hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2010-03-11 02:35 pm
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10 Items or Less: A Love Story in Bullets About Ray Person and Walt Hasser (Ray/Walt, PG-13)

For [livejournal.com profile] sparky77.

Generation Kill
Ray Person/Walt Hasser
Rated PG-13



10 Items or Less:
A Love Story in Bullets About Ray Person and Walt Hasser






  • Being in theater makes Ray think about shit he shouldn't be thinking about. Like Walt Hasser.

    Hasser is pretty. Too fucking pretty. He's not pretty like the LT; Ray's not sure he could cope with that shit being waved in his face on a daily basis. But Walt's got these huge blue eyes, and this straw colored hair and these kind of stubby fingers with dirt under the nails and tiny cuts on the knuckles from the Mark-19. It's confusing. Typically, Ray doesn't notice anybody's hands unless they're jerking him off or offering him food. Or maybe jerking him off with food.

    Now there's a thought. A fucking gross thought, but still a thought.




  • Ray doesn't fuck guys. Except for that one time after that debate club match in high school, and it wasn't even really fucking because he just got his cock sucked. And that is totally not sex. Even President Clinton would agree with him.

    Ray loved Clinton, anybody who was crazy enough to ask what 'is' and 'alone' mean in an effort to pretend he didn't come all over some chick's face is totally a pimp.




  • Walt has the voice of an angel. A whiskey-drinking, chain-smoking angel with a porn star tongue. Ray doesn't even fucking know what a porn star tongue is, or why or how he made it up, he just did. What else could he do, given that Hasser totally has this need to stick out his tongue when he's thinking or farting or scratching his balls and Ray can't help but notice because it's so pink and slick. This line of thinking is about as straight-up Special Olympics, homosexual gay as it gets; Ray blames Brad.

    If Brad hadn't banned singing country music in the Victor then Walt probably wouldn't dig his ranger graves singing Johnny Cash's 'Six White Horses' or Willie Nelson's 'Marie' and then Ray wouldn't strain his ears to listen instead of paying attention to Captain America taking a combat jack over the comms he hadn't bothered to turn off (which is still the funniest shit ever).

    It's not the singing that gets under Ray's skin (actually it does); it's the way that between songs, Walt stops and licks his lips.

    How the fuck is Ray supposed to pay attention to the war with that going on?




  • Hasser wants to suck Ray's cock. Actually, Ray has no idea if that's true, but it's around the time that Walt blows that guy's head up like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Guy exploding in Ghostbusters that Ray realizes he is pretty fucking into Walt.

    He probably wants to suck Walt's cock.

    Ray couldn't say why Hasser's the one for him and not somebody else. He just knows that it couldn't be Brad, because, well fuck that. No. And The LT. No, definitely not. Unless he wants Brad to kick his ass.

    Everybody else is too whiskey tango, too inbred, too fucking stupid. But Walt... Walt's not. And Ray wants to make Walt happy. Walt deserves to be happy, and it's fucking clear that nobody else can do it.

    Plus, humping Hasser's neck doesn't really get Ray's rocks off, so he's going to have to come up with something else.




  • The fact that Walt has some Susie Rottencrotch back in the States that sends him letters that smell like ass and toilet water is totally irrelevant. The fact that she dumps Hasser when they're on libo in Australia is anything but. You have to be seriously brain-damaged to reject somebody like Hasser.

    Even Brad would agree with Ray if he weren't off fucking the LT's brains out at some random Motel 6 in Sydney. (Ray can't believe Brad thinks he doesn't know. Of course Ray knows. Ray fucking knows everything.)




  • After they get back to Pendleton, Ray waits twenty-three whole hours before he hunts down Hasser and makes his move. Nobody can refuse pancakes and hash browns from McDonald's. It's a scientific fact.

    Hasser may not be gay; he may not even like Ray much, but nobody can resist free food. Even when it's delivered by Ray in brand new clothes and shoes that pinch his toes. The fake GQ-looking clothes are bullshit, but the look of suspicion and shock on Hasser's face are worth it. He invites Ray into his apartment anyway.

