author (mildly realistic) or an actor (not so realistic considering I hate auditioning for things)

When was this blog created?:January 2015, I think

Current number of followers: 1,173 right now, though my other blog which I’ve had since 2012 only has 270

When did your blog reach its peak?: Thus far it would probably have been around July-September I think, basically just after Sol 6 and around the time Science Fair first started being written

What made you decide to make a Tumblr: My mess of a fandom tumblr was purely bc everyone else at school had one and I wanted to know what all the fuss was about, this one was made bc my mum was constantly bugging me about doing more writing if I wanted to be an author and this blog was made to encourage me to actually do so rather than constantly put it off

Okay so I’m not going to tag anyone bc there’s so many different tag things here and I got tagged in them ages ago so anyone who I could think of to tag has probably already done it. So if you decided to read through all this and you though one of them was cool and you wanna do it, then you can do it and say I tagged you! Thank you to all these lovely people who tagged me <3 <3 <3

[cowboyyghost]

I was tagged by @alexpenkala and @cptspeirss thanks guys! I love these, they’re so fun :) rules: copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in yours, and when you are done tag people and also tag the person who tagged you… and most importantly, have fun! a - age: 18 b - biggest fear: not amounting to anything (this got deep real fast) I’m also afraid of the absence of dogs
 c - current time: 5:09 PM d - drink you last had: water e - every day starts with: staying in bed for a solid 30 mins and attempting to convince myself of the reasons I have to get out (I’m super lazy) f - favorite song: It always changes, but some that have stuck around for a while are Work Song by Hozier, Save Yourself by Kaleo and The Night We Met by Lord Huron g - ghosts, are they real: I really want to say no but I’m nervous of the possibility that there could be ghosts and one of them would take my “no” as an invitation to prove its existence. So yeah, they’re super real. No doubts. Pls don’t mess with me your ghostliness. h - hometown: Melbourne, Australia i - in love with: Books j - jealous of: forensic analysts, they have my dream job. k - killed someone: Nope l - last time you cried: I watched The Breaking Point episode of Band Of Brothers recently, so then. m - middle name: Jayne (why is the Y necessary? I have no idea) n - number of siblings: 2 o - one wish: To become the person I’ve always wanted to be (it’s not Hayley Atwell, although…) p - person you last called/texted: my brother q - questions you’re always asked: ‘What are you going to do after you finish studying writing?’ ‘Why haven’t you got a job yet?’ r - reasons to smile: I’m super lucky to have such great friends s - song last sang: I Am Moana - Rachel House and Auli'i Cravalho t - time you woke up: 5:00 u - underwear color: black v - vacation destination: I want to travel all over Europe so freaking much. w - worst habit: procrastination, salty comments. x - x-rays you’ve had: A lot, I’m a mess. y - your favorite food: the Aussie Aussie Aussie burger at Schnitz z - zodiac sign: Aquarius I tag: @gemfyre @theoutsiderstrash @amywritesxo @wardenhawke @ciarlapanics @roedoe-boe and anyone who is interested! Make sure to tag me back so I can see your answers!!

[bloodywolfy]

Okay so I was tagged by @spoondragon (thank you for that :) ) 

Rules:  Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better.

Relationship status: Meh :/ 

Favorite colors: Black, White, Grey, Red, Blue...

Pets: one cat :D Garfield (yeah,yeah !)

Last song I listened to: Rich Kids by New Medecine

Favorite tv show: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Mr Robot and Sherlock !

First fandom: I think it’s Doctor Who.

Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, watching movies, writing...

Now, 9 people i want to know better... @buckcompton @webgottrash @ladykedavra @richardwinters @thebrotherhoodelites @dedicatedtosp8-2 @eugenevroe @roedoe-boe @benedictsss

[gemfyre]

My Tumblr Crushes:

buckcompton

wesalutetherank

roedoe-boe

ruinsrebuilt

nichtwing

chocolatpourvous

suburban-justice

cptlewnixon

warhistoryonline

*mwah*

[peterpanfromlemonland]

RULES: We’re snooping on your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then choose 10 victims.

1. Nerds - Bo Burnham

2. Moth into Flame - Metallica

3. Con Clavi Con Dio - Ghost

4. You Found Me - The Fray

5. Rockefeller Street - Getter Janni

6. For the Longest Time - Billy Joel

7. Broken Bride part 1 - Ludo

8. I'm Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphy's

9. Jetpack Blues - Fallout Boy

10. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

I tag:

@warmommy @mawpheen-and-sizzuhs @nico-nat @hellodean-sam @sobeltrash @everybody-hates-sobel @kokomobunny @hbhoe @roedoe-boe @queer-deckovskij

RULES: We’re snooping on your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then choose 10 victims.

