My fic for the reverse bang Valentine's event for the @ghostsoap-server is up! My Collab partner Mooobieeee's gorgeous art is on chapter 5!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53760121/chapters/136086184
Heavy angst fix-it fix with a happy ending.
-Isa ❤️🌻
Ghostsoap AU Concept - Alpha Trade
AU where omegas rule and alphas are seen as dumb but strong and useful.Omegas and betas joke that alphas are like horny animals.
But the worst stigma and laughing stock is a big alpha with a huge dick (like theorised in ancient Greece where there was a rumoured belief that a man with huge genitals was more primitive and less intelligent)
Soap is from a powerful omega family but has no interest in the pathetic dynamics and abuses of his second gender. Instead he devotes himself to special forces.
Alpha slavery and trading was unfortunately perfectly legal and many powerful omegas loved having a flock of alpha slaves around them like jewelry.
Soap swore he would NEVER buy or use anyone.
Until one day he's in the city with Gaz and he hears laughter at the auction block.
They step closer, curious, and that's when Soap first sees The Ghost.
A huge alpha, biggest he's ever seen, masked and chained like an animal and stripped naked. The crowd laughs at his size and his 'size', the auctioneer buying into the jokes, selling him as a work horse.
Gaz cringes and goes to pull him away, they're both furious about the alpha trade.
But then Soap's eyes catches the alpha's.
A beautiful honey brown peering out of a mask, intelligent and hopeless.
Soap speaks before he thinks.
"2 million and he leaves with me. Final offer."
My mafia au Fic ~ Debt ~ is now complete!
Art in poster used with permission from the iconic and angelic @wombywoo in her post 'Black Tie'🌻❤️
*A melon with a mohawk drawn on*
*Actually Neil/Soap with a full head of hair*
You've heard of Elf on the Shelf...
. .now get ready for:
This is so badly done if artists wanna do it properly pls do 😭.
It's Soap on a rope, Ghost on toast, Price on rice, and Kyle in a file
141 Love Languages
Gaz: quality time
Laswell: deeds
Price: cigars and no paperwork
Ghost: be Soap
Soap: be Ghost but naked
Rudy: a necklace of Grave's teeth
König: pretend you don't see him stealing your shirts to wear on his head
Roach: pest on the streets, best in the sheets
GhostSoap AU - Replaced
Cw: angst
They'd been a (secret) thing for almost a year now. Soap was smitten, but respected Ghost's boundaries to keep it private.
But over all these months, Ghost never said he loved him too. He never makes future plans with Soap either.
He keeps turning down invites to go on leave together or meet his family,l. When they're out on missions will always elect share a room with Price over him.
Soap starts to feel like less of a secret lover and more like... Ghost's dirty little secret.
Like he's just being used.
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GhostSoap Concept - I (don't) need control
We all love a dom!Ghost. But consider...
Ghost has always had to remain perfectly in control of his rage and anger and fear all his life. Since he was a boy he was expected to be perfect, the image of restraint and bravery.
Later in his life when it got harder, he could at least hide behind the mask - but even then he had to maintain the myth of 'The Ghost'.
Never let them see him sweat, or cry, or rage, or snap, or slip up, or lose control for even a second.
The first time it happens was accidental. Ghost was always very quiet and withdrawn after draining missions. Everyone knew to steer clear of him, but ESPECIALLY after missions.
(Not knowing that he was actually just entirely overstimulated, overwhelmed, and drained)
Soap had tripped on his shoes as he got onto the heli and laughed it off, asking Ghost if he couldn't help with all his gear.
Then Ghost stunned everyone by wordlessly getting up from his seat, taking all Soap's gear to stow it, and made a seat for him next to his own.
Ghost seemed unaware of the glances, and Soap's intense stare. When they got off Soap tested an idea and asked Ghost to help him up. He wordlessly obeyed. Then very carefully (bravely) *ordered* Ghost to go to medical before the debrief, and Ghost did the same.
A hypothesis formed in his head. He kept it to himself till the next mission and tested it again, making sure to not let anyone else notice.