    They're mid-way through half a gallon of orange juice, four stacks of pancakes and six hash browns when things break down.

    "Did you put your dick in the hash browns?" Walt asks, fried potato halfway to his mouth.

    Ray rolls his eyes, grabs Walt's wrist and redirects the food to his own mouth. "Stop being so fucking suspicious, Hasser," Ray says, potato chunks flying everywhere.



  • Hasser does volunteer work at a local church. Sometimes he works at a soup kitchen. Sometimes he reads at Sunday School. Sometimes he brings his guitar along and sings about Jesus and lions and Jonah and the whale. It has to be that Midwestern upbringing, because if Walt's religious, Ray'll join a fucking monastery.

    The last time Ray was at church, he got thrown out for trying to stick his dick in the offering plate. He was twelve.

    After doing recon on the situation, though, Ray honestly can't help himself. The morning he shows up at at the Sunday School door, Walt's eyes nearly pop out of his head. It's good enough for Ray.

    Ray introduces himself to Dorothy, the older woman who runs the Sunday School, moves the ankle-biters around a bit and sits down to get educated.

    It takes the rugrats about eight minutes to fall in love with Ray and it only takes that long because he's trying to be good for Walt. Ray's good with kids, always has been: they speak the same language. The next thing he knows they're climbing on him and pulling his hair and begging for stories. Ray totally behaves himself until Dorothy and Walt leave to get the cookies and juice for snacktime and then he teaches them the words to Johnny's Cash's "Cocaine Blues."

    Fuck, it's not like he's teaching them The Thong Song.



  • Brad thinks that Ray trying to seduce Walt is the funniest thing ever, but Brad's got it all wrong. Ray's not trying anything. This isn't the Army; Ray's a goddamn Marine – he's going to fucking succeed on this shit.



  • They're watching The Hangover late one night. The carnage of four burritos, a bag of tortilla chips and a case of Corona are strung around the room like a Mexican food IED went off. Walt looks over at Ray as though he's never even seen him before. "Why are you here, Ray?"

    Ray rolls his eyes. "I thought that was pretty obvious." Walt's forehead furrows. Ray gets to his feet with a shake of his head. "You're real smart, Hasser, but sometimes you don't get it at all."

    It's raining when Ray leaves Walt's place, which is bullshit, because it doesn't rain in Southern California. Didn't anybody get the fucking memo?



  • Ray's doorbell rings at three a.m. He ignores it. And then someone starts pounding on the door. Ray pulls a pillow over his head. If he can sleep through bombings, this is nothing. And then there are rocks being thrown at Ray's window. The rocks are the last straw. When he yanks open his front door, he's half-hard, naked and holding the 9mm that belonged to his step-dad. "What, motherfucker?" he demands, aiming straight ahead.

    It's still raining outside and Ray's pointing a gun about three-fourths of an inch to the left of Walt Hasser's heart.

    Walt blinks through the water running down his face. "You couldn't just say you like me? You are so fucking retarded, Ray."

    Ray slips the safety back on the gun and lowers it. "Fuck you, Walt."

    Walt's tongue flickers over the corner of his mouth and then he looks Ray up and down boldly. "Can I come in first or did you want to do it out here in the rain?"



  • It turns out Walt's tongue isn't the only porn star thing about him.



  • A week later, Ray starts talking about them moving in together because all the walking back and forth to get laid is just wasting time that could be spent with his cock up Walt's ass or Walt's cock in his mouth or lying in bed sticky and spent, eating Cocoa Puffs from the box and watching reruns of The Smurfs on cable.




  • Two months into whatever the fuck is going on, Walt goes to visit his family in Missouri. Ray tags along because he requires sex on a regular basis and nobody is fucking with that.



  • Walt's family talks so much they put Ray to shame. When Ray points this out, Walt just laughs. "This is why I can handle your ass, because I grew up with people who never shut up."

    "I can shut up," Ray protests.

