sparrow_writes
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- The West Wing (11)
- ER (TV 1994) (4)
- Law & Order: SVU (2)
- Leverage (US TV 2008) (1)
- Twelfth Night - Shakespeare (1)
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But fuck, he is so tired of saying yes when he doesn’t mean it more often than when he does. He could mean it with them.
Stumbling downstairs midway through a Carter Foundation benefit, John is relieved to find that Carol and Doug haven’t left yet and asks to go home with them. Something is clearly wrong — something he seems reluctant to explain.
An exploration of Carter escaping sexual abuse and making the first steps towards healing.
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“Holy shit, Cambridge,” Pope murmurs, drawing the words out as his fingers trail along the bulge in Tom’s pants. “You know, I suspected you’d be a kinky fucker behind closed doors, but I gotta say, I couldn’t have predicted this one coming.” He presses his palm flat against Tom’s abdomen, and his sweat burns against the open wound. “Soundly beats out my expectations. Congratulations.”
Tom gets caught in the gut by a Skitter on patrol, which leads to him catching Pope up after hours.
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Carter hides the source of his nerve damage until a second event makes that impossible, and he's forced to call for help.
part two to when you break but both stories can stand alone
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- Part 2 of footholds
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Carter needs them not to be understaffed on a day overflowing with minor cases, ones he's perfectly qualified to manage. He needs half the population of Chicago to go home and deal with it. He needs to suck it up and cope. He needs—
He just needs a second to sit.
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- Part 1 of footholds
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You turn around, and Carter is on his knees. Cheeks flushed a florid pink, hands sweaty and clasped in front of him like the moment before Sunday prayer, looking at you like a lamb begging off its slaughter.
Carter miscalculates and acts before he thinks, or, alternatively, ends up exactly where he can't admit he wants to be.
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No Encore Tonight by sparrow_writes
Fandom Spies Are Forever - Talkfine/Tin Can Brothers
22 May 2019
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A story in three acts.
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Sequel to Temperance.
Johnny promised V he'd save his life. He's ready to die to make that happen, even if he's not sure how to tell Kerry that. Not now that a year's passed since the day V died and Johnny and Kerry have had this thing between them going on for most of it. Were he drunk enough, Johnny might even call it a relationship.
So, Johnny saves V and keeps his promise, with a little help from V's friends and acquaintances. He just has to learn to live with the consequences.
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- Part 2 of Temperance
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19 Mar 2026
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V brings Johnny back. Kerry's not sure what to make of this.
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15 Mar 2026
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Robby's elderly neighbours are far more robust than he gives them credit for.
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10 Mar 2026
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Memory is a fickle siren song by Bananas45
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
31 May 2025
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“I’m trying here” Walker says, in that tried and true all-american way. “I’m really trying, James. Y’know we are meant to be a team, meant to be like, y’know ‘The Avengers’, and to guys like us, that’s a second chance”
There is a mildly self-satisfied smile on John’s face. Oh, Walker genuinely thought that was rousing.
“Guys like us” Bucky echoes. “Guys like us? I was mindfucked for 70 years, Walker, by the goddamn Nazis. You took the serum and had an international crash out. Guys like us? Fuck off. Your wife left you ‘cos you're an officious asshole. The shit I was made to do? You’d never have survived a second of it”
Walker’s jaw sets. His tongue pushes at the skin below his lip. His eyes go from righteous and pleading to a very dark blue.
“Yeah, you’re right, Barnes. I’m not blessed with such a pretty, fuckable face”
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04 Jul 2025
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Carter doesn't quite know what compels him to do what he does. Perhaps it's some misguided sense of heroism, his lifelong inability to just let things be when there's something- anything- he can do about it. Perhaps it's reckless stupidity brought on by yet another shift of doing anything but saving lives.
Whatever it is, he leans into it fully, and slips into the freezing depths.
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The one where Carter almost drowns.
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27 Oct 2025