His hypothesis was correct. Ghost was so sensory, emotionally, and mentally burned that he took to instruction. Needed it.
Then Soap starts climbing over his high walls, despite all the growling and threats and cold shoulders. The Scott persists until he meets *Simon*.
And Johnny learned what Simon needs. Simon needs to give up the suffocating chokehold Ghost keeps.
It took Ghost an embarrassingly long time to realize what Soap was doing, finding such absolute sweet comfort in letting someone he trusts steer him when he didn't have the capacity. He kept quiet for longer, wishing the Scott would take his time more, would even praise him ...
It took more bravery than he ever used in battle to go to Soap one night when he felt crushed by the world.
His Johnny took one look at the huge, hunched figure and it's desperate eyes and knew what Simon, not Ghost, needed.
"Come in and take off your shoes." It started. Then..
Did you eat? Good. Stay here. I ran you a bath, get in for me. Hold your head back, hand me the shampoo. Hold still. Go to the closet and take out the blue swears, now put them on. Good. Do want to go? No? Want to be a good boy for me? On the bed, take a nap for me, I'll wake you. Good boy.
By giving over full control Simon felt like he could rest, could recharge a raw part of his soul that had been running on empty for years. Soap was always gentle, praised him, helped him unwind, feel safe, and rest.
But he could see Soap wanted more too... And so did he.
Soap had taken his time washing Ghost, praising his obedience. When he went to get him dressed, however, Ghost disobeyed him for the first time, and instead got on his knees with hooded eyes.
He knew Johnny could read him like a book.
And a shuddering breath confirmed it.
Do you know what you're asking? Do you want me to use you? If you want to stop tap my leg, okay? Show me - do it. Good boy. Always so good for me.
Let me make you feel good, baby. I'll take care of you, give you what you need. Now, open that pretty mouth~
🧼: you're in a good mood, Lt! What cheered you up?
💀: Watched 9 'try not to laugh challenge IMPOSSIBLE' videos.
🧼: Yeah?
💀: Didn't laugh once. 😌💪
🧼: ...what's wrong with you.
💀: Depends. What file did you read and who did you speak to?
Know the trope where everyone tells chatty Soap to shut up and it kills him inside?
Imagine~
Tactile Soap who loves to touch, bump, and hug being told off, shoved off, and snapped at by the people he felt he could trust, could be himself with. And it kills him inside.
The picture of Soap with a weighted blanket in bed tugging at his own hair, keening in heart ache, his deep need for touch to feel alive and help him regulate.
He's so desperate he pays a kind sex worker just to hold him. Ghost sees him leaving the bar with a woman after handing her money, and misunderstands.
Blind Love is officially on Ao3
Now with 73% less typos than the original twitter thread fic!
GhostSoap AU Concept - blind love
Soap is an army vet who lost his sight in an explosion. He now works as a masseur, he's good with his hands and his options are limited.
Ghost is a scarred, disfigured man in pain with insecurities he hid behind thick walls and a mask.
Ghost's body is a mess of injuries old and new, he can't even remember what it's like to not be in pain but always pushes through it. That he's getting older doesn't help either.
Until his back locks up mid mission and he's left in pain that has him limping and wincing.
Price has had enough of him dodging the question and actually orders him to get it looked at. Ghost refuses. First, he will not take off his shirt in front of a stranger, and he most certainly will NOT let a stranger touch him.
Price sighs and says he knows just the place.
If it wasn't an order Ghost wouldn't be here, no way in hell. He's just gonna go in, tell the guy to say he was here and leave.
It's a small parlour, if it can even be called that. A small two story building with a tiny waiting room and a door leading to the back.
But it was at the edge of town away from the bustle of the city, the wilderness literally just across the river next to it.
It helped a bit, the place being so out of the way. Ghost appreciated privacy, after all.
There was no one in the waiting room, but the door jingled when he entered. Soon enough a voice yells 'with you in a sec!', accent thick and Scottish.