I was tagged by @happyrockmetalsalad I also did this on my main blog too if you wanna see a different side of my music taste because what came up on shuffle just before this was kinda different

Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation

The Glory - The Cranberries

All I Have - The Veronicas

Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man

Blue - Marina and the Diamonds

Homburg - Protocol Haram

Icarus - Bastille

Blood in the Cut - K.Flay

Rubber and Glue - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

I’d to tag @the-tree-by-the-devon-river @raggedyassmarines @sharpshootershifty @rayofimpendingalcoholism @fernthefangirl @gottapenny @deacydarling @persephoneslazynebula @fatbottomedstyles @deakyfordays

[fruehlings-gefuehl]

Ich wurde von @sternzeit getaggt, danke 😊

Rules: Name 10 songs you are currently aobsessed with, then tag 10 people!

1. Wild Love - James Bay

2. Mate - Airways

3. Magnets - Lorde

4. All The Stars - Kendrick Lamar, SZA

5. LOVE.FEAT.ZACARI - Kendrick Lamar

6. Stuck With Me - The Neighbourhood

7. My My My - Troye Sivan

8. Daydream - The XCERTS

9. Hush - Liv Dawson

10. I am - Jorja Smith

Ich tagge:

@illplayitonrepeat @herbstmoment @delicatexsoul @maedchendesmondes @meeresglitzer @beautybehindth3madness @please-remember-meee @roedoe-boe @reformedkingsmanagent @gluecksleben

[maiden-of-gondor]

Tagged by- @thejamesoldier

Rules- Put your music on shuffle, no skipping, and tag 10 people

Unforgettable- Nat King Cole

Let My Love- Damion Suomi

You Myst Have Been A Beautiful Baby- Bing Crosby

Three More Days- Ray LaMontagne

Take A Break- Hamilton

Try To Remember- Josh Groban

Loveless- X Ambassador

Hold You In My Arms- Ray LaMontagne

Thief- Imagine Dragons

It’s Quiet Uptown- Hamilton

I tag: @avengersandchill @eugenevroe @sergeant-angel @roedoe-boe @patronewt @ravenclawwriting gasp! I’m breaking my own rule of not tagging 10 people😱 Sorry if I have already tagged you in the other music stuff I did.

[fruehlings-gefuehl]

I was tagged by @roedoe-boe (again) 😂 thank you by the way <3

Rules: copy this post into a new post, remove my answers and put in yours, and when you are done tag people and also tag also the person who tagged you... and most importantly, have fun!

a - age: 16

b - biggest fear: loosing people I love and not being accepted

c - current time: 7:48 pm

d - drink you last had: water

e - every day starts with: asking myself if I really need to go to school

f - favourite song: Sexual NEIKED

g - ghosts, are they real: I’m not quite sure what to think about that tbh. It could be possible that they are but I really hope that they aren’t

h - hometown: a small town in south bavaria

i - in love with: chris evans

j - jealous of: people who understand maths and economy

k - killed someone: nah

l - last time I cried: uhhm a few weeks ago because school was stressing me out

m - middle name: I don’t have one

n - number of siblings: a little sister aka the devil

o - one wish: having a happy life

p - person you last called/texted: my best friend

q: questions you’re always asked: why don’t you believe that you look like your mom/sister

r - reasons to smile: because I have the best friends in the world who can always make me smile and my family because they are just as crazy as I am

s - last song I sang: I don’t sing so none

t - time you woke up: 6 am

u - underwear colour: blue with lace

v - vacation destination: Austria with my family

w - worst habit: talking very fast and a lot when I’m really nervous

x - x-rays you’ve had: my left arm and several times my teeth

y - your favourite food: my mom’s pasta casserole (do you really call it that way?)

z - zodiac sign: pisces

I tag: @herbstmoment and @spicyspeirs (please don’t hate me 😅)

[leckied-archive]

Mourners

(Okay, so this got A LOT longer than I originally thought it would. It’s just over 2000 words, and I honestly have no idea what it even is anymore. I always had the intention of making it a bit sad with mentions of dead friends, but I never intended for it to be this way. I do hope it’s okay to read though, because I know my writing is terrible, and it’s probably not that good. 

Anyway, the entire thing is under the cut, and I’ve also tagged the people who showed interest in this, which I hope is okay! Otherwise, feel free to just ignore it)

@really-itshotinafrica @malarked @roedoe-boe @eugenevroe @please-remember-meee @teslasassistant @aeonsfromthesun

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The sky was sprinkled with stars, tiny specks of light which were peeking through the bare branches of the trees. Claire could barely even remember the last time she had seen stars, so used to the thick fog which usually blanketed the Ardennes during the night. It made it impossible to see the stars, and now that they were once more there for her to see, she wished the fog would return to cover them back up. She had remembered them as a comforting sight from when she had watched them back in Oregon, but now they felt cold and distant. They hadn't changed, while she had, and that made it feel like they were mocking her. Mocking her for being so weak, so incapable of doing what she was supposed to do.

