I have a bunch of one shots I never finished, so I guess I oughta make a place for them. So let's start with something that's short and sweet, and required little creativity on my part. --- There was no battle scheduled at Viaduct that day, and that made Soldier restless. The snow crunched beneath his boots as he stalked about outside the base. Crazy? Of course. Though Soldier was not alone out there, as he came across Pyro out crouching in the snow. Soldier did a double take as Pyro would be one of the last people he'd expect out in the cold. "What in god's name are you doing out here?!" Pyro looked up and waved at Soldier with excitement, beckoning him to come over to look at the birds pecking at his feet, his glove full of bread crumbs. It was the most unmanly sight Soldier ever did see. Disgusting. He marched up to Pyro with sneer on his face, causing the birds to scatter as he approached. A muffled sigh hummed though the filter of Pyro's mask as he stood back up and turned to Soldier, who just continued to scowl at the birds as they settled back onto the snow. "Hrrhh!" said Pyro as he took Soldier's hand and stuck all of his bread crumbs into it. "What?!" the American barked, turning his scowl from Pyro to his fist full of breadcrumbs and back. Pyro's shoulders dropped, shaking his head before taking Soldier's arms and extending them out toward the birds. "If you think I am going to play your stupid game, maggot, you-" Soldier fell silent as soon as a bird bolder than most fluttered into the palm of Soldier's hand and pecked at the crumbs. The scowl dissipated into a confused, lost expression of "Wat now?!" which made Pyro clap and give a thumbs up. "Hrdd hnn. Brr rhhgh bhhk," he said, before romping off to get more bread from the base. Upon Pyro's return, he found that Soldier had not moved an inch, standing like a very angry statue. He was so still that the birds had begun to make the seemingly paralyzed mercenary their perch, chattering as if he wasn't even there. Pyro erupted into laughter at the sight, and Soldier only responded by drawing in a deep breath through his nose, not saying a word. Pyro knelt down to drop the bag of bread in the snow. Soldier watched as the resident arsonist began to scoop up a sizable amount of snow in his gloves. By the time Soldier realized what Pyro was doing, he could not react to the snowball hurtling toward his face. The impact made the birds fly up into the sky again. "YOU HAVE JUST SIGNED YOUR DEATH WARRANT!" the Soldier roared as he wiped the snow awat. Pyro only continued to point and laugh at the disgruntled American, who now was grabbing an armful of snow in retaliation. He stood up, lifting it over his head to throw at his teammate...only to be struck with another snowball to the face. This caused him to drop his own snowball back onto his helmet. In frustration, the Soldier's battle cry rang throughout the base as he charged toward the fleeing Pyro armed with a snowball or two. "Who would 'ave thought?" Spy snickered, watching the scene unfold from the a nearby window. "Awful peculiar," responded the Engineer, stroking his chin in thought. "Perhaps zhere is somezink zhere zat vasn't there before," mused Medic. "What are you guys even freakin' talkin' about?!" Scout just stared blankly behind his teammates observing the spectacle. "I'll tell ya when yer older, boy," Engineer chuckled, patting the taller Scout on the head before walking off toward his workshop. Spy and Medic also took this cue to disperse back to their normal duties, leaving the baffled Scout to ponder the implications of their exchange alone. ---
I got it once the snowball fight started. You've made the Disney fan in me very, very happy!
See my huge dopey grin on my face? That is my reaction. This is beautiful
This has made my day. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites of those movies, and this is is just all sorts of aww-inducing.
I love you.
Saw it from the very first. I thought it sounded familiar, hehe.
So like I mentioned, I have a handful of one shots that I haven't finished, but not sure which ones are worth finishing and posting again. So I'm leaving the synopses here for you guys to prod me into finishing. As expected, a lot of these revolve around Soldier and/or Engineer. The Darkness that Lurks Within Our Minds Something strange is happened with the Soldier, leaving the team unsettled and a sinking feeling in their stomachs and it appears to be consuming the whole base. Doggone It The RED/BLU war is over and Engineer finds himself back at his ranch. Feeling there's something missing, he decides to adopt a dog and pet antics ensue Three's A Crowd If Engineer didn't know any better, he'd think that the Soldier's entrenching tool was out to get him. Sir, Yes Sir You are the latest addition to the team and Soldier takes it upon himself to make sure you're cut out for the battlefield. Originally this was going to be for /afanfic/, but I think I will rewrite this as just PG fluff. Engie-Solly Writings REDUX ...This is going to take awhile because I'm pretty much redoing it from scratch as the dynamics of Soldier and Engineer have changed in my mind over the last year of writing the original. Pretty much still a fluffy bromance fic, though. Will likely be heavily from Soldier's perspective. Untitled Sniper Fic I only got so far writing this one so it wasn't posted. Not nearly as confident writing Sniper as I am with Helmet Party. It was supposed to be about Sniper and his "spotter", that I haven't named yet.
'Three's A Crowd' sounds like it promises all kinds of crack and fluff. I just really like the idea of Engie being paranoid about a jealous Shovel, while Soldier tries to reassure them both they have a special and equal place in his heart (much to Engie's dismay). It just takes Cargo Shipping to a whole new level. Also, I can't believe Soldier×Shovel wasn't on the Cargo Shipping article yet. This clearly must be remedied.
Where did the idea that he talks to his shovel come from originally? Was it in the game or not, I forget.
It's just perpetuated fanon. I hear that TenCentBastard may have started it in a fic and then Cat Bountry ran with that idea in Respawn of the Dead and so on and so forth. In my writings, I do not have Soldier actually speaking to/having conversations with his shovel since there's nothing in canon that confirms it and it's a little too crazy for my tastes. But he does refer to it as if it is a trusted friend, much like how soldiers may name their guns, etc.
ASFGHL! I WASN'T BEING DILLUSIONAL ABOUT BEING REMINDED OF BatB! Fuck'n love that.
It's kinda cute, isn't it? SoldierxShovel. Funny how it's one of the few pairings everyone can't help but ship, even if it's only bromance. Even more popular than HeavyxMedic, I think.
Cute until Soldier starts fucking himself with the shovel. Then it's creepy. So creepy.
Personally, lol'd when I read that fic. But then, I'm of a warped humor, and I read it as a crack fic (in fact, I think that's what it was). But I can see how it if read straight, it would be damn disturbing. In fact, I think you should view it as a challenge to have a new take on it, with Soldier viewing his shovel the way knights use to view their swords and RL soldiers do their guns, and being perplexed and more than a little worried as to why Engineer keeps insisting that the shovel is the other women. Also, are you the person who drew that 'Private Kitten' pic?