THAT was unexpected. He was expecting a woman, possibly old and creepy. It helped a little bit more.
Then the door to the back swung open and he lost his breath a little.
The man walks out with a beaming smile, hair in a fkn mohawk that somehow looked great on him, built like a damn rugby player.
But it was his eyes.
A striking deep blue, but clouded.
At Ghost's silence the man's smile is a bit more forced. "I can tell you're there, ya know."
Ghost snapped out of his daze and stuck out his hand in greeting, then felt like a fking idiot and yanked it back. "It's Ghost, I mean, Simon. Price called about me."
"Ah. The lieutenant! Price told me you might be a flight risk," he chuckled, but somehow it didn't feel condescending or cruel as laughter towards him usually was. It was friendly, warm.
He felt entirely off kilter.
"I'm John MacTavish, call me Soap." He stuck out his hand. Ghost took it and shook, feeling callouses on his soft hands.
"Kind of name is Soap?"
Soap smiled. "It was my call sign. Was called by it so long anything else feels odd."
"You're military?"
"Was. Just entered SAS when," he gestures at his eyes with a strained smile.
Ghost didn't know how to respond, which Soap must've picked up on too cause he quickly followed with a "So! Shall we get started?"
Without waiting for a response, Soap walked to the back, Ghost snapping out of it and following after a beat.
He stood in the doorway and looked around. It had soft lighting, soft music from somewhere that sounded almost Celtic, it smelled... Amazing. Gentle and warm, but no distinct scent he could place.
Soap was moving around with precision, washing his hands and putting things ready.
Ghost had fully intended to go through with his plan - pay the masseuse to tell Price he was here then leave. Maybe buy a heat patch form the pharmacy.
But here, now, in this room with Soap - a veteran who'll understand, who can't see how ugly disfigured he is...
He decides to give it a chance. For the first time since he became a dead man, he's going to get out of his shell and try to take care of himself, to stop waiting for his inevitable death and actually work towards getting better.
In the best hands he could wish for.
Want some omegaverse GhostSoap baby drama?
Ghost (alpha) dumps Soap before the omega could tell him he's pregnant. Soap was devastated from the break up, but couldn't get it over his heart to terminate. So, he decided to retire - effective immediately, without honours. The only person on base who knew was the dedicated omega doctor who could only cover for him so long before he couldn't hide it anymore.
He slips out in the night.
But he didn't realize someone was following...
Price had gone to his office at 2am looking for his favorite lighter when he found the letter under the door from Soap about his immediate resignation and retirement. He rushes out in time to catch Soap sneaking off base with just his bag.
He was suspicious that Soap had maybe crossed them, that he was deflecting. He overhears 'the airport' between Soap and the driver who just pulled in. In a mad rush he runs to his room to grab a backpack then set out to follow the man from a distance.
Soap had been distant for the past few months, increasingly so. His doctor had him booked off active duty, only allowing office work and recruit training but even then he was withdrawn. It didn't help his suspicions.
He follows Soap all the way to Scotland to a small town.
He watches from afar as a very nervous Soap knocks on the door of a cozy family home and is greeted in joy. An hour later he watches Soap fling the door open and leave again, screaming and cursing can be heard from inside. His face stained with tears, a red bruise on his cheek.
Had he gotten in trouble with an informant? Was his superiors not happy with his report or performance? He'll wait till he calls Laswell. He needs more Intel first.
He quickly sends Ghost a text that said 'till I'm back you're in charge'.
He follows as Soap takes the late train to the next town and checks into a small motel. Over the next few weeks he mostly stays in, sometimes visits the hospital. Is that where he meets his contacts? Is the motel a front? Slowly Price's suspicion turns to concern, and worry.
Then an ambulance is called to the motel. Price spots Soap being loaded in.
He can't fake the local accent to blend in so he stays outside the small-town hospital for a day and a half before Soap appears again...
... carrying a small bundle in his arms.
But something doesn't add up, something is off.
Soap seems devastated in a way that breaks Price's heart. He smiles through the tears at the little one in his arms as he slowly walks down the street into the night air.
