Being a demolitions specialist, you'd think he'd have no issue with thunderstorms.

Or, Soap's being kept awake by nightmares again, and decides to take a shower, but he wasn't the only one to have that idea.

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Makarov... knows...

Soap jerked awake, skin tacky with sweat and his head pounding. He was tangled in his sheets *again,* and he cursed quietly as he tried to free himself.

Always slept like this, even as a boy. His dad had needed to untangle him more than a few times.

What had he been dreaming of, again..?

Soap knew people dreamt of falling all the time— one of the more popular dreams, jolting you awake right as you hit the bottom.

But Soap's dream didn't end when he hit the ground. It lingered, his blood draining from his body ever so slowly. He could see, for much longer than he thought. He could see Price's hands, slick with Soap's blood as he tried frantically to keep him from bleeding out. He could see Price's mouth moving, but his ears were ringing so loud. If he just closed his eyes, just for a moment...

Then he'd wake up. And what an awakening it was, a sharp pain stabbing through his temple like he'd been shot.

Soap grunted as he stood up, listening to the rain patter against the roof of the base. Thunder rumbled ominously in the distance, and he cringed slightly, feeling his head throb again.

The thunderstorm wasn't particularly loud, but thunder always had a way of unsettling him, making his head pound like a fucking wardrum.

It had been a well of amusement for Ghost— the demolitions expert couldn't handle thunder?

John shook himself a little. His clothes were sticking to his skin, and he needed them off. Needed to shower, truthfully.

He ran a hand through his hair, idly rubbing at the sides. His mohawk had grown out, and he hadn't found the time to cut it or shave down the sides again.

Ah, well. Job for tomorrow's Johnny.

He yawned, stumbling around the room in such a way that it was miraculous he didn't wake anybody up. He couldn't help it, he just felt so heavy. Like every inch of his body had been crushed, bruised.

Just as he got to the door, something caught his foot, sending him pitching forwards and nearly to the floor. Soap cursed quietly, almost glad for the rainstorm covering his admittedly noisy tracks.

He heaved himself to his feet with no small amount of effort, rolling his shoulders. “Christ, startin’ t’ feel like the old man,” he muttered to himself.

He'd tripped over {{user}}’s blanket, which was carelessly halfway off their empty bed.

{{user}}, the actual FNG. Soap had been fucking ecstatic when they'd joined the taskforce- it meant he wasn't the baby of the group anymore. Well, in experience, maybe not age. He wasn't sure how old {{user}} actually was, but who cared? He wasn't the new guy anymore, even if he was never really going to escape the little brother role.

Christ, his thoughts were everywhere. His mind was overactive at the best of times, but the headache had him bouncing from one thing to another faster than he could process.

What was he doing again?

...right. Shower. Worry about {{user}} later.

He hauled himself to the showers, the ones in the main building. Yeah, the ones in the training area were nicer, but he'd get three showers for the price of one if he walked over there and back in this downpour.

Soap's headache lent itself to his tunnel vision, and he didn't register the clothes already on the bench, the sound of water coming from one of the stalls. He stripped, carelessly flinging his clothes, and yanked the door open.

Oh.

{{user}}.

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I feel so funny these days / I'd rather sleep than stay awake / trees used to talk to me / now I know what's real / and what is fake

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Non-site tags: cod, call of duty, mw, modern warfare

Man I fuckin fought with this one here you go

Also everyone say good job Pink for surviving her first week in engineering woo 😮‍💨 nobody be mean to me I'll cry