She was supposed to be a medic, a saviour of the wounded and dying, but that was far from what she felt like. Whatever had been said to her when she had been picked out for her role felt like lies now after everything she had experienced, and now she felt nothing more than hatred for the red cross wrapped around her upper arm.

Eyes fell to the snow-covered ground as she dragged the cold air into her lungs, well aware that her current position would only result in her getting shot. She was supposed to be huddled in a foxhole somewhere, catching a few hours of sleep before the artillery came flying again, but yet here she was, out in the open just waiting to get shot. At least she didn't have a cigarette lit – that was just asking for it.

In truth, she was just up there to kill time. She rarely slept much anyway – too many nightmares had led to her almost avoiding it completely – and if she wasn't, she could just as well keep some kind of watch.

“Hatch! Hey, Hatch!” The low voice calling her name caught her off guard, body tensing as if expecting an attack before she managed to spot the dark haired man calling her name. He was crouched over, dark eyes sweeping the frontline precariously as he waved her over. “Goddamn it, Claire, what are you doing?” It wasn't until she crouched down next to him in the shadows that she realised how exposed her previous position had been, the moonlight falling through the trees practically illuminating the spot.

“Just felt like a walk, Gene.” Despite the realisation of how stupid she had been, she managed to shoot him a grin, hands digging into the pockets of her thin jacket, as if that would make a difference to the lack of feeling in them. No one had gloves or proper winter clothes, but in a way, she doubted that would have made much difference anyway with the biting cold. “What are you doing yourself?” She already knew he wasn't fond of her nightly walks – especially after the time she had almost stumbled into a German foxhole by mistake – and she knew the best way of avoiding the subject was to change it completely. At least that way she didn't have to see the disappointment in his eyes over how little she cared about her profession.

“Was looking for you. Malarkey was askin' for you.” Her smile faltered at his words, eyes shifting to the distant German line across the field as if that would erase the memories flashing through her mind at the mention of the redhead. “Thought I'd find you for him to keep him from doing somethin' stupid.”

“Don't think I can keep him from doing somethin' stupid even if I wanted to.” Her voice was lower now, more serious than before when she had tried to act as if nothing was wrong. In truth, everything had been wrong for months, and there was no reason for her to deny it when everyone knew they had all gone through terrible things.

Blood colouring the snow a deep red, weak fingers closing around her own and a familiar voice screaming for a medic. He had been another person she had failed to save, and she would always blame herself for that.

“I know, but he needs you.” Gene's hand on her shoulder brought her back to the present, her eyes turning back to his. She doubted what he was saying – after all, he was the more capable medic out of the two – but she decided not to protest. For once, she didn't even want to.

“Let's go, then.” Staying somewhat crouching to keep somewhat hidden in the dim forest, she started off back down the line. Gene's footsteps behind her told her he was following in much the same way as her. She had had enough of testing fate for one night. Now it was all about making it back to the more inhabited foxholes without being spotted by any trigger-happy Germans...

–

The change from deserted forest to Easy's inhabited foxholes was abrupt, always catching Claire off guard had she not been so used to how quickly things could change out there. It was the same during the times she had gone in to Bastogne, with how the town suddenly appeared out of seemingly nowhere. Had it not been for the road leading there, it had been almost impossible to find it, especially with the snow.

“Malarkey's over there.” Coming to a halt, Gene gestured further down the line, eyes shifting to her own for a moment before he cracked a weak smile. “Bet ya already knew that, though.”

“Guess I did, but thanks for remindin' me.” Shooting him a smile in return, she turned on her heel, snow creaking under her boots. “Gonna let you get back to what you were doin', then. Sorry for wandering off, again.” She knew he had risked his own life coming after her, and with it not being the first time, she couldn't help but feel guilty. “Gonna go get my fuckin' sense back. Can't leave you and Spina to do all the work, after all.”

“Just be safe, Claire. That's all I can ask.”

“I will, and you be too. Ain't draggin' your ass back to the States if you get yourself killed out here.” Ignoring the worried look in his eyes, she shot him a wink before she turned on her heel to continue on her way. She knew he was bound to have other things to do while the calm lasted, and she didn't want to hold him up more than necessary. Not when he had already gone out of his way to find her.