A few blocks down he stops in front of the small orphanage next to the church. He places the warmly swaddled little one at the orphanage's steps, knocks and quickly leaves sobbing.
Before the door can even be answered, however, Price finds his body moving. He dashes out of his hiding spot and swoops the wee one into his arms, quickly walking away as he hears the door being answered to nothing and no one.
A block down, once he's sure it's safe, he peeks down at the curious little face.
And sees blue eyes like Soap...and pale skin and blond hair - like Simon.
It doesn't take much to deduce what happened. He had noticed Ghost had also been withdrawn and taking riskier solo missions since he and Soap stopped being each other's shadow suddenly. In fact, he'd been so busy trying to stop Ghost from getting himself killed or killing a recruit who happened to catch him on a bad day - that he'd not realised this probably had something to do with Soap's withdrawal too. Too busy and distracted to put two and two together.
They were both hurting. Soap clearly felt he couldn't take care of the wee one, but wanted it to have a chance. Even if it meant leaving the army.
As he walks he pulls out his phone to make a call. Laswell pulls some strings and files, and before he gets to the hotel the Captain's official records included that of his newborn son: 'John Simon Price'.
Till his boys are ready, he'll keep their little one safe and happy. Grandpa Price will make sure of it.
Part 2
Ghost gets a text from Price with his ETA and that he's bringing 'a special guest'. Ghost grits his teeth. He saw the letter from Soap in Price's office while he was doing both their jobs for the past month and a half.
Price is probably dragging Soap back by his collar. The damn fool omega.
In a place deep inside, however, he's afraid to admit to himself that he's hurting.
He never wanted to end things like this with Johnny. What they had was good, perfect. After growing up in a house where his alpha father used and abused his power over his omega mother due to their bond and instincts, Ghost had steered clear of any relationships with omegas. Nothing good can come off a relationship where pheromones and animalistic instincts trap you.
Then he met Soap. Their chemistry was instantaneous and undeniable. They had the same sense of humor, their strengths and weaknesses complemented each other, and hell, even their scents melted together in a beautiful way. His dark wood and gunpowder, to Soap's frost and forest flowers. They just... Fit.
It wasn't long till they gave in to the attraction they both (and everyone on base) knew was there. For over a year they shared meals, missions, beds, clothes, secrets, fears, and their bodies with each other. They spent almost every night in Simon's room, every day trailing after each other.
Till out of nowhere Soap started getting these almost drunken moments during sex, like he was being overwhelmed, and asked for Ghost to bite him. Ghost shot it down every time, warning him not to ask again after the third time.
Then Soap asked again, begged with tears in his eyes, that he needed Ghost - 'my alpha'.
That's when Ghost snapped. Fears old and new collided at once, choking him and setting his blood on fire. He violently shoved Soap off so rough the omega fell to the floor. He raged that his is it, if he can't fucking listen and get it into his thick head that Ghost doesn't want to fucking bite him - had no interest in being chained together for the rest of their lives - then to leave his room. He's not welcome here anymore.
Soap's eyes were clouded over with trembling fear and devastating heartache, before he silently got up, got dressed, and left without a sound or lifting his head.
That was the last time they spoke. Soap was booked off shortly after by the doc on base. Not even Price knew why. He would sometimes see him from afar, training rookies or walking to or from his office with stacks of paperwork.
As much as he still blamed their breakup on Soap not respecting his boundaries and wanting more than Ghost could give - seeing Soap look worse and worse by the week was getting to him.
So he threw himself into his own work, taking on harder and harder solo missions to keep his thoughts occupied.
So when Prices arrives he's ready to rip Soap a new one and then make the omega apologize, and then drag him back to his room to make up for all the nights Ghost laid awake aching in his need for Soap. Because it was true, he missed Johnny so much it hurt. He felt incomplete since his sunshine left.
But then Price gets off the heli with Nik and ... A baby.