    "Only when I fuck you senseless."

    Ray opens his mouth and then smiles crookedly. "You haven't done that in a while," he says thoughtfully.

    "And it's not happening in my mom's house either," Walt says, "so stop thinking about it."

    Ray frowns and looks out the second-story window of Walt's boyhood bedroom. And then he smiles.

    The garage isn't technically the house.



  • They go tubing down the river with some of Walt's cousins on his dad's side, which has to be the most redneck activity possible. They even get inner tubes for their beer so that they don't have to stop drinking. Ray gets sunburned and drinks so much he has to vomit in the grass after his third pass down the river. Walt's cousins think he's the funniest thing ever; Walt just laughs. They stay until after dark and on their way back to the truck, Ray drags Walt behind a tree and kisses him until Ray sees spots behind his eyelids.




  • Ray's favorite picture of Walt is one Walt's mom showed him of Walt when he was two years old. Walt had invaded the pantry, taking no prisoners. In the photo there's dry macaroni all over the floor, Walt's diaper is down around his ankles and he's wearing an empty cookie tin (the ones butter cookies come in) on his head like a hat. It's like a blue shiny crown over half his face and covering one ear. Walt's holding it up just enough that you can see the wide-eyed look on his face, like "It wasn't me!"




  • Ray is the kind of guy who takes as many items as possible through the 10 Items or Less lane at the local Dillons when Walt's mom sends them to get groceries for dinner.

    Walt is the kind of guy who disapproves of this. "No, Ray."

    "Why?" Ray protests, gesturing to the mostly deserted store and the bored checker picking at her nail polish. "Because there are so many other people waiting?"

    Walt purses his lips. "Because I said so."

    Ray is not going to sulk. Ray is not going to sulk.

    Walt snickers. "Are you really sulking? You are a sad ass Marine. Wait til I tell Brad."

    "That's fucked up. You'd tell Brad on me?"

    Walt's grin is huge. "Use that 10 Items or Less lane and find out."

    "I don't know why I like you so much," Ray bitches.

    Walt's laugh is low and husky. It makes Ray's cock twitch. "Yeah, I know exactly what you mean."



  • Long-term parking at Santa Ana is prohibitive. Ray bitches about it all the way back to Oceanside and right to the front of Walt's apartment building. He bitches about it right until Walt kisses him quiet and presses something small and cool into the palm of Ray's right hand. Ray has to pull away from Walt's mouth to look at the tiny brass key. It takes a few tries.

    "What the fuck is this?" he asks bluntly.

    Walt shakes his head before he leans in and kisses Ray on the forehead. "That's the key to my apartment. Anytime you want to stop talking long enough to move in, just let me know."

    Ray actually has to take a minute to think of the right thing to say. "Get the fuck out the car," he orders.

    Walt stares at him in confusion.

    "My porn collection rides shotgun," Ray says, waving Walt out of the car rapidly. "And there's not enough room in here for you and it."

    "Is this your way of saying you want to move in with me?"

    Ray laughs. "This is my way of saying you might want to go upstairs and get rid of anything you don't want broken when I fuck you on every piece of furniture you own."

    Walt swipes his tongue over his lower lip. "Close enough."



    -end-

    For my IT guru, [livejournal.com profile] sparky77. Thank you, bb.

    Ghostbusters reference is a shoutout to [livejournal.com profile] moneyfolder.

    Thanks to the most fabulous [livejournal.com profile] romanticalgirl for beta duty.
  • [identity profile] mcl4r3n.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
    Awesome! love the bullets.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] sidrin.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
    I may be new to the world of Generation Kill fandom, but I still am allowed the opinion the world needs more Ray/Walt fics. That and I'm glad you're writing one of them. The voices in this fic are so spot on. You write an excellent Ray, and I love that your Walt volunteers at soup kitchens. The episodic, almost ADD structure just further enhances the perfect Ray quality to the whole story. I also love that Brad is still in the peripheral, because he always would be for Ray-and that Ray knows he’s with Nate because how could he not be? This is just so perfect, and though there are words, my slightly alcohol addled mind can't seem to find them beyond, "Yay, Ray/Walt awesomeness so happy you shared with the rest of the class.") I love the interactions, the dialogue, the title tie in, the fact that Walt of course has to be the one to initiate the relationship in the middle of the night no less, and manages to bring Ray to meet his family because he’s just that type of boy. In short, you made my night, thank you.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
    What an absolutely lovely comment! I'm so pleased that you enjoyed the story so much; I have a great deal of love for Ray/Walt so any time I get to write them it makes me happy.

