I love having my heart broken, and you did it three times! First with most days the closest he gets to flying is the bike ride (poor John!), then with He'd been reassigned to flying combat missions in fucking Iraq (yikes! you shot John down! wait 'til Rodney finds out about *that*!), but absolutely most of all with they hadn't really said goodbye because John had thought he was going back. That's such a heart-wrenching detail right there, how can I not love that? (eep, now I'm picturing him in the hospital, finding out he's being discharged, and his very first thought being, but I thought if I was *good* I'd get sent back... *busaikko reaches for the tissues*)
Also? I love that John refers to people 'cussing'. That's a great voice detail for him. (and really kind of cute *g*)
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I love having my heart broken, and you did it three times! First with most days the closest he gets to flying is the bike ride (poor John!), then with He'd been reassigned to flying combat missions in fucking Iraq (yikes! you shot John down! wait 'til Rodney finds out about *that*!), but absolutely most of all with they hadn't really said goodbye because John had thought he was going back. That's such a heart-wrenching detail right there, how can I not love that? (eep, now I'm picturing him in the hospital, finding out he's being discharged, and his very first thought being, but I thought if I was *good* I'd get sent back... *busaikko reaches for the tissues*)
Also? I love that John refers to people 'cussing'. That's a great voice detail for him. (and really kind of cute *g*)
Thank you for writing this!