"An old friend of mine had lost their partner and gone into labor. I went to help out but sadly, she died during childbirth. As the godfather, the babe now comes to me. Everyone, meet John S. Price. Call sign - Junior."
Big curious blue eyes that were so familiar Ghost lost his breath for a moment honed right in on his.
"Seems he already has a favourite", Price smiled as he walked over to Ghost. A twinkle of something warm and soft in his gaze. "Want to hold him?"
Ghost wants to refused, he's not good with kids, and the last time he picked up a kid was his nephew and that-
But before he could protest Price had already shifted the bundle into his steady arms. His hold naturally adapting to cradle and support little Junior on instinct.
He gazed down at those big beautiful blue eyes, the familiarity still so sharp a pain in his chest, but his little face, the tufts of golden hair... Something in Simon's world shifted.
"Hello little one," he cooed softly in a voice he didn't know he had. "I'm gonna be your favorite uncle. Uncle Si."
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Part 3
(special thanks to Syn on Twitter for helping me out the plot hole!)
Ghost bursts through the hospital doors, unconscious Junior in his arms. "Help! Please, he-"
Bonus of a small town hospital is that there was a nurse and a doctor with him immediately.
Want some omegaverse GhostSoap baby drama?
Ghost (alpha) dumps Soap before the omega could tell him he's pregnant. Soap was devastated from the break up, but couldn't get it over his heart to terminate. So, he decided to retire - effective immediately, without honours. The only person on base who knew was the dedicated omega doctor who could only cover for him so long before he couldn't hide it anymore.
He slips out in the night.
But he didn't realize someone was following...
Price had gone to his office at 2am looking for his favorite lighter when he found the letter under the door from Soap about his immediate resignation and retirement. He rushes out in time to catch Soap sneaking off base with just his bag.
He was suspicious that Soap had maybe crossed them, that he was deflecting. He overhears 'the airport' between Soap and the driver who just pulled in. In a mad rush he runs to his room to grab a backpack then set out to follow the man from a distance.
Soap had been distant for the past few months, increasingly so. His doctor had him booked off active duty, only allowing office work and recruit training but even then he was withdrawn. It didn't help his suspicions.
He follows Soap all the way to Scotland to a small town.
He watches from afar as a very nervous Soap knocks on the door of a cozy family home and is greeted in joy. An hour later he watches Soap fling the door open and leave again, screaming and cursing can be heard from inside. His face stained with tears, a red bruise on his cheek.
Had he gotten in trouble with an informant? Was his superiors not happy with his report or performance? He'll wait till he calls Laswell. He needs more Intel first.
He quickly sends Ghost a text that said 'till I'm back you're in charge'.
He follows as Soap takes the late train to the next town and checks into a small motel. Over the next few weeks he mostly stays in, sometimes visits the hospital. Is that where he meets his contacts? Is the motel a front? Slowly Price's suspicion turns to concern, and worry.
Then an ambulance is called to the motel. Price spots Soap being loaded in.
He can't fake the local accent to blend in so he stays outside the small-town hospital for a day and a half before Soap appears again...
... carrying a small bundle in his arms.
But something doesn't add up, something is off.
Soap seems devastated in a way that breaks Price's heart. He smiles through the tears at the little one in his arms as he slowly walks down the street into the night air.
A few blocks down he stops in front of the small orphanage next to the church. He places the warmly swaddled little one at the orphanage's steps, knocks and quickly leaves sobbing.
Before the door can even be answered, however, Price finds his body moving. He dashes out of his hiding spot and swoops the wee one into his arms, quickly walking away as he hears the door being answered to nothing and no one.
A block down, once he's sure it's safe, he peeks down at the curious little face.
And sees blue eyes like Soap...and pale skin and blond hair - like Simon.
It doesn't take much to deduce what happened. He had noticed Ghost had also been withdrawn and taking riskier solo missions since he and Soap stopped being each other's shadow suddenly. In fact, he'd been so busy trying to stop Ghost from getting himself killed or killing a recruit who happened to catch him on a bad day - that he'd not realised this probably had something to do with Soap's withdrawal too. Too busy and distracted to put two and two together.