    [identity profile] sarkastic.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
    This is so awesome and so wonderfully them.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!
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    [identity profile] snarkaddict.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
    *giggles* So much love for them and you!

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] lal111.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
    Beautiful. I kept smiling through the story. A nice beginning of the day :) Thank you!

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] ohmygodmuffin.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
    \o/ this was so precious!
    it's the way that between songs, Walt stops and licks his lips.
    I honestly broke into a huge grin at that, it's a good thing my roommate didn't look at me and question why I was grinning like crazy at my computer!
    I love the way he tries to apply his weird Ray-logic to this whole situation, it's ridiculously endearing.
    Also, that dialogue at the end was SO perfect! I love themmmm.

    [identity profile] ohmygodmuffin.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
    (also I hope you don't mind me pointing it out, but "Pendelton" should be "Pendleton"!)

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    [identity profile] novalinedy.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
    I love this!

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] alethialia.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
    LOVE!

    This line of thinking is about as straight-up Special Olympics, homosexual gay as it gets; Ray blames Brad.

    Naturally!

    Captain America taking a combat jack over the comms he hadn't bothered to turn off (which is still the funniest shit ever).

    ::falls over laughing:: I can't even tell you how much I love your brain. It' a lot.

    Ray couldn't say why Hasser's the one for him and not somebody else. He just knows that it couldn't be Brad, because, well fuck that. No.

    THIS! Also, it's remarkably...sweet, too. No need to hide it, Ray-Ray!

    Even Brad would agree with Ray if he weren't off fucking the LT's brains out at some random Motel 6 in Sydney. (Ray can't believe Brad thinks he doesn't know. Of course Ray knows. Ray fucking knows everything.)

    AHAHAHA!

    Omg, you put in the tubing. For their beers! Ow, now my sides hurt.

    "That's fucked up. You'd tell Brad on me?"

    The ultimate threat!

    Ahh, domestic bliss. They're so adorable! I loved this LOTS. And you. As always.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ray is so sweet on Walt it's just adorable, but it's not epic or loud or angst it just is. This is why I like writing them.

    [identity profile] moneyfolder.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
    I swear, man, every time I read your Ray, I end up laughing to myself like a crazy person. Great stuff, as always!

    P.S. RAY PERSON: GHOST HUNTER is totally stoked about this shoutout. As is WALT HASSER: GHOST HUNTER.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
    Without you I wouldn't have had a proper simile on how to compare that guy's head blowing up so really, thank YOU.

    [identity profile] feminesque.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
    Motherfuck. That was awesome. I am resistant to Ray/Walt because my heart belongs to Ray/Brad but dang, this could convince me.

    Can we just note the hilarity of Australians using the word 'dang'? Thank you.

    Uh, unhelpful feedback is unhelpful. I am five down on a six pack of beer. It's the best I can do at the moment.

    In conclusion: This was great <3. I especially appreciate the dot points for two reasons: Ray is wordy and working him into a traditional narrative is hard, and I point-form is pretty much how I engage with the world.

    A++!

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    I have a very special place in my heart for Ray/Walt, because as I told [livejournal.com profile] altheialia they're not epic or loud or angsty, they just are and I appreciate that greatly.

    [identity profile] renne.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
    UGH THIS IS A+++ I love Ray/Walt because their dynamic is so amazing. There is so much I love about this I don't know where to start. Sunday School! Ray answering the door! The photo!