–

It only took her a few minutes to locate Malarkey's foxhole, her feet practically taking her there on her own after how many times she had gone there after Skip and Penkala's deaths. In the beginning, she had barely dared to approach her friend, well aware of what he must be going through, but she had soon realised he might be in need of someone. If anything, she would have been there if he ever felt like talking, which he yet hadn't.

“How ya doin', Don?” Her voice caused the man to flinch, his eyes tearing from the burnt rosary in his hands to turn in her direction as she slid down to sit next to him. “Heard you were askin' for me. Anythin' you want?” Her tone was more upbeat than she had expected it to be, making it all sound much more carefree than she had meant it to. Malarkey almost looked taken aback, a frown creasing his brow as he closed his fingers around the rosary in his hand.

“Just... felt like some company. That's all.” Shrugging, he shot her a faint smile, eyes still serious and dark, every emotion he was trying to keep hidden so very obvious in their depths. “Gets cold at night, you know.”

“I know.” Shooting him a smile, she reached into one of the front pockets of her jacket. “I've got something to show you, though.” She wasn't sure what gave her the courage or determination to do it, but suddenly the battered knitted hat was resting in her hands, and she was holding it out for Malarkey to see. “This is Mick's kippah. He was my best friend back while I was still with the 502nd.” Dragging a deep breath into her lungs, hands closing around the kippah for support as she spoke, telling the one thing Malarkey still didn't know. The reason why she had been the one transferred to the 506th, rather than any of the other medics from her company.

“He was killed a few weeks ago, right before I was transferred here. I had known him since we were kids. First friend I made after we moved from England, and the best friend I ever had. Met him again when we both joined up, and we stuck together after that.” There was another deep breath, this time shakier than the first. “We were headin' to get some chow in the morning when the shelling started. First shell got him, blew his side right up and knocked me off my feet. Second shell got me as I was trying to get to him. Nothing as serious as his wounds, but I couldn't get up, and I could only lay there listening to the idiot yelling for a medic. Convinced the bastards to get me out first, and that's the last I ever saw of him. Woke up three days later in an aid station with a busted shoulder and this stupid thing waiting for me.” Brushing her thumb over the knitted fabric in her hand, she shot Malarkey a quick look, still not entirely sure why she had even told him. It was not as if it would make either of their losses any easier to handle. “He asked me once to deliver it back to his ma, wanted me to stay alive to do that, and now I don't have much of a choice. Got to make it back to the States, and I hate the bastard for it.”

“Shit, Claire.” Malarkey's voice was low, his own hand tightly closed around Skip's rosary as if it was his only support.

“Thought you should know. You know, since both of us now carry religious symbols belonging to our lost friends.” It was obvious she was trying to shake the emotions swelling up, a smile flickering onto her lips despite the heavy feeling in her chest. She had always hated showing any emotion, and despite Malarkey being her friend, she still didn't want to burden him with any of what she was feeling.

“Got something in common there, then.” The way he spoke and the words coming from his mouth almost took them both off guard, that being more than what he had said to anyone in days at a time. “Think Skip and Penk would have liked that. That I had someone with something in common.” Claire could almost already guess how hard the words were for him to say, and without thinking she reached out to reassuringly grip his shoulder. It was almost as if she was trying to show that he had more support than the frail rosary in his hands.

“Think Mick would have liked that too. He was always silly like that. Goddamn Irish bastard.” Despite the harsh words there was a fondness in her voice, and a genuine smile tugged at her lips as her eyes fell back to the kippah in her hands.

“Guess it must be an Irish thing.” Malarkey's eyes was back resting on the rosary, his voice low with a genuine smile of his own creeping onto his lips. “Or Skip just rubbed off on me too much.”

“Could be both.”

“Yeah.”

And with that the two fell silent, eyes fixed on the keepsakes which had once belonged to their friends. With their attention focused elsewhere, neither noticed the faint outlines of three men in the shadows, watching in silence until sleep crept over the foxhole, and then disappearing into the gloom to leave the mourners in peace...

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I was tagged by @roedoe-boe and thank you friend! Rules: Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better. 

Relationship status: Single, and I say again, I am auditioning husbands so if y’all know anyone hook a sister up  Favorite colors: My favorite color is yellow :D Pets: I do not have any, sadly, although I used to have a dog named Moses. We had to put him down on December 21, 2012 and it was the worst day of my life I swear. This was him:

Last song I listened to: My Time in Exile by Third Eye Blind which is by far my favorite band

Favorite TV Show: I have so many. Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, The Newsroom, and currently This Is Us

First Fandom: Harry Potter I think

Hobbies: I write a lot and read a lot. Mostly just curl up in blankets upset about fictional characters.

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