War, Southland and comment-fic, oh my!

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It's interesting that the plague showing up in China and the Birthers bullshit only kind of makes me nervous, but tomricks interrupting his vacation to blog about shit falling apart in Iraq makes me want to crawl under my desk and kiss my ass goodbye.

Also, this article about a personal trainer who put on 88 lbs. just so he could lose it and see what it's like for his clients is pretty compelling. I think this is going to make him a much stronger trainer.

I feel like I'm saying this every time I post (and I probably am, too bad!), BUT, for those stragglers who aren't on the train yet. NBC is re-airing Southland right now in the run up to the premiere (Sept 25th) on Friday nights at 8pm. You can also watch it on NBC.com and on Hulu. They have the first four episodes up (there are only seven), so please, please please, watch it. You won't regret it. Really.

In other Southland news: Michael and Ben start filming tomorrow. If I was any more excited I'd bounce out of my chair. Oh, wait, and L is writing me comment!porn featuring slutty!Ben. You all wish you had an L, but she is mine. Okay, jointly shared with Q and A. And her family. And all of you, but you know what I mean.

Offer Redux!: Oh, and I've been thinking, you know, I had so much fun the last time around that if anybody's got some like photos or something and might want some comment-fic, you know, I think I'm open for business.* Who knows, you might even get L, A and Q to play along too. Then again, they might all boycott and you'll be stuck with me. ;-)

*You know how it goes.

Comments

because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Where he looks about 12 years old.

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Okay, this picture is just fucking unfair. I am officially overstimulated and need to go lie down somewhere for a while.

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm here for. I was gonna do the one of Nate kissing a - ::gasp:: - GIRL! But I'm not L, I'm not here to break your brains. In the bad way, I mean.

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Stop posting and start writing!

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You will not! You will come right back here and write!

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[atticlibrarian.livejournal.com]

It's going to take my brain a long time to recover from that picture.

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Ain't he a cutie? And seriously, 12 years old.

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

HOW IS HE SO FUCKING PRECIOUS? GOD! IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW!

Re: because we are equal opportunity, the LT gets some love

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

No idea. The tie gives me bad ideas, though.

Rules of Engagement

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Nate's getting married.

She's a beautiful girl, Abby. She's got black hair and blue eyes. She's striking. Smart. Nate met her at some political thing he went to in D.C. and they've been inseparable ever since.

He was supposed to go hiking with Brad two weeks after he came back and he canceled, because Abby got a last minute ticket to see him.

Brad understood though. Of course. Camping in the forest versus getting your dick sucked weren't even in the same category.


Except, it's been 13 months and Brad still doesn't know the specifics of how they met (lie). Just that Nate came back to California and couldn't shut up about this girl (truth). About how she was smart and kind. That she loved surfing and kids. That she'd grown up in San Diego and her dad was retired from the USMC.

He said she let him talk about the Corps. That she could talk politics until Senate aids were begging "No more!" That she was cool about everything. And that she -- she really liked him.

And that Nate liked her too. Because one does not necessarily follow the other.

They moved into together four months ago, and Ray and Walt were their first house guests since Brad was very much not in Afghanistan (lie). Apparently they all drank until somebody passed out under the couch.

Ray wouldn't shut up about her for a whole week. He kept insisting that Nate had found the last bad ass chick in the entire world. That Abby could fix her own car and that she'd taken them fucking BASE jumping in Elsinore.

That she was so bad ass even Brad couldn't find fault with her.

In that, Ray is very wrong. But Nate's getting married in three days and it's a bit late for Brad to cause issues now. Except that this is a bachelor party, and Nate's surrounded by everyone who loves him. Everyone except her.

Brad's met her of course. He was even on his best behaviour the entire time. Not the condescending, I really hate your ass tenor he saves for Jenna and Sam, but the kind only his mother could sniff out as disingenuous. And he knows... he knows that if he'd met her himself. If she wasn't with Nate. If it weren't for any number of these things, she would be ideal.

But he had his opportunity. Had his chance. And when Nate asked him, point blank, if there was any reason at all that Nate shouldn't marry Abby, Brad lied and said "no."