    Um, just one thing: Motel 6 is not a motel chain in Australia. That's the only thing that threw me off.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
    The Motel 6 thing I did deliberately. I had no doubt there weren't any in Sydney but you know those places that regardless of where you are, you just think you know... and then you can only use your frame of reference. So even if there are no Tescos or Marks & Sparks or Cadburys or Motel 6's that's how you think of them. Less as a brand as more as a signifier for everything that they entail.

    [identity profile] booksareadrug.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
    I love this! You totally nailed Ray's voice.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] sousha.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
    OH, you wrote Ray/Walt again. How awesome!

    And the bullet points idea rocks.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
    I don't write nearly as much Ray/Walt as I should, but I enjoy them a lot when I do.

    [identity profile] cleokoneko.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
    Perfect! OMG, it was like Ray-ray's thoughts directly on my screen, and it was brilliant. ♥♥

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!

    [identity profile] true-masquerade.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ah Ray and Walt! I love them so!

    This is such a great story. Funny and sharp. And the bullet point style really worked :-)

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'm glad you liked it!

    [identity profile] exsequar.livejournal.com 2010-03-12 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
    Hee, this is delightful! I really love stories inside Ray's head, and you're so good at it. Those zany, adorable kids, aww. ♥

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!
    ext_3167: Happiness is a dragon in formaldehyde  (Your pal Ray-ray)

    [identity profile] puckling.livejournal.com 2010-03-13 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
    Ray loved Clinton, anybody who was crazy enough to ask what 'is' and 'alone' mean in an effort to pretend he didn't come all over some chick's face is totally a pimp.

    Hahahahahaahah, oh of course Ray approves of that shit!

    Walt's family talks so much they put Ray to shame. When Ray points this out, Walt just laughs. "This is why I can handle your ass, because I grew up with people who never shut up."

    That makes an absolutely stunning amount of sense.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!
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    [identity profile] busarewski.livejournal.com 2010-03-14 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
    Ray and Walt are adorable. You have such a wonderful Ray voice.

    (and I have to ask, what with your Michael Cudlitz love and all, did you ever write any fic in the Band of Brothers world? I've finally watched the show and I'm rather obsessed with those guys at the moment, and trolling the net for good stories..)

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
    I love BoB like most people love their family members, but no, I never wrote any. I just never felt that need. (And I'm glad you liked this).

    [identity profile] debaser28.livejournal.com 2010-03-14 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
    That was so cute and awesome. I love the way you write Ray Ray.

    And lol @ Brad thinking that Ray doesn't know aout him and the Lt.:D

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thanks!
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    [identity profile] forochel.livejournal.com 2010-03-15 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
    MY HEART IS BURSTING WITH JOY AND LOVE. Also, I think the section in which Ray goes to Sunday School might be my favourite. It's so hilarious and yet adorable - small humans! climbing all over Ray! - though these words describe the whole fic.

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'm so pleased you liked it, thanks!

    [identity profile] storm-petrel.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
    I will leave a well-thought out comment when I can think something other than "OMG OMG YAAAAY!"

    [identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-03-16 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
    I'm glad you liked it :)

    [identity profile] chrismm.livejournal.com 2010-03-17 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
    So late in feeding back, but yay! This is so much fun, and so sweet, in that slightly twisted way that is our Ray. :D

    [identity profile] ermynee224.livejournal.com 2010-03-21 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
    This was exactly the kind of fic I wanted right now. I love a perfect Ray voice, and yours is PERFECTION, in my opinion. I loved that it went from during the series to post-series and ahh it was awesome. The ending lines are what did it in for me, though. They left me with a HUGE smile on my face.

    Thank you!

    [identity profile] sffan.livejournal.com 2010-03-23 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
    I feel terrible that it took me so long to get to this. It's AWESOME. I love the way you write the inside of Ray's head. Especially the tangents based on previous thoughts that totally derail his point. *snicker*
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    [identity profile] nomelon.livejournal.com 2010-03-24 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
    Very awesome.

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