They were both hurting. Soap clearly felt he couldn't take care of the wee one, but wanted it to have a chance. Even if it meant leaving the army.
As he walks he pulls out his phone to make a call. Laswell pulls some strings and files, and before he gets to the hotel the Captain's official records included that of his newborn son: 'John Simon Price'.
Till his boys are ready, he'll keep their little one safe and happy. Grandpa Price will make sure of it.
Part 2
Ghost gets a text from Price with his ETA and that he's bringing 'a special guest'. Ghost grits his teeth. He saw the letter from Soap in Price's office while he was doing both their jobs for the past month and a half.
Price is probably dragging Soap back by his collar. The damn fool omega.
In a place deep inside, however, he's afraid to admit to himself that he's hurting.
He never wanted to end things like this with Johnny. What they had was good, perfect. After growing up in a house where his alpha father used and abused his power over his omega mother due to their bond and instincts, Ghost had steered clear of any relationships with omegas. Nothing good can come off a relationship where pheromones and animalistic instincts trap you.
Then he met Soap. Their chemistry was instantaneous and undeniable. They had the same sense of humor, their strengths and weaknesses complemented each other, and hell, even their scents melted together in a beautiful way. His dark wood and gunpowder, to Soap's frost and forest flowers. They just... Fit.
It wasn't long till they gave in to the attraction they both (and everyone on base) knew was there. For over a year they shared meals, missions, beds, clothes, secrets, fears, and their bodies with each other. They spent almost every night in Simon's room, every day trailing after each other.
Till out of nowhere Soap started getting these almost drunken moments during sex, like he was being overwhelmed, and asked for Ghost to bite him. Ghost shot it down every time, warning him not to ask again after the third time.
Then Soap asked again, begged with tears in his eyes, that he needed Ghost - 'my alpha'.
That's when Ghost snapped. Fears old and new collided at once, choking him and setting his blood on fire. He violently shoved Soap off so rough the omega fell to the floor. He raged that his is it, if he can't fucking listen and get it into his thick head that Ghost doesn't want to fucking bite him - had no interest in being chained together for the rest of their lives - then to leave his room. He's not welcome here anymore.
Soap's eyes were clouded over with trembling fear and devastating heartache, before he silently got up, got dressed, and left without a sound or lifting his head.
That was the last time they spoke. Soap was booked off shortly after by the doc on base. Not even Price knew why. He would sometimes see him from afar, training rookies or walking to or from his office with stacks of paperwork.
As much as he still blamed their breakup on Soap not respecting his boundaries and wanting more than Ghost could give - seeing Soap look worse and worse by the week was getting to him.
So he threw himself into his own work, taking on harder and harder solo missions to keep his thoughts occupied.
So when Prices arrives he's ready to rip Soap a new one and then make the omega apologize, and then drag him back to his room to make up for all the nights Ghost laid awake aching in his need for Soap. Because it was true, he missed Johnny so much it hurt. He felt incomplete since his sunshine left.
But then Price gets off the heli with Nik and ... A baby.
"An old friend of mine had lost their partner and gone into labor. I went to help out but sadly, she died during childbirth. As the godfather, the babe now comes to me. Everyone, meet John S. Price. Call sign - Junior."
Big curious blue eyes that were so familiar Ghost lost his breath for a moment honed right in on his.
"Seems he already has a favourite", Price smiled as he walked over to Ghost. A twinkle of something warm and soft in his gaze. "Want to hold him?"
Ghost wants to refused, he's not good with kids, and the last time he picked up a kid was his nephew and that-
But before he could protest Price had already shifted the bundle into his steady arms. His hold naturally adapting to cradle and support little Junior on instinct.
He gazed down at those big beautiful blue eyes, the familiarity still so sharp a pain in his chest, but his little face, the tufts of golden hair... Something in Simon's world shifted.
"Hello little one," he cooed softly in a voice he didn't know he had. "I'm gonna be your favorite uncle. Uncle Si."
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