And now they're at this bar and in less than 48 hours Nate will be lost.

Brad looks at Nate in his hideous brown hat and the orange tie that they've been using like a leash all night and he knows that if he doesn't say something now. It'll all be lost.

He claps his hands for attention and spills beer on his shirt as he climbs up on the nearest table top. And when he announces to the entire room, "Every last one of you whiskey tango retards should know that I love Nate Fick more than anyone else, because if I didn't I'd totally kidnap his ass and leave him in Mexico until he comes to his senses," and everybody laughs, only three people know it's not a joke.

Brad can tell by the horror on Ray's face that he's figured it out, and the stricken look that sweeps across Nate's face says it all. And then Brad clambers down off the table, and goes off to get disgustingly drunk.

The Corps is all about sacrificing. Sometimes -- most times -- you don't get what you want.

Re: Rules of Engagement

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

I READ THE FIRST TO LINES AND STOPPED! YOU ARE SO EVIL!

Re: Rules of Engagement

[soul_cake_duck]

Clearly I am a masochist at heart because I read this and loved it (in a painful sort of way)!

He was even on his best behaviour the entire time. Not the condescending, I really hate your ass tenor he saves for Jenna and Sam, but the kind only his mother could sniff out as disingenuous.

I love that his Mom knows him best.

Re: Rules of Engagement

[elizaria.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Selfsacrifices are hard.

Abby wouldn't possibly have anything to do with NCIS Abby would she?

Re: Rules of Engagement

[sundappled.livejournal.com]

You were right. This did make me hate you. But in a gloriously good way because my god the aaaaaaaaaangst.

Nate marrying the perfect girl ... and Ray and Nate just getting it ... and Brad saying it even though he must have known they would work it out and things being bad enough that he is admitting that he can't just deal with it passively any more. Oh Braaaaaaad.

I can see why you might not have often done Generation Kill angst in the past. It's because you have no scruples at all and so when you do angst, you DO ANGST. Please not to be stopping, it hurts so good ♥

Oh this is so painfully pretty.

Re: Rules of Engagement

[logans-mom00.livejournal.com]

I knew I shouldn't have read this, because now I am going to obsess about what happens next for days and days. Because how can Nate get married, now that he knows? But what if he does anyway, because G_ddammit, Brad, you can't just do this to him at the last minute! But Nate can't just unknow it now either, so maybe he doesn't get married because that wouldn't be fair to her, but he's not going to reward Brad for wrecking it all, so Nate's just stuck in limbo, alone, and everyone is miserable? Half of me wants you to keep going with this and the other half is terrified of what you'll come up with...man, this fandom KILLS me!

Re: Rules of Engagement

[whatdanidigs.livejournal.com]

So sad, but I loved it.

Re: Rules of Engagement

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Oh Brad :( That was sad. And you are mean.

Re: Rules of Engagement

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

I don't hate you! For the obvious reasons, but also because dude. At least Brad said something. At least he didn't suffer in silence! So thank you, for that.

Also, I, too, thought of NCIS Abby. Y?

And he knows... he knows that if he'd met her himself. If she wasn't with Nate. If it weren't for any number of these things, she would be ideal.

Yeah, on some level I think if there were ever a girl one of them got really serious about, there'd be this acknowledgment by the other.

And when Nate asked him, point blank, if there was any reason at all that Nate shouldn't marry Abby, Brad lied and said "no."

CHRIST. It's so telling that Nate even asked. Brad, you are a coward, sir.

Brad looks at Nate in his hideous brown hat

Heh. It's actually that green camo hat that Stark wears all the time.

Brad can tell by the horror on Ray's face that he's figured it out, and the stricken look that sweeps across Nate's face says it all.

Well - but - at least he said something! ::clings to this::

Sometimes -- most times -- you don't get what you want.

God, that is disgustingly Brad. Ugh. BRAD! Stop being such a martyr!

THIS is not what I was thinking when I posted that pic, just saying. Still lovely, though. And I so don't hate you. ::smooches::

Re: Rules of Engagement

[romanticalgirl.livejournal.com]

::pets Brad::

Giving Nate up because he's happy is even worse than not having Nate. WOE!

Re: Rules of Engagement

[tikiaceae.livejournal.com]

Oh, God. The angst!!!

[innovativecheat.livejournal.com]

I know I'm like 5 years late to this party but DEAR GOD that hurts. I've got to go to bed now and self-sacrificing Brad and stricken Nate are going to haunt me all night.

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

[romanticalgirl.livejournal.com]

Nate smiles at Brad. He knows his cheeks are flushed, and he's feeling better every minute, the mantle of command slipping from his shoulders more and more with ever shot the guys place in his hands. He's had too much to drink and he knows it, knows he should stop, but it's easy now to let all of these men - his brothers, his friends - know how he feels about them. This doesn't have the somber finality of his paddle party, but the loose, raucous feel of celebration.

Poke gave him a horrid orange tie straight out of the seventies that he draped over Nate's head, and Q-tip told him he needed a pimp hat and then slapped a fedora on his head. Ray informed him he looked about twelve and asked him how he felt about NAMBLA. The rest of the guys just bought him drinks and wished him well.

Except Brad.

Brad is sitting at the bar, watching them all have fun while he sips his beer quietly. They're used to Brad being a little stand-offish when they're all together. He's not the type to swing from the rafters or lose control. But Nate can't help looking at him from time to time, trying to judge from the occasional shouts of response to someone else's mocking or from the sly curve of his lips whether or not Brad's having any fun.

"So." Nate slides onto the stool next to Brad, only Brad's grip on his elbow keeping him from sliding right off the other side. "You having fun at my party?"

"A grand old time, sir."

"You can't call me that anymore." Nate raises his hand to point at Brad, realizes he's facing the wrong direction and turns around. "I'm just Nate Fick. Civilian at large."

"Large what, homes?" Ray clasps Nate's shoulder and shakes Nate like he's a batch of martinis. "If you're talking about Brad, we'll just assume it's his dick."

"Just because you like watching me jack off, Ray, doesn't mean you have to share the information with everyone."

"Who wouldn't want to watch you jack off, Brad. You're like a fucking Adonis. You and Rudy could start a Hot Marines calendar, give all the gays of the world something worth jerking off to."

Nate blinks, trying to focus, lost somewhere alone the slope of Brad's neck. He's spent hours wondering what Brad's skin tastes like, what it feels like. He's known Brad for what seems like forever now, war warping time for all of them, and he's never touched him. Not on purpose.

Nate reaches out, runs his fingers along Brad's jaw. Brad jerks his attention back to Nate and wraps his fingers tight around Nate's wrist. "Don't."

Nate frowns, the skin between his eyes furrowing. "Why not?"

"Because you're about to fly across the country, I'm about to leave the country, and starting something right now isn't anywhere in my plans."

"Would I be starting something?" Nate asks softly, glancing down at Brad's hand still wrapped around his wrist, Brad's thumb rubbing a soft rhythm over Nate's pulse.

"See if Harvard can teach you the answer to that," Brad says softly as he releases Nate's wrist and gets to his feet. "And burn that tie. That thing is fucking hideous."

Re: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

OMG WHY IS THIS ADORABLE PICTURE INSPIRING SO MUCH HEARTBREAK?!?!

Just fuck him, Brad! JESUS!

Re: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Damn, and now I see why people yell "you ended it THERE?" at me.

Also, I can only assume you have a sekrit identiy as Batman, b/c I am having a seriously shitty day and then this showed up and you are like saving lives. No doubt. You and Q. And A. Y'all are awesome. *sniffs* Don't make me go emo, I hate emo.

Re: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

You end it there???!

Nate slides onto the stool next to Brad, only Brad's grip on his elbow keeping him from sliding right off the other side. "You having fun at my party?"

For some reason this little detail totally got me. Like, Nate's sloshed and would slide to the floor, but Brad's got him before he knows it. I LOVE that. As you can imagine.

You know, once Nate sobers up a little bit he's gonna realize what Brad turning him down really means. Because Brad's talking about starting something, thinking in bigger terms than just a quick fuck. And he had it at the ready, which means he's thought about this. Which is so, so telling.

But I maintain: you end it there?!